PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Atte Peltola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vajas Tomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peltola comes to the cage accompanied by Biggest & The Best. Tomas has chosen Wasted Years as his entrance music. Atte Peltola is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Peltola
vs
Tomas

180 cm
34
189 lbs
18 - 13 - 1

188 cm
31
194 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Atte Peltola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vajas Tomas!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peltola lands with a shot to the body.
A big left from Peltola misses.
Tomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tomas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Peltola has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Peltola and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tomas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Peltola misses with a lunging right hand
and Tomas counters with a stiff right hand.
Peltola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tomas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tomas swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tomas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tomas fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Peltola is out of range.
A big left from Peltola misses.
Vajas Tomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peltola blocks a low kick nicely.
Tomas misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peltola. Tomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomas misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomas connects with an inside leg kick.
Peltola misses with a looping right.
Peltola avoids the body shot from Tomas.
Peltola misses with a lunging right hand
letting Tomas counter with a right hand.
Tomas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Peltola checks a low kick from Tomas.
Tomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tomas throws a hook but Peltola blocks it.
Peltola throws out a powerful jab.
Tomas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peltola.
Peltola takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tomas walks into a straight right hand from Peltola.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Peltola misses the target.
Tomas walks into a straight right hand from Peltola.
Vajas Tomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peltola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tomas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Peltola seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Tomas scores with a leg kick.
Peltola misses with an uppercut. Tomas saw that one coming.
Peltola lands a right hook to the body.
Peltola swings for the body but Tomas moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tomas.
Peltola connects with a crisp jab.
Tomas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Peltola has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Peltola checks the leg kick.
Tomas ducks under a wild hook from Peltola.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomas wants to clinch up but Peltola keeps it at a distance.
Tomas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tomas looks to clinch

and Peltola counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tomas!
Peltola grinds an elbow into Tomas's temple.
Tomas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Peltola. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Peltola is looking to take a break and control but Tomas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Peltola throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Peltola trying to control the action but Tomas is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomas wants to get back to his feet.
Peltola throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Peltola is staying tight to Tomas's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peltola trying to control the action but Tomas is working from the bottom.
Peltola throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Atte Peltola dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tomas tries to close the distance and clinch but Peltola swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Peltola.
Tomas moves in looking to clinch but Peltola pushes him off.
Peltola moves away from the strike by Tomas.
Peltola lands a right hook to the body.
Tomas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Peltola connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tomas's hands.
Peltola lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Peltola on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tomas.
Peltola throws a hook but Tomas avoids it easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Peltola trying to control the position but instead, Tomas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Peltola into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tomas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Peltola's brow.
Stalling in the clinch from Tomas.
Peltola blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peltola looking to slow down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Tomas.
Tomas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peltola's elbow.
Tomas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tomas can't break the clinch.
Tomas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee is keeping an eye on Peltola - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tomas looking to slow down the pace here.
Tomas has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Peltola seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tomas can turn it around.
Peltola lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomas stalling against the cage.
Peltola leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tomas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peltola is defending well for now.
Tomas is trying to break the clinch but Peltola has him pressed against the cage.
Tomas is pressed up against the cage. Peltola has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tomas down to the mat. Tomas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Peltola blocks the leg kick.
Peltola throws a lazy right hand but Tomas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A clash of legs there as Peltola blocks the low kick.
Tomas connects with a jab.
A head kick misses from Tomas.
Peltola throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomas avoids the body shot from Peltola.
Tomas plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Tomas slips under a jab from Peltola.
Peltola stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tomas.
Peltola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tomas throws a shot to the body.
Tomas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Peltola is out of range and Tomas settles back down.
Peltola looks to throw the jab but Tomas is out of range.
Peltola throws a looping overhand right but Tomas ducks down to avoid it.
Tomas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Peltola checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tomas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tomas throws a leg kick that is checked

and Peltola counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tomas won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peltola tries to move to full mount but Tomas actually manages to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peltola sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tomas defending well though.
Peltola throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Peltola thows a huge punch but Tomas dodges it nicely.
Tomas wants to get back to his feet.

Peltola is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Peltola 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.
Tomas pushes Peltola off looking to stand but Peltola dives back in and keeps control.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Atte Peltola will probably get the nod.
That's time! Peltola's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tomas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Peltola tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tomas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Peltola.
Tomas throws a lazy uppercut

and Peltola decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Tomas's guard.
Tomas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Peltola.
Peltola prevents Tomas from getting back to his feet.
Peltola cracks Tomas with a solid left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peltola passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Peltola working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomas is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Peltola landing strikes.
Peltola just content to control the position.
Peltola has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Tomas!
Peltola can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tomas is looking to escape.
Tomas squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peltola controlling from the full mount.
Tomas taking shots to the head.
Peltola tries to control but Tomas wriggling away.
Peltola throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tomas blocking the ground and pound.
Tomas tries to buck Peltola off but he can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peltola landing punches.
Peltola with the ground and pound from mount.

Tomas is rocked!
Peltola loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Tomas scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Peltola land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Peltola stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Atte Peltola!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Atte Peltola made sure he mentioned Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry), along with how happy he was to win his fight.