PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomi Koski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taalasmaa has chosen J.Karjalainen - Missä se Väinö on? as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Koski
vs
Taalasmaa

190 cm
23
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Supreme Supplements

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tomi Koski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Taalasmaa!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taalasmaa throws a leg kick but Koski sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Koski swats away the attempt to clinch by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa misses with a straight right.
Taalasmaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koski.
Taalasmaa looks to land a right hand but Koski moved out of range.
Taalasmaa throws an overhand right that lands on Koski's shoulder, as Koski tries to avoid the shot.

Taalasmaa rushes Koski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Koski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Koski jumps guard.
Koski bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Taalasmaa's guard.

Taalasmaa pushes Koski off and gets back to his feet.
Taalasmaa misses with a body kick.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch but Koski moves out of range.
Koski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Taalasmaa.
Jab by Koski.
Taalasmaa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Taalasmaa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koski steps into range and cracks Taalasmaa with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Taalasmaa flops backwards and Koski dives into his guard looking to finish!

Taalasmaa is rocked!
Koski passes Taalasmaa's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Taalasmaa is still in real trouble! Can Koski finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koski frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Koski unloading with bombs!

Koski swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tomi Koski!