PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rasmus Luukas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yves St Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Luukas
vs
St Louis

190 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rasmus Luukas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yves St Louis!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Louis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
St Louis forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Louis wants to control but Luukas is keeping him busy.
St Louis trying to mount his opponent but Luukas defends it.

St Louis is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Luukas wants to get back to his feet.
St Louis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
St Louis prevents Luukas from standing back up.
St Louis trying to control the action but Luukas is working from the bottom.
Luukas pushes St Louis off looking to stand but St Louis dives back in and keeps control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Luukas misses the shot to the body.
St Louis closes the distance and clinches up with Luukas, looking for a takedown. St Louis pushes Luukas against the cage but Luukas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Luukas misses.
Yves St Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luukas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Louis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Louis throws a jab when Luukas was well out of range.
Luukas avoids a punch combination nicely.
St Louis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luukas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luukas throws a series of punches but St Louis moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

St Louis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
St Louis trying to control the position but Luukas is working away.

St Louis working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
St Louis has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Luukas has given up his back.

St Louis working for a choke but Luukas is defending well.
St Louis looks gassed!
Luukas is trying to get back to his feet but St Louis has full control of the position and if anything, Luukas has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Luukas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for St Louis on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luukas looking very determined here, making life difficult for St Louis.
Luukas holding both St Louis 's hands and preventing any damage.
St Louis struggling to keep hold of the position.
Luukas trying to get back to his feet but St Louis is in full control for now.

St Louis is looking for the choke from the back position but Luukas is controlling his hands well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Louis wants to control but Luukas is keeping busy.

St Louis is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Luukas is trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Will St Louis go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Luukas is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
St Louis thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Luukas is keeping busy.
Luukas holding both St Louis 's hands and preventing any damage.

Luukas defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of St Louis's arms.
Luukas is keeping busy.

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.
Luukas controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

St Louis is looking for the choke from the back position but Luukas is controlling his hands well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luukas trying to get back to his feet but St Louis is in full control for now.
Well, with St Louis on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Luukas is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

St Louis working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Luukas is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and St Louis has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Luukas taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Yves St Louis!