PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anabolinen Steroidi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Untamo Tohotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tohotti has chosen God's Gonna Cut You Down as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Untamo Tohotti was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Steroidi
vs
Tohotti

182 cm
22
168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anabolinen Steroidi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Untamo Tohotti!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Steroidi tries to keep at a distance but Tohotti has taken the fight into the clinch.

Tohotti manages to break the clinch.

Steroidi gets the takedown into side control.
Tohotti parries the strikes from Steroidi easily there. Steroidi is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tohotti to escape.

Steroidi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Steroidi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Steroidi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tohotti wants to get back to his feet but Steroidi drags him back down.

Steroidi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Steroidi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tohotti struggling a bit here.
Steroidi throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tohotti tries to improve position but can't.
Tohotti regains half guard.
Tohotti blocking the ground and pound attempt from Steroidi.
Steroidi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Steroidi wants to free his trapped foot but Tohotti is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Steroidi wants to take a breather but Tohotti is having none of it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A combination from Tohotti does no damage.
Tohotti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Untamo Tohotti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tohotti looks gassed!
Tohotti tries to clinch up but Steroidi circles away and keeps his distance.
Tohotti slips under a jab from Steroidi.
Tohotti misses with a few strikes there.

Tohotti gets caught flat footed, as Steroidi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Steroidi wants to control from the top but Tohotti keeps moving.
Tohotti preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steroidi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tohotti works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tohotti can't keep his opponent in guard - Steroidi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Tohotti is looking to improve his position.

Steroidi looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Tohotti wants to control but Steroidi is keeping busy.

Steroidi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Steroidi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Steroidi is looking for a kimura but Tohotti is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Steroidi to get the leverage.
Tohotti is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Steroidi scores with a couple of nice shots.

Steroidi is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Steroidi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tohotti's head.
Tohotti is in trouble now - Steroidi has advanced to mount!
Tohotti really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Steroidi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Steroidi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Steroidi dominating with strikes here.

Steroidi looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Tohotti keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
You get the feeling that Tohotti really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tohotti gets back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Steroidi seems to be looking for submissions.
Tohotti is trying to stand.
Tohotti tries to get to full guard but Steroidi has control of the leg.
Tohotti is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tohotti tries to kick Steroidi off but Steroidi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Steroidi passes to full mount!

Steroidi goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Tohotti turns into him and now he's in Steroidi's guard.
Tohotti wants to control from the top but Steroidi keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steroidi trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anabolinen Steroidi dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Steroidi throws a jab when Tohotti was well out of range.
Steroidi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Steroidi has closed the distance and engaged Tohotti in a clinch.
Steroidi managing to block the knees to the body from Tohotti.
Tohotti wants to break free but Steroidi has control.
Tohotti is looking to break free of the clinch but Steroidi has double underhooks.
Steroidi prevents Tohotti from breaking the clinch.

Steroidi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steroidi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Steroidi looks to land a combination but Tohotti avoids it well.
Steroidi tries to clinch up.
Steroidi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steroidi throws a head kick but Tohotti moves out of range.
No joy there for Steroidi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Tohotti shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Steroidi works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tohotti takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Tohotti is breathing heavily.
Steroidi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Steroidi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tohotti manages to get himself to full guard.
Steroidi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Steroidi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tohotti with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Tohotti kicks Steroidi off and gets back to his feet.
Steroidi tries to clinch up but Tohotti circles away and keeps his distance.
Tohotti will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Tohotti drives through with a takedown into guard.

Steroidi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Anabolinen Steroidi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tohotti forces his way into half guard.
Tohotti slips a nice elbow through Steroidi's hands, connecting with Steroidi's forehead.
The fighters are battling for position here. Steroidi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Steroidi pushes a forearm under Tohotti's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Tohotti is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anabolinen Steroidi!