PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ukko Metso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Casey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ukko Metso is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Metso
vs
Casey

180 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
201 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ukko Metso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rich Casey!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Casey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Casey lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Casey.

Casey breaks the clinch.

Metso throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Casey was covering up waiting for the punch and Metso finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Metso chips away with some ground and pound.
Casey keeping full guard, as Metso tries to pass.
Metso landing some decent shots from guard.
Metso slips nicely into half guard.
Casey is trying to stand back up but Metso is controlling him
Casey wants to improve his position but Metso is controlling well.
Casey is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casey taking some punishment here, with Metso in his half guard.
Metso lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Metso prevents Casey from standing back up.
Metso controlling the action here.
Casey trying to control from the bottom.
Casey is looking to escape.
Metso definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Casey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Metso. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Metso stalling.
Metso trying to mount his opponent but Casey defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Metso takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Metso scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Casey wants to get back to his feet.
Metso 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.
Metso winds up and cracks Casey with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Casey pushes Metso off looking to stand but Metso dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Metso working the head and body with strikes.
Casey is looking for a sweep. Metso is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Casey on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Metso not doing much here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Casey can do anything to dispel that myth.
Metso passes to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metso working the ground and pound.
Metso working the ground and pound.
Metso controls the position from side control.
Casey is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Metso works to advance to full mount. Casey defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Metso is landing with some decent strikes but Casey is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Casey really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Casey is in a horrible position here. Metso smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Metso dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metso lands a couple of good shots and Casey has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Casey trying to control the action but Metso just sinks the hooks in.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Casey is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Metso is working for a rear naked choke. Casey is not defending it well and Metso has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Casey refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Casey's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ukko Metso!
Ukko Metso seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.