PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antti Tuisku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and niko flako (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuisku comes to the ring accompanied by Levoton. niko flako will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Tuisku
vs
flako

171 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

152 cm
20
139 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Tuisku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, niko flako!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tuisku shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in flako's guard.
Tuisku throwing strikes but missing.
Tuisku 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.
flako wants to stand up but Tuisku is controlling him.
Tuisku cracks flako with a solid left hand.
Tuisku stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. flako swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tuisku passes easily into side control. Nice work.
flako is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Tuisku tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tuisku has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on flako's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - flako has eaten all the pies!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuisku scores with punches from side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tuisku trying to control the position but flako is working away.
flako dodges the ground and pound from Tuisku.
flako is pushing Tuisku's head away, looking to escape. Tuisku manages to hold on to the position though.
Tuisku lands a decent elbow from side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
flako takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
flako wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
flako seems a little lost for a moment, as Tuisku dominates the positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
flako on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
A control attempt from flako but he's now mounted!
Tuisku lands with some vicious ground and pound - can flako hang on?

flako is rocked!

It looks like niko flako has been cut.
A big strike lands for Tuisku! That's really hurt flako and he's turned his back - Tuisku keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Tuisku Jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antti Tuisku!