PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Saez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Lowto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lowto has chosen Stir it Up as his entrance music. Kenny Lowto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Saez
vs
Lowto

225 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesus Saez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenny Lowto!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Saez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Saez trying to control from half guard but Lowto is working away.
Lowto moves into full guard.
Saez trying to control but Lowto is working from the bottom.
Saez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lowto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Saez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Saez gets to his feet. Lowto looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Saez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saez is pressing down on Lowto's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lowto is holding on for now.
Lowto really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Saez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Saez is trying to control the action in half guard but Lowto is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Saez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Saez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Saez works his foot free and advances to mount.
Saez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saez raining down hammerfists from mount.
Saez 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.
Lowto is bucking up trying to escape but Saez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Saez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lowto takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Saez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Saez scoring with strikes but Lowto is staying in there.
Saez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lowto is looking to escape.
Lowto is trying to stand up.
Lowto looks gassed!
Saez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Saez with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Saez has isolated one of Lowto's arms. Lowto looking to fight him off but Saez twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jesus Saez!