PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaleva Vettenranta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gleb Zheglov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Vettenranta
vs
Zheglov

181 cm
27
210 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

183 cm
27
190 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaleva Vettenranta!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gleb Zheglov!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vettenranta fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice defenses there by Vettenranta.
Vettenranta drops down looking for a counter takedown but Zheglov sprawls and moves away.

Vettenranta closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Zheglov quickly recovers to half guard.
Vettenranta not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Zheglov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vettenranta. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vettenranta missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zheglov has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Vettenranta is working away from the top position though.
Vettenranta is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Zheglov is defending against the submission attempts here by Vettenranta.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, if Vettenranta 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vettenranta wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zheglov keeps working.

Vettenranta is trying for a kimura here. Zheglov looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Vettenranta wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kaleva Vettenranta!
Kaleva Vettenranta retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Kaleva Vettenranta thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.