PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannu Hanhi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freeman comes into the arena with Danzig-I'm the One blaring out of the sound system. Hanhi has chosen Hannu Hanhet höyhennetään as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Freeman
vs
Hanhi

182 cm
25
219 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Freeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hannu Hanhi!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanhi checks a leg kick.
Hanhi tests Freeman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hanhi lands a nice looking body shot.
Hanhi cracks Freeman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Freeman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hanhi manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Hanhi misses the target.
Hanhi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hanhi moves out of range of the body kick from Freeman.
Hanhi jabs Freeman right on the nose. Freeman blinks but takes it well.
Freeman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Freeman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hanhi cracks Freeman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Hanhi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Freeman. That's going to slow Hanhi down.
Jab by Hanhi.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Freeman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hanhi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Freeman trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanhi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanhi looking to control.
Freeman won't allow Hanhi to sweep him here.
Freeman throwing strikes but missing.
Freeman throws a strike but Hanhi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hanhi slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Freeman has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Hanhi doesn't defend quickly enough and Freeman has managed to lock this one up! Can Hanhi escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Freeman on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). James Freeman!
Jumping up and down and very excited, James Freeman waved his t-shirt featuring Fight Day Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!)'s logo in front of the cameras.