PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vit Tu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jussi Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tu's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Blanket On The Ground . Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Tu
vs
Virtanen

190 cm
19
214 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
217 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vit Tu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jussi Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Virtanen gets the takedown into side control.
Virtanen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Virtanen working away.
Tu manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Tu wants to work for an arm triangle but Virtanen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Tu controlling the action here.
Virtanen is looking to control Tu's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Virtanen avoid being mounted?
Tu content to control rather than advance.
Tu sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Virtanen defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tu thows a huge punch but Virtanen dodges it nicely.
Tu stalling.
Tu works his way into full mount!

Tu working for a submission but Virtanen is keeping him at bay.
Virtanen tries to hold on but Tu pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee warns Virtanen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tu working Virtanen over with strikes here.
Tu breaks from Virtanen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tu raining down hammerfists from mount.
Virtanen looks gassed!
Tu lands a nice shot to the head.
Tu controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tu with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tu is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Virtanen has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tu looking to finish Virtanen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Virtanen!
Tu with the ground and pound from mount.
Tu fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tu sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Virtanen is in a horrible position here. Tu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Tu trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tu lands a big shot there that rocks Virtanen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tu landing strikes from the mount.
Tu trying to control but Virtanen is having none of it.
Tu landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tu working the ground and pound effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tu lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Virtanen taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vit Tu dominated that round.
That's time! Tu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Virtanen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Virtanen is rocked!
Tu seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Virtanen is still in real trouble! Can Tu finish him?

Tu drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Virtanen manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Tu has Virtanen in his guard.
Virtanen seems to have recovered his senses.
Tu bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Virtanen's guard.
Tu passes Virtanen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Virtanen is breathing heavily.

Tu is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tu keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Tu lands strikes from half guard.
Tu is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nice strikes from Tu there.

Tu is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Virtanen taking some punishment here, with Tu in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tu trying to mount his opponent but Virtanen defends it.

Tu wants to work for an arm triangle but Virtanen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Tu looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Tu moves nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tu lands a decent elbow from side control.

Tu is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Virtanen is trying to escape and Tu transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Virtanen is forced to tap! Nice work there by Tu! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vit Tu!