PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harri Olli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Stale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Stale acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Olli
vs
Stale

190 cm
21
197 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harri Olli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Stale!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olli works Stale's body with a nice hook.

Olli shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Olli tries to control but Stale wriggling away.
Olli fails to take his opponent's back.
Olli sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Olli is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Olli looking to finish with strikes here!
Olli unloads with some shots from mount but Stale bucks and avoids them well.

Olli is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Stale is surviving well by controlling Olli's body position as best he can.
Olli fails to advance to Stale's back.
Stale wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olli prevents Stale from getting the reversal.

Olli is working for a guillotine from mount but Stale frees his head quite easily.
Stale working to try and regain half guard.
Olli looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stale is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Olli controlling the pace for now.
Olli's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Olli works his way to his opponent's back.
Olli is looking to control Stale but Stale is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Olli biding his time, controlling Stale.
Olli trying to control momentarily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Stale has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Olli is hanging on to Stale's back as he tries to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Olli looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Stale taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Harri Olli!