PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sheldon House (ranked 5267 p4p, 4558 weight class) and Arvo Ahola (ranked 334 p4p, 310 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

House
vs
Ahola

158 cm
18
143
0 - 1 - 0

171 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sheldon House!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arvo Ahola!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
House swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ahola wants to counter the offense by House and move into the clinch position.
Ahola misses with a low kick.
Ahola tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ahola pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ahola fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ahola lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ahola feints a jab promting House to slip. Ahola then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. House slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

House closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ahola is trying to control but can't.
Ahola really doesn't want to stay on the ground with House. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ahola scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but House manages to mount him!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ahola is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahola taking shots to the head.
House lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ahola hang on?
House tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ahola tries to improve his position but instead House has taken his back!

Ahola defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of House's arms.

House is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Ahola has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but House has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Ahola taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. House doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sheldon House!