PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysiek Oki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Escobar
vs
Oki

170 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krzysiek Oki!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oki tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Escobar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Escobar performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Oki wants to control but Escobar is keeping busy.
Escobar is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Escobar lands a nice short elbow.
Escobar passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Oki!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oki looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Escobar controlling the position well here. Oki rolled but Escobar kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Escobar seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Oki for as long as he can get away with.
Escobar seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is not going to allow Oki to sit and survive in this position.
Escobar biding his time, controlling Oki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oki tries to escape but Escobar has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Oki is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Escobar.
Escobar throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Escobar is riding his opponent, not letting Oki buck him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Oki tries to escape the position.
Oki just trying to survive but Escobar is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
I really don't envy Oki right now.
Escobar has good solid back control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Escobar dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Oki tries to clinch

and Escobar counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Escobar.
Escobar passes Oki's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ryan Escobar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oki tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Oki trying to control from the bottom.
Escobar keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Oki is in trouble now - Escobar has advanced to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar controlling his opponent.

Oki is trying to control the position here but Escobar swings around for an armbar and he's got it! This one is all over, courtesy of a slick submission by Escobar!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ryan Escobar!
A very excited looking Ryan Escobar rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.