PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Orsini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mertsi Peltola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orsini comes to the cage accompanied by Era. Peltola is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sonne. Gabriel Orsini has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Orsini
vs
Peltola

183 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
19
212 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Brute

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gabriel Orsini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mertsi Peltola!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peltola looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Orsini is fending him off so far but Peltola persists. Nope, Orsini circles away and we're back to standing.
Peltola throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Peltola misses with a straight right.
Peltola misses with a straight right.
Orsini changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Peltola will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mertsi Peltola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Peltola fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Orsini to the ground. Peltola is now in Orsini's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Orsini keeping moving, preventing Peltola from controlling successfully.
Peltola pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Orsini is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peltola throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peltola landing some decent shots from guard.
Orsini keeping moving, preventing Peltola from controlling successfully.
Orsini looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Peltola loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Orsini seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Peltola cracks Orsini with a solid left hand.
Peltola slips nicely into half guard.

Peltola is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Orsini doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Peltola.
Peltola wants to pass to mount but Orsini is defending the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orsini is looking to control Peltola's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Orsini avoid being mounted?
Orsini moves into full guard.
Orsini not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Orsini looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Peltola puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orsini is trying to get back to full guard.
Orsini wants to get back to his feet.
Peltola is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Peltola connects with a nice short shot to Orsini's temple.
Peltola scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Peltola wants to lay and pray for a moment but Orsini keeps working.
Peltola passes the guard and advances to mount!
Peltola lands a big shot there that rocks Orsini but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

It looks like Gabriel Orsini has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Peltola.
Peltola lands with some strikes.
Peltola postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Orsini out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Peltola goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mertsi Peltola!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Mertsi Peltola waved his t-shirt featuring Brute's logo in front of the cameras.