PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Las Mambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamala Naamahaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Naamahaara has chosen Kishore Kumar : Chuu Kar Mere Mann Ko as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mambo
vs
Naamahaara

185 cm
31
194 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

193 cm
36
239 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Las Mambo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kamala Naamahaara!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naamahaara avoids the body shot from Mambo.
Mambo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Naamahaara has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kamala Naamahaara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Naamahaara darts in and clinches Mambo up against the cage.
Mambo avoids the elbow strike from Naamahaara, against the cage.
Naamahaara tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Naamahaara gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mambo.
Naamahaara is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Mambo jumps into guard, dragging Naamahaara to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naamahaara is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mambo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mambo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Naamahaara must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Naamahaara won't allow Mambo to sweep him here.
Mambo is working hard here to advance position.
Naamahaara wants to stand but Mambo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Naamahaara missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Naamahaara trying to control but Mambo is working from the bottom.
Mambo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Naamahaara working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mambo's head.
Mambo seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Naamahaara has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mambo is proving hard to escape from.
Mambo wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Naamahaara scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mambo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Naamahaara working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mambo wants to sweep but no luck.
Naamahaara passes Mambo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Mambo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Naamahaara throwing shots but Mambo is blocking nicely.
Naamahaara wants to get back to his feet.

Mambo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mambo wants to get back to his feet.
Mambo lands a couple of sideways elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naamahaara not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Naamahaara throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Naamahaara throwing shots but Mambo is blocking nicely.
Naamahaara really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mambo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mambo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Naamahaara.
Mambo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Naamahaara is fighting to break Mambo's control of his arms but Mambo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Mambo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Naamahaara wants to control from the top but Mambo keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mambo trying to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Naamahaara throws a head kick that Mambo semi-blocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Naamahaara misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Mambo.
Mambo moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromNaamahaara.
Mambo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Naamahaara. Naamahaara obviously looking to wear him down.
Mambo avoids the head kick by Naamahaara.
Naamahaara connects with a high kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Naamahaara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Naamahaara clinches up with Mambo and pushes him back against the cage.
Mambo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamala Naamahaara dominated that round.
That's time! Mambo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Naamahaara stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Naamahaara wants it to stay on the feet.

Mambo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Naamahaara is looking to escape.
Mambo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Naamahaara keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Mambo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, if Mambo is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Naamahaara is not content to let Mambo control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mambo not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Mambo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Mambo wants to pass the guard but Naamahaara is defending well.
Naamahaara tries to kick Mambo off but Mambo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Mambo controlling the action here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Las Mambo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Mambo in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Naamahaara tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Mambo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Las Mambo!
A very excited looking Las Mambo 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.