PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tarmo Tiili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Roastbeef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roastbeef is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jump Into The Fire. This should be a great matchup!

Tiili
vs
Roastbeef

193 cm
22
220 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
213 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tarmo Tiili!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Roastbeef!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiili lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tiili throws a right and a left that Roastbeef avoids nicely.
Roastbeef staying out of range there.
Tiili throws out a loose jab but Roastbeef uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tiili throws out a loose jab but Roastbeef uses good head movement to avoid it.

Roastbeef manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Tiili on his heels. He'll look to pass Tiili's guard now, I'm sure.
Roastbeef wants to control from the top but Tiili keeps moving.
Roastbeef throws a big right hand that misses.
Tiili has momentary wrist control but Roastbeef slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roastbeef accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roastbeef slips nicely into half guard.
Roastbeef has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Roastbeef drops an elbow to the side of Tiili's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roastbeef not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Roastbeef takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Roastbeef is looking to take a break and control but Tiili is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roastbeef missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roastbeef sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tiili defending well though.
Roastbeef prevents Tiili from improving his position.
Tiili wants to control but Roastbeef is keeping busy.
Roastbeef throws a strike but Tiili avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Roastbeef is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Roastbeef trying to control the position from guard on top but Tiili is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tiili can't keep his opponent in guard - Roastbeef advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roastbeef connects with a nice short shot to Tiili's temple.
Tiili works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiili looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Roastbeef puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Roastbeef wants to free his trapped foot but Tiili is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Roastbeef is keen to just control but Tiili is a slippery customer.
Roastbeef uses his free foot to push down on Tiili's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tiili.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roastbeef lands with some strikes.
Roastbeef misses with a head shot.
Roastbeef cracks Tiili with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tiili is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Roastbeef scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tiili?

Tiili is rocked!
Roastbeef loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Tiili scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Roastbeef land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Roastbeef stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Roastbeef!