PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roope Latvala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Ubereem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Latvala
vs
Ubereem

186 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
21
190 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roope Latvala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Ubereem!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Latvala fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Latvala misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Ubereem shoots in and bounces Latvala off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Ubereem scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ubereem controlling from the top position.
Ubereem sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Latvala's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ubereem moves nicely into side control.
Latvala knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ubereem on the ground.
Latvala is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ubereem connects with a decent elbow.
Ubereem scores with punches from side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Latvala is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ubereem connects with a decent elbow.
Ubereem moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Latvala avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ubereem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latvala taking a bit of punishment here - Ubereem scoring with strikes.
Ubereem landing a few strikes.
Check out the look on Ubereem's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Ubereem is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Latvala looks calm but he's in trouble here. Ubereem gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Latvala is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Ubereem lets go of the hold and Latvala can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alistair Ubereem!