PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reima Maansiirto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert thaiswed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Robert thaiswed enters the cage!

Maansiirto
vs
thaiswed

168 cm
22
162 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reima Maansiirto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert thaiswed!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maansiirto shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has thaiswed pinned against the cage. thaiswed gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Maansiirto swats away the attempt to clinch by thaiswed.
Maansiirto circles away from the clinch attempt.

Maansiirto drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Maansiirto is fighting to break thaiswed's control of his arms but thaiswed is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Maansiirto stays in close to thaiswed's body and controls the position.

Maansiirto drops back, looking for a kneebar! thaiswed looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. thaiswed looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from thaiswed!
Maansiirto is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

thaiswed stands up.

Maansiirto scores with a takedown into thaiswed's guard.
Maansiirto advances position into side control!

Maansiirto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Maansiirto is breathing heavily.
Maansiirto trying to control the position but thaiswed is working away.
thaiswed is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Maansiirto off and has taken his back!
thaiswed throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Maansiirto rolls, trying to escape but thaiswed keeps control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
thaiswed missing with punches from the back.
Maansiirto is in bad spot here.
Maansiirto trying to control the action but thaiswed just sinks the hooks in.

Maansiirto showing good submission defense here.
Maansiirto tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
thaiswed trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Maansiirto tries to hold on but thaiswed postures up.
Maansiirto is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
thaiswed tries to control but Maansiirto wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maansiirto is looking to improve his position but thaiswed isn't that keen on the idea.

thaiswed looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Maansiirto is wriggling around trying to escape.
Maansiirto is working hard here to advance position.
Maansiirto wants to control but thaiswed is having none of it.
Maansiirto regains half guard.

That's four 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.
Maansiirto trying to control from the bottom.
Maansiirto gets full guard.
Maansiirto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in thaiswed's guard.
Maansiirto trying to control the position from guard on top but thaiswed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Maansiirto drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but thaiswed manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Maansiirto has thaiswed in his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Maansiirto keeping busy on the bottom but thaiswed has passed one foot through into half guard.
Maansiirto wants to get back to full guard but thaiswed has mounted him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reima Maansiirto dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

thaiswed is looking to clinch.
thaiswed misses with a head kick.
Maansiirto changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. thaiswed tries to avoid it but Maansiirto manages to keep hold of a leg and drag thaiswed to the ground. thaiswed escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Maansiirto closes the distance and clinches up with thaiswed, looking for a takedown. Maansiirto pushes thaiswed against the cage but thaiswed circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Maansiirto fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reima Maansiirto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maansiirto shoots in looking for a takedown. thaiswed tries to sprawl out of it but Maansiirto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. thaiswed manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
thaiswed lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maansiirto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Maansiirto gets a takedown into half guard.
thaiswed is trying to get back to full guard.
Maansiirto works his way into side control.
thaiswed wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maansiirto swings around for an armbar but thaiswed sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Maansiirto's guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Reima Maansiirto!
Reima Maansiirto is the new lightweight champion!