PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Raith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffrey Dahmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Raith has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Raith
vs
Dahmer

188 cm
27
175 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

180 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thomas Raith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeffrey Dahmer!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dahmer clinches up with Raith and pushes him back against the cage.
Dahmer misses with an elbow strike.

Raith turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Raith tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Raith has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Dahmer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Raith tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Raith has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Raith is working Dahmer over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raith taking a breather here.

Raith is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dahmer has escaped the position, nice work there.
Raith trying to control the position but Dahmer is working away.

Raith has hold of Dahmer's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Dahmer tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Raith cranks the arm and Dahmer screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Dahmer, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Thomas Raith!