PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danny Page (ranked 3013 p4p, 343 weight class) and Johannes Maanpohja (ranked 5711 p4p, 545 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Page
vs
Maanpohja

180 cm
30
185 lbs
8 - 16 - 0

171 cm
41
173 lbs
20 - 36 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 36 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johannes Maanpohja!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page lands with an uppercut that bounces Maanpohja off the cage and back into range.

Page drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Page missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Our spies down at at Bobby's Bench Shop inform us that Maanpohja has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

Maanpohja looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Maanpohja is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Maanpohja looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Maanpohja working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Page.
Page loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Maanpohja is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Page working some strikes from top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Page trying to control but Maanpohja is working from the bottom.

Maanpohja is looking to cinch up a triangle. Page throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Maanpohja's body to avoid the submission. Maanpohja has instead reached around Page's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Maanpohja arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Johannes Maanpohja!
Johannes Maanpohja very nearly forgot to thank Fury Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.