PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Tuomioja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuomioja is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The boys are back in town. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Benjamin Tuomioja was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Washington
vs
Tuomioja

196 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
196 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Washington !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Benjamin Tuomioja!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Washington closes the distance and pushes Tuomioja back into the ropes.
Washington misses with a knee strike.

Tuomioja wants the takedown. Washington is fighting it off but Tuomioja persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Washington 's guard against the ropes.
Tuomioja controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Tuomioja cracks Washington with a solid left hand.
Washington is pulling down on Tuomioja's head. It's preventing any offense from Tuomioja, at least for the moment.
Tuomioja must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Washington trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Tuomioja is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington looking for a sweep. Not yet Washington , not yet.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuomioja postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tuomioja connects with a couple of short punches.
Tuomioja with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tuomioja advances to half guard.
Tuomioja is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Washington !
Tuomioja is landing with some decent strikes but Washington is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tuomioja controlling from the full mount.

Tuomioja looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Washington working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuomioja with the ground and pound from mount.
Washington wants to hold on but Tuomioja pushes him away.
Tuomioja controlling from the full mount.
Tuomioja prevents Washington from getting the reversal.
Tuomioja putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tuomioja lands a heavy elbow.

Washington is rocked!
Tuomioja sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Oh Washington is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tuomioja trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tuomioja controlling the pace for now.
Washington seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuomioja tries to control but Washington wriggling away.
Washington is working to get back to half guard.
Tuomioja putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tuomioja looking to finish Washington with some ground and pound. This is bad for Washington !
Tuomioja with the ground and pound from mount.
Tuomioja lands a big shot there that rocks Washington but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tuomioja connects with a bit shot that sees Washington covering up! More strikes from Tuomioja and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Tuomioja is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benjamin Tuomioja!
Benjamin Tuomioja decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.