PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alonso Herman (ranked 24656 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Ikonen (ranked 4554 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Herman
vs
Ikonen

190 cm
19
177 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alonso Herman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Ikonen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ikonen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Ikonen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ikonen lands a few punches from side control.
Ikonen wants to stand but Herman is controlling his arm.
Ikonen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Herman holding on.
Ikonen in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Herman gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ikonen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Herman's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Herman is trying to stand up here but Ikonen is controlling him well.
Herman is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Ikonen jumps into side control!
Herman is looking to regain half guard here but Ikonen keeps moving and retains side control.
Ikonen trying to control the action but Herman is working from the bottom.
Herman tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ikonen has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Herman is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Ikonen yanks on the arm and Herman is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Ikonen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jari Ikonen!