PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liu Bei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pentti Hirvonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bei comes to the cage accompanied by Hypnotic. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bei
vs
Hirvonen

186 cm
25
198 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

185 cm
28
196 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Liu Bei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pentti Hirvonen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hirvonen.

Bei drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hirvonen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Bei drops an elbow to the side of Hirvonen's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hirvonen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bei.
Hirvonen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bei in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Hirvonen has his foot on Bei's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bei works his way back into a safe position though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bei postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hirvonen is trying to keep Bei in close.
Bei throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bei preventing the sweep.
Bei landing some decent shots from guard.

Bei is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bei preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hirvonen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bei can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bei postures up in Hirvonen's guard and throws a big left but Hirvonen blocks it.
Bei trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Hirvonen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bei postures up and lands a big shot to Hirvonen's brow.
Hirvonen wants to sweep but no luck.
Bei with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bei is working Hirvonen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hirvonen looking for a sweep. Not yet Hirvonen, not yet.
Bei throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hirvonen is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Bei has his hands clasped together but Hirvonen extends an breaks Bei's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Hirvonen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pentti Hirvonen!
Pentti Hirvonen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.