PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brady Baird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riku Tiirismaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baird
vs
Tiirismaa

175 cm
25
177 lbs
9 - 16 - 0

180 cm
22
175 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brady Baird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Riku Tiirismaa!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Baird looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Tiirismaa shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Tiirismaa was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Tiirismaa swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Baird is now in Tiirismaa's guard. A big mistake from Tiirismaa there, giving up the dominant position!
Tiirismaa tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Tiirismaa has his foot on Baird's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Baird works his way back into a safe position though.
Baird wanted to stand there but Tiirismaa had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tiirismaa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tiirismaa wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Baird has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tiirismaa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Baird is looking to stand up but Tiirismaa won't let him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baird tries to free his leg and advance position but Tiirismaa is retaining full guard.
Baird won't allow Tiirismaa to sweep him here.
Tiirismaa keeping moving, preventing Baird from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tiirismaa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Baird.

Baird got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tiirismaa has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Baird has managed to get both his arms back between Tiirismaa's legs - danger averted.

Baird has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Tiirismaa to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Baird is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Tiirismaa pulls down on the head and he's put Baird to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Riku Tiirismaa!