PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Sonova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimo Ovaska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sonova might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sleep Lullaby. Kimo Ovaska has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bruno Sonova's chin.

Sonova
vs
Ovaska

198 cm
27
210 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

195 cm
20
217 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruno Sonova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kimo Ovaska!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ovaska digs a good hook to Sonova's body.

Sonova closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ovaska to the mat! Ovaska manages to get full guard.

Sonova is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sonova prevents Ovaska from getting back to his feet.

Sonova drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sonova jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sonova looking to pass the guard.
Sonova stopping the sweep attempt from Ovaska.
Sonova passes into half guard.
Sonova has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ovaska defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sonova.

Sonova is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Ovaska has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Ovaska!
Sonova looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sonova is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Ovaska avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sonova is looking for a triangle but Ovaska pushes his legs off easily.

Sonova escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ovaska gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonova bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ovaska's guard.
Ovaska wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sonova tries to free his leg and advance position but Ovaska is retaining full guard.
Ovaska trying to control the position.
Sonova stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ovaska swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Sonova drops back looking for a leg! Ovaska is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ovaska manages to kick Sonova off! Sonova jumps back into Ovaska's guard.
Ovaska really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sonova. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Sonova drops back looking for a leg! Ovaska is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ovaska manages to kick Sonova off! Sonova jumps back into Ovaska's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonova pushes down on Ovaska's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ovaska looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Sonova is working for a kimura here but Ovaska manages to reverse the position and he's now in Sonova's guard.

Sonova escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ovaska gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ovaska must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ovaska throwing strikes from guard but Sonova blocks nicely.

Sonova working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ovaska doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ovaska manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Sonova had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ovaska defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sonova is looking to cinch up a triangle. Ovaska throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Sonova's body to avoid the submission. Sonova has instead reached around Ovaska's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Sonova arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bruno Sonova!
After the fight, Bruno Sonova was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.