PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Helmuth Tuminen (ranked 22054 p4p, 782 weight class) and Vlad Halen (ranked 5288 p4p, 607 weight class). Helmuth Tuminen had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Tuminen
vs
Halen

199 cm
27
212 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

197 cm
29
222 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Helmuth Tuminen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlad Halen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuminen misses with a wild body shot.

Tuminen sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Halen to the ground! Tuminen dives into full mount looking to finish!

Halen is rocked!

It looks like Vlad Halen has been cut.
Halen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halen is staying active underneath Tuminen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Halen is looking to control Tuminen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Halen avoid being mounted?
Halen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tuminen.
Halen felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Tuminen is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Tuminen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tuminen trying to control but Halen is having none of it.
Halen avoids a series of strikes thrown by Tuminen.
Tuminen 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuminen thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Halen is desperately trying to improve his position but Tuminen has a good base and remains in mount.
Halen blocking the ground and pound.
Tuminen is landing with some decent strikes but Halen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tuminen throws some wild stikes that Halen manages to avoid easily.
Tuminen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tuminen throwing strikes here but Halen is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Halen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tuminen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Halen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Halen is trying to escape the mount.
Tuminen throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuminen misses with a head shot.
Tuminen throwing strikes here but Halen is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tuminen throws some wild stikes that Halen manages to avoid easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tuminen looking to control but Halen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tuminen looking to ground and pound but Halen is blocking nicely.
Halen holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tuminen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Tuminen looking to ground and pound but Halen is blocking nicely.
Halen is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tuminen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Halen blocking the ground and pound.

Tuminen goes for an armbar but Halen turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Halen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halen wants to control from the top but Tuminen keeps moving.
Halen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Halen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Halen throws a big right hand that misses.

Halen is sitting in close to Tuminen's body. Tuminen has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Halen is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Halen is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Tuminen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Helmuth Tuminen!
A very excited looking Helmuth Tuminen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.