PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gigantor Tremendous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jairo Leao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tremendous comes to the cage accompanied by Segertåget - Maskinen. Leao has chosen The Eye of The Tiger as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tremendous
vs
Leao

209 cm
19
255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
20
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gigantor Tremendous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jairo Leao!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tremendous blocks a head kick by Leao.

Tremendous clinches with his opponent.
Leao taking a breather.

Tremendous tightens his grip and picks Leao up, before dumping him to the ground. Leao manages to land in guard.
Tremendous sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Leao wants to stand and escape but Tremendous is having none of it.
Leao being controlled here, momentarily.
Tremendous pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Leao is keeping the position for now.
Leao wants to stand up but Tremendous is controlling him.
Tremendous is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tremendous tries to free his leg and advance position but Leao is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leao can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tremendous controls the pace.
Leao wants to get back to his feet but Tremendous passes into half guard.
Tremendous takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Leao taking some punishment here, with Tremendous in his half guard.
Tremendous prevents Leao from standing back up.
Leao is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tremendous controlling the action here.
Leao wants to get back to his feet.
Tremendous trying to control the pace.
Leao wants to get back to his feet.
Tremendous will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Leao looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Leao throws a head kick but Tremendous moves out of range.
Leao throws a series of punches but Tremendous moves out of range.
Leao throws a series of punches but Tremendous moves out of range.

Tremendous feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Leao can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tremendous controls the pace.
Tremendous has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Tremendous's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Gigantor Tremendous just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Leao throws a hook to the side of Tremendous's head but Tremendous sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Tremendous scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Tremendous staying calm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leao tries to escape but Tremendous is in control.

Tremendous has hold of Leao's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Leao tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Tremendous cranks the arm and Leao screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Leao, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Gigantor Tremendous!