PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaques Villeneuve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Kuivanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Villeneuve's entrance music is La Marseillaise. A fine choice. Kuivanen has chosen Metallica - All Nightmare Long 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.

Villeneuve
vs
Kuivanen

191 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaques Villeneuve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Toni Kuivanen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Villeneuve.
Villeneuve tries to clinch but Kuivanen moves out of range.

Kuivanen moves into the clinch.

Kuivanen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Villeneuve moves in looking to clinch but Kuivanen pushes him off.
Villeneuve tries to clinch but Kuivanen is having none of it.

Kuivanen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kuivanen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Kuivanen looking for a guillotine from mount but Villeneuve is having none of it.
Kuivanen cracks Villeneuve with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

It looks like Jaques Villeneuve has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kuivanen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Jaques Villeneuve's cut is getting worse.
Kuivanen content just to control the position here.
Villeneuve has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villeneuve has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Kuivanen is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Villeneuve taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Kuivanen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Toni Kuivanen!