PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Fontana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fontana
vs
Ward

185 cm
26
187 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
202 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Fontana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Ward!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fontana scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Fontana does it's job there.
Ward throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fontana throws a shot to the body.
Fontana stuns Ward with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fontana looks to land a combination. Ward sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fontana misses with a low kick.
Fontana throws a one two combo.
Ward has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Fontana darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fontana scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ward lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fontana circles away quickly and effectively.
Fontana connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ward takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fontana connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Fontana gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Fontana working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fontana is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Ward rolls with it to try and escape but Fontana cranks on the arm and Ward is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tony Fontana!
Tony Fontana decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.