PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Tauno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janne Maunonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tauno comes to the cage accompanied by Pelican - Dead Between The Walls. Maunonen has chosen Heavy metal kings - King Diamond as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tauno
vs
Maunonen

193 cm
26
273 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

199 cm
27
269 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Undead clothing. All items 10$

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Tauno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Janne Maunonen!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tauno looks to land a left hand but Maunonen moved out of range nicely.
Maunonen blocks the body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Tauno as he connects with a hook.

It looks like Janne Maunonen has been cut.
Maunonen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maunonen avoids a kick to the body.
Tauno misses with a straight right.
A head kick by Tauno misses

and Maunonen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maunonen throwing shots but Tauno is blocking nicely.
Maunonen is controlling the pace.
Maunonen moves nicely into side control.
Maunonen misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Maunonen in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tauno is trying to improve his position.
Maunonen misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Maunonen advances nicely into full mount.
Maunonen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tauno wants to control but Maunonen is having none of it.
Tauno is bucking up trying to escape but Maunonen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Maunonen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Maunonen landing strikes from the mount and Tauno is in trouble!
Maunonen controlling his opponent.
Maunonen dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maunonen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tauno wants to control but Maunonen is having none of it.
Maunonen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tauno sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Maunonen is looking to stall here but Tauno recovers full guard.
Tauno preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maunonen trying to control but Tauno is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tauno is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Maunonen trying to control the position from guard on top but Tauno is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tauno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Maunonen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Maunonen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tauno controlling the position.
Tauno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Maunonen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Maunonen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Maunonen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maunonen won't allow Tauno to sweep him here.
Maunonen trying to control but Tauno is working from the bottom.
Tauno controls Maunonen momentarily but Maunonen frees himself.

Maunonen drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Tauno dives on top into guard.
Tauno loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Maunonen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tauno doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tauno manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maunonen is trying to keep Tauno in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Janne Maunonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Janne Maunonen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tauno throws a leg kick but Maunonen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tauno throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Maunonen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tauno's head.
Tauno scores with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Maunonen.

Tauno gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Maunonen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tauno tries to free his leg and advance position but Maunonen is retaining full guard.
Tauno postures up in Maunonen's guard and throws a big left but Maunonen blocks it.
Maunonen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Maunonen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Tauno defends well.
Tauno with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tauno wants to control from the top but Maunonen keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tauno lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Maunonen wants to sweep but no luck.
Tauno trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Tauno is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Maunonen has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Tauno is looking to defend but Maunonen has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Tauno! Maunonen pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Tauno taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Janne Maunonen!
Janne Maunonen managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Katukauppa.com, into his post fight interview.