PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Aerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lauri Mononen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lauri Mononen told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Aerts
vs
Mononen

190 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dean Aerts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lauri Mononen!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aerts tries to clinch but Mononen moves out of range.
Aerts wants to clinch.

Mononen tries to keep at a distance but Aerts has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mononen has Aerts pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Aerts manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Knees to the body from Aerts.

Aerts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mononen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aerts fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aerts moves in looking to clinch but Mononen pushes him off.
Aerts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mononen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mononen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Aerts's waist but Aerts gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mononen off to one side.

Mononen scores a takedown into full mount!
Mononen controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Aerts really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Mononen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mononen wants to take Aerts's back but he can't do it this time.
Aerts holds on to Mononen around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
Mononen wants to control the pace but Aerts is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
You get the feeling that Aerts really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Mononen breaks from Aerts's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Aerts has left one of his arms exposed and Mononen doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Aerts screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lauri Mononen!