PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonni Joutava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Lombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Joutava
vs
Lombard

181 cm
20
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
26
180 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonni Joutava!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Lombard!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Joutava gets tackled into the cage by Lombard. Lombard maintains the clinch.
Lombard misses with a knee to the head.
Lombard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lombard missing with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Joutava.
Lombard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lombard scores with a shoulder strike.
Lombard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lombard lands a left hand.
Joutava blocks an elbow strike.
Joutava pushes off an throws an elbow but Lombard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lombard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Joutava fails to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lombard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joutava blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lombard misses with a knee to the head.

Joutava tightens his grip and picks Lombard up, before dumping him to the ground. Lombard manages to land in guard.
Lombard looking for a sweep. Not yet Lombard, not yet.
Lombard is controlling Joutava's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joutava stopping the sweep attempt from Lombard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lombard is on top in guard.
Joutava trying to keep a closed guard but Lombard is proving a slippery customer.
Lombard cracks Joutava with a solid left hand.
Lombard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Joutava working a defensive guard here.
Lombard scoring with some ground and pound.
Lombard content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lombard throws a big right hand that misses.

Lombard drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lombard jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lombard scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lombard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lombard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lombard is in close to Joutava's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lombard with a nice head shot there.

Joutava is rocked!
Lombard lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Oh Joutava is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lombard lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lombard working some strikes from top position.

Lombard drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Lombard seems to have locked his on tight now - Joutava screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Lombard, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Ricardo Lombard!
A relieved looking Ricardo Lombard thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.