PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Davian Hawklight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Tervala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Hawklight
vs
Tervala

195 cm
18
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Davian Hawklight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mika Tervala!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tervala closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Hawklight takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tervala scores with punches from side control.
Tervala working away.
Hawklight being controlled for a moment.
Tervala cracks Hawklight with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hawklight is trying to control Tervala's posture but Tervala avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawklight is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hawklight knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tervala on the ground.
Tervala scoring with punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawklight is letting Tervala control him for a moment.
Hawklight wants to control but Tervala postures up.
Hawklight takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tervala landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Tervala looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hawklight is avoiding damage well.
Hawklight is letting Tervala control him for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tervala grinds an elbow into Hawklight's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tervala cracks Hawklight with an elbow. That is naaassty.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Tervala thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tervala landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Tervala controls the position.

Tervala has an Americana. Hawklight didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Tervala is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Tervala hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Mika Tervala!
A very excited looking Mika Tervala made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.