PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rhaegar Targaryen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andry Andrianampoinimerina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Targaryen comes to the cage accompanied by Mr Brightside. Andry Andrianampoinimerina has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rhaegar Targaryen's chin.

Targaryen
vs
Andrianampoinimerina

187 cm
26
172 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

172 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rhaegar Targaryen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andry Andrianampoinimerina!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Andrianampoinimerina both land. Nice combination.
Andrianampoinimerina checks a leg kick nicely.
Targaryen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Andrianampoinimerina is able to avoid easily.

Andrianampoinimerina scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Andrianampoinimerina working Targaryen over with strikes.
Andrianampoinimerina wants to pass to mount but Targaryen is defending the position.
Andrianampoinimerina is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Targaryen is looking to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andrianampoinimerina takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrianampoinimerina working the head and body with strikes.
Andrianampoinimerina is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Andrianampoinimerina lands strikes from half guard.
Andrianampoinimerina is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Targaryen moves into full guard.

Targaryen has his foot on Andrianampoinimerina's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Andrianampoinimerina works his way back into a safe position though.
Andrianampoinimerina content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andrianampoinimerina lands a couple of digs.
Andrianampoinimerina chips away with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andrianampoinimerina working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Andrianampoinimerina is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Andrianampoinimerina is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Andrianampoinimerina lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Targaryen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Andrianampoinimerina can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrianampoinimerina with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Andrianampoinimerina stands up over Targaryen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Andrianampoinimerina has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Andrianampoinimerina landing with the ground and pound.
Andrianampoinimerina stopping the sweep attempt from Targaryen.
Targaryen wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Andrianampoinimerina is now in half guard.
Andrianampoinimerina is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Andrianampoinimerina looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Targaryen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Andrianampoinimerina prevents Targaryen from improving his position.
Andrianampoinimerina takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrianampoinimerina lands strikes from half guard.
Andrianampoinimerina working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Targaryen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Andrianampoinimerina there.

Targaryen is rocked!
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. Andrianampoinimerina connects with a nice short shot to Targaryen's temple.
Oh Targaryen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Andrianampoinimerina is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Andrianampoinimerina lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Targaryen! More strikes land and this one is all over! Andrianampoinimerina jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andry Andrianampoinimerina!