PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanislav Laitamo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominickoy Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laitamo comes to the cage accompanied by Likanen Etelä: ADOD, Mc Rambo, Musta Jori & Serkku Toni - H.U.R.R.I . The crowd seem to be enjoying Palhares's choice of entrance music: "Rumour Has It/Someone Like You". Stanislav Laitamo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dominickoy Palhares's chin.

Laitamo
vs
Palhares

199 cm
21
218 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

193 cm
28
222 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stanislav Laitamo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dominickoy Palhares!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palhares misses with a takedown attempt
and Laitamo counters with a series of strikes. Palhares will be more careful next time no doubt.
Palhares fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Palhares gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Laitamo is looking to clinch.

Palhares scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Palhares tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Palhares has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Laitamo holding on.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Palhares tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Palhares has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Palhares in the domination position with Laitamo hanging on.
Laitamo is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Palhares is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Laitamo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Laitamo is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Palhares is controlling him well.
Palhares scoring with punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The strikes coming from Palhares are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Palhares goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Laitamo has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Palhares but great work by Laitamo.
Laitamo wants to stand but Palhares has his arm trapped.

Laitamo stands up and beckons Palhares to his feet.

Palhares shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Laitamo manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laitamo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Palhares is controlling him.
Palhares stands up over Laitamo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Laitamo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Palhares on the ground.
Laitamo is controlling Palhares's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Laitamo's head.
Laitamo has control of Palhares's left arm, preventing Palhares from doing any damage.
Laitamo wants to stand but Palhares is controlling the position.
Palhares with a nice head shot there.
Palhares has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Palhares loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Laitamo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Laitamo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Palhares is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Palhares trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Palhares drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Palhares seems to have locked his on tight now - Laitamo screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Palhares, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Dominickoy Palhares!
Dominickoy Palhares spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.