PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morris is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Steve Morris has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Morris
vs
Virtanen

180 cm
23
235 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

211 cm
22
271 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Virtanen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morris is breathing heavily.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Virtanen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Virtanen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Morris knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Virtanen on the ground.
Virtanen slips nicely into half guard.

Virtanen has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Morris defend it? Virtanen steps over the head and cranks it - Morris is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Virtanen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Carlos Virtanen!