PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Lithgow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teo Rantanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Lithgow
vs
Rantanen

180 cm
23
190 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

187 cm
23
203 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Lithgow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teo Rantanen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Lithgow as he checks the leg kick.
Lithgow looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Rantanen shoots for a double leg takedown but Lithgow sprawls well. He's pushed Rantanen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rantanen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rantanen cracks Lithgow with a big right hand and Lithgow goes down!

It looks like Michael Lithgow has been cut.
Rantanen passes into half guard.
Rantanen winds up and cracks Lithgow with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rantanen wants to take a breather but Lithgow is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lithgow tries to kick Rantanen off in order to stand up. Rantanen Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Rantanen has hold of Lithgow's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Lithgow seems comfortable defending it but Rantanen has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Lithgow is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Lithgow is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Rantanen couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Teo Rantanen!