PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Asko Ilmarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brixton Massive (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Asko Ilmarinen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ilmarinen
vs
Massive

178 cm
26
250 lbs
11 - 10 - 1

200 cm
19
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Asko Ilmarinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brixton Massive!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ilmarinen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Massive clinches up with Ilmarinen and pushes him back against the cage.

Ilmarinen manages to break the clinch.
Massive dives in for a single leg takedown but Ilmarinen sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
As Massive looks to move away, Ilmarinen throws a big counter combo but Massive just gets out of the way.
Massive fails with the takedown

and Ilmarinen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Ilmarinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Ilmarinen gets a takedown into half guard.

Massive kicks Ilmarinen off and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ilmarinen slaps away a takedown attempt from Massive, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Asko Ilmarinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brixton Massive.
Massive shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ilmarinen pinned against the cage. Ilmarinen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Massive gets tackled into the cage by Ilmarinen. Ilmarinen maintains the clinch.
Massive tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ilmarinen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Massive is trying to pull guard but Ilmarinen has him pressed against the cage.

Ilmarinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Massive throws a nice looking combination but Ilmarinen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ilmarinen is looking for a counter combo.
Ilmarinen throws the kick towards the body but Massive avoids it.
Ilmarinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Ilmarinen darts in and clinches Massive up against the cage.
Ilmarinen misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Massive wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Come on Ilmarinen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ilmarinen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Ilmarinen for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Ilmarinen has Massive pressed against the cage, preventing Massive from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Ilmarinen manages to break the clinch.
Ilmarinen misses with a head kick.
Ilmarinen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Ilmarinen tries to keep at a distance but Massive has taken the fight into the clinch.
Massive fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Massive jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ilmarinen walks away with a smile on his face. Massive gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ilmarinen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Massive blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ilmarinen.
Nice strikes from Ilmarinen there.
Ilmarinen has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ilmarinen controlling his opponent.
Ilmarinen manages to capitalize on a mistake by Massive to take his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Massive trying to control the hands but Ilmarinen won't let him.
Ilmarinen lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Massive.
Ilmarinen 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.
Massive prevents Ilmarinen from getting a body triangle.
Massive covering up well under a series of strikes from Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen misses with an elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Asko Ilmarinen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Massive darts in looking for a takedown but Ilmarinen gets double underhooks and turns Massive into the cage.

Ilmarinen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Massive to the mat! Massive manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ilmarinen passes into half guard.
Ilmarinen slows the pace down in half guard.
Asko Ilmarinen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Massive avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ilmarinen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ilmarinen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Massive really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ilmarinen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ilmarinen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Massive defending well though.

Ilmarinen is looking for a kimura but Massive is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ilmarinen to get the leverage.
Massive wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Massive is trying to stand.
Ilmarinen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Massive keeps working.
Ilmarinen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ilmarinen controlling the action here.
Ilmarinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ilmarinen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Massive's head.

Ilmarinen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Massive has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ilmarinen winds up and cracks Massive with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Massive trying to get back to full guard but Ilmarinen takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Ilmarinen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Massive can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ilmarinen controlling the position easily from mount.

Massive is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Ilmarinen locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Massive is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Asko Ilmarinen!
Asko Ilmarinen spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.