PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ismo Laitela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Yemo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laitela comes into the arena with Anna Hanski - Tunteisiin blaring out of the sound system. Ismo Laitela had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Laitela
vs
Yemo

182 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

177 cm
19
187 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ismo Laitela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bill Yemo!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Laitela misses.
Laitela lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Laitela lands with a kick to the temple. Yemo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Laitela tries for a takedown but Yemo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Yemo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Laitela - that will leave a mark!
Laitela ducks under a wild hook from Yemo.
Yemo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Laitela is rocked!
Laitela plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Oh Laitela is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yemo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Laitela at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yemo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Laitela pushes Yemo up against the cage in a clinch.
Laitela seems to have got his legs back now.
Laitela lands a body punch.
Laitela lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Laitela prevents Yemo from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Laitela.
Yemo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Laitela.
Yemo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Laitela is keeping busy.
Laitela looking to throw knees to the head but Yemo is blocking nicely.
Yemo wants to break free but Laitela has control.
Yemo tries to break the clinch but Laitela is controlling the position.
Yemo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laitela tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yemo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Laitela wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ismo Laitela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yemo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laitela has him pressed against the cage.

Yemo gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Laitela is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laitela has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Yemo doesn't defend quickly enough and Laitela has managed to lock this one up! Can Yemo escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Laitela on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ismo Laitela!