PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Helio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauno Viittala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Dufflebag Boy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gracie
vs
Viittala

186 cm
32
175 lbs
25 - 7 - 0

190 cm
32
185 lbs
22 - 19 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Helio Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Rauno Viittala!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Viittala will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Viittala bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Viittala working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Viittala is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gracie knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Viittala is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gracie is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gracie is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to buck Viittala off.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Viittala tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gracie managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Viittala.

Viittala has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Gracie is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Viittala yanks on the arm and Gracie is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Viittala.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rauno Viittala!
Rauno Viittala decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.