PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Jason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pasko Nusciva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nusciva has chosen Lionel Richie - Hello as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that James Jason has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily James Jason seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jason
vs
Nusciva

190 cm
26
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

192 cm
25
199 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Jason !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pasko Nusciva!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jason gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nusciva to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Nusciva sitting in guard here, content to control.
Nusciva works over Jason with some ground and pound from guard.
Nusciva looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Pasko Nusciva hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nusciva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jason in his tracks.

Jason throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nusciva was covering up waiting for the punch and Jason finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jason is breathing heavily.
Nusciva wants to sweep here but Jason controlling him for the moment.
Nusciva trying to strike off his back.

Jason is sitting in close to Nusciva's body. Nusciva has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Jason is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Jason is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Nusciva.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Pasko Nusciva!
After winning the bout, Pasko Nusciva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.