PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ozmo Keinanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paolo Cezer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Paolo Cezer enters the cage!

Keinanen
vs
Cezer

182 cm
18
187 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
189 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

RMC - $ 9 Shorts! Out of shorts

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ozmo Keinanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paolo Cezer!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cezer instigates a clinch.
Cezer drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Keinanen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A bit of stalling here from Keinanen.
Cezer gets through Keinanen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cezer is trying to drag Keinanen to the mat but Keinanen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Keinanen throws a punch but it's blocked by Cezer.
Keinanen is struggling to control the position.
Cezer tries a knee to the head but Keinanen blocks it.

Cezer breaks the clinch.
Cezer shoots in but Keinanen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ozmo Keinanen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Cezer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cezer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Keinanen. Keinanen obviously looking to wear him down.
Cezer shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Keinanen defends it nicely.
Cezer shoots in looking for a takedown but Keinanen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cezer's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Keinanen throws a leg kick which misses Cezer's front leg but catches the back leg as Cezer tries to avoid it.
Keinanen thows a body kick. Cezer tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cezer moves out of range of the body kick.
Keinanen tries to land a front kick but Cezer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Keinanen lands with a kick to the ribs.

Keinanen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cezer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Keinanen smiles and moves away.
Paolo Cezer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keinanen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cezer.
Cezer tries to clinch but Keinanen moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cezer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Keinanen counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keinanen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cezer fails with the takedown
and Keinanen counters with a leg kick.
Cezer looks gassed!
Keinanen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Keinanen is looking to chop away at Cezer's legs.
Cezer tries to clinch but Keinanen moves away
and Keinanen counters with a low kick, right behind Cezer 's knee.
Keinanen throws a body kick that misses.
Cezer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Keinanen.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cezer checks a leg kick.
Cezer throws a leg kick
and Keinanen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cezer should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Keinanen looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Keinanen fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cezer to the ground. Keinanen is now in Cezer's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keinanen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Keinanen stands and throws Cezer's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Keinanen advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ozmo Keinanen!
After winning the bout, Ozmo Keinanen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.