PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Sparraaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ferguson has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! On his way into the cage it seems that Pertti Sparraaja has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Pertti Sparraaja seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Sparraaja
vs
Ferguson

185 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Sparraaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arnold Ferguson!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sparraaja drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ferguson looks gassed!
Sparraaja advances nicely into full mount.
Sparraaja landing shots from mount.
Sparraaja breaks from Ferguson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Ferguson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sparraaja in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ferguson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sparraaja. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A nice elbow there by Sparraaja.
Sparraaja landing strikes from the mount.
Sparraaja is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Ferguson has left one of his arms exposed and Sparraaja doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Ferguson screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pertti Sparraaja!