PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Manton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Severi Suhonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suhonen has chosen Lentävä Kalakukko as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Severi Suhonen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Manton
vs
Suhonen

180 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Manton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Severi Suhonen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manton lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Suhonen backs up against the cage.
Manton scoring well with a low kick there.
Suhonen misses with a takedown attempt - Manton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Manton misses with a double jab.
James Manton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manton feints a jab promting Suhonen to slip. Manton then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Suhonen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Good leg kick by Manton there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Suhonen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Manton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Suhonen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Manton scores with a punch to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot lands for Manton.
Manton throws a combination that misses

and Suhonen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Manton!
Suhonen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Suhonen landing punches.

Suhonen is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Manton has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Manton is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manton keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Suhonen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Manton is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Suhonen locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Manton is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Severi Suhonen!