PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mando Halson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stringer Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Halson
vs
Bell

173 cm
24
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
136 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mando Halson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stringer Bell!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Halson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bell to the ground. Halson is now in Bell's guard.
Halson is looking to work some ground and pound but Bell has wrist control.
Halson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bell wants to stand up but Halson is controlling him.

Halson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Halson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Mando Halson!