PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Porrieste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikael Ojala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Porrieste
vs
Ojala

195 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Greg Porrieste!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikael Ojala!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Porrieste dodges the punch combination from Ojala.
Ojala looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Ojala swats away the attempt to clinch by Porrieste.
Porrieste shoots in for a takedown but Ojala shows good takedown defense.
An inside leg kick lands from Porrieste.

Porrieste bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Ojala prevents Porrieste from improving position.
Porrieste lands a few punches from side control.
Porrieste happy to just control the position for now.
Porrieste wants to control but Ojala is keeping him busy.
Porrieste landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Porrieste tries for a kimura but Ojala is defending well.
Porrieste advances nicely into full mount.
Porrieste trying to control but Ojala is having none of it.
Porrieste controlling from the full mount.
Ojala is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Porrieste fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Porrieste controlling the position easily from mount.
Porrieste scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ojala tries to reverse the position but Porrieste maintains control.
Porrieste content just to control the position here.
Porrieste lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porrieste controlling the position easily from mount.
Porrieste with shots to the head and body - Ojala looks very uncomfortable down there.
Porrieste with good strikes from the mount here!
Ojala tries to hold on but Porrieste postures up.
Porrieste raining down shots from the mount!
Porrieste unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Porrieste lands a heavy elbow.

Porrieste stands up from mount. Strange move.

Porrieste darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Ojala looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Porrieste passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Ojala!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Porrieste dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Porrieste scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Greg Porrieste is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ojala shoots and misses

and Porrieste counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Porrieste.
Ojala wants to control but Porrieste passes easily into half guard.
Porrieste works his way into full mount!

Porrieste is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ojala can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Porrieste punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Porrieste looking for a guillotine from mount but Ojala is having none of it.
Greg Porrieste overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Porrieste in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ojala tries to hold on but Porrieste postures up.
Porrieste wants to control the pace but Ojala is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Porrieste scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ojala is working to get back to half guard.
Porrieste lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ojala hang on?
Porrieste tries to control but Ojala wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ojala tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Porrieste landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ojala throwing hammer fists to the chest of Porrieste. What's that going to do exactly?
Porrieste is landing with some decent strikes but Ojala is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Porrieste has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Porrieste controlling the pace for now.
Ojala is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A nice elbow there by Porrieste.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ojala is looking to get to half guard.
Ojala looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Porrieste avoiding Ojala 's attempts to control his hands.
Porrieste controlling well, preventing Ojala from escaping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ojala turns into Porrieste and is now in his guard.
Ojala wants to stand and escape but instead Porrieste has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Porrieste dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Porrieste throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ojala's waist but Ojala gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Porrieste off to one side.
Porrieste fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ojala goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Porrieste lands with a right hand.
Porrieste will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Porrieste. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ojala closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Check out the look on Ojala's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ojala trying to control the action but Porrieste is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ojala working the body and head with strikes.
Porrieste can't do much from the bottom here.
Porrieste is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ojala off and has taken his back!
Porrieste is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Ojala. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

Porrieste is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Ojala knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Ojala for a finish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ojala covers up after that shot from Porrieste.
Ojala holding both Porrieste 's hands and preventing any damage.
Ojala can't escape the position.
Ojala is taking damage to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ojala can't escape the position.
Porrieste really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Ojala.
Ojala trying to control but not successfully.

Porrieste has got one arm under Ojala's chin. This could be trouble... Ojala trying to control the other hand but Porrieste gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Ojala has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Greg Porrieste!