PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Carlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikael Saarrinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mikael Saarrinen will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Carlsson
vs
Saarrinen

193 cm
28
205 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

188 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Carlsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikael Saarrinen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saarrinen tries to clinch but Carlsson is having none of it.

Saarrinen gets caught flat footed, as Carlsson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Saarrinen has momentary wrist control but Carlsson slips an elbow through the middle.
Carlsson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Carlsson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Saarrinen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Carlsson is controlling him.
Carlsson works over Saarrinen with some ground and pound from guard.
Saarrinen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Carlsson is controlling him.
Carlsson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carlsson 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. Carlsson seems to have locked his on tight now - Saarrinen screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Carlsson, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). David Carlsson!
David Carlsson retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking David Carlsson 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.