PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rowan Atkinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uncomfortable Positions - Keep Happening - (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Atkinson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Set to Fail. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Atkinson
vs
Positions - Keep Happening -

180 cm
30
170 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

178 cm
33
178 lbs
34 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rowan Atkinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Uncomfortable Positions - Keep Happening -!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Positions - Keep Happening - avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Atkinson closes the distance and clinches up with Positions - Keep Happening -, looking for a takedown. Atkinson pushes Positions - Keep Happening - against the cage but Positions - Keep Happening - circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Positions - Keep Happening - stuffs the takedown.
Atkinson slaps away a takedown attempt from Positions - Keep Happening -, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Atkinson manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Positions - Keep Happening - on his heels. He'll look to pass Positions - Keep Happening -'s guard now, I'm sure.

Positions - Keep Happening - has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Atkinson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Atkinson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Positions - Keep Happening -'s guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Atkinson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Atkinson works his way into full mount!
Atkinson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Positions - Keep Happening - tries to reverse the position but Atkinson maintains control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Positions - Keep Happening - is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Positions - Keep Happening - defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Atkinson.
Atkinson prevents Positions - Keep Happening - from getting the reversal.
Atkinson controlling from the full mount.
Positions - Keep Happening - gets back to half guard.
Atkinson is looking to take a break and control but Positions - Keep Happening - is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Positions - Keep Happening - won't allow Atkinson to pass to mount.
Atkinson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkinson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Positions - Keep Happening - can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atkinson scoring with strikes but Positions - Keep Happening - is staying in there.
Positions - Keep Happening - is in a horrible position here. Atkinson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Atkinson lands a big elbow.
Positions - Keep Happening - is working to get back to half guard.
Atkinson lands a nice shot to the head.
Positions - Keep Happening - is trying desperately to improve position.
Atkinson lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Atkinson.
Positions - Keep Happening - is in a horrible position here. Atkinson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Positions - Keep Happening - is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkinson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Positions - Keep Happening - is still in real trouble! Can Atkinson finish him?
The referee warns Positions - Keep Happening - that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Atkinson content just to control the position here.
Atkinson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Positions - Keep Happening - seems to have recovered his senses.
Atkinson lands a big elbow - Positions - Keep Happening - is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Positions - Keep Happening - is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rowan Atkinson!
A very excited looking Rowan Atkinson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.