PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Viggo Heitannan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teemu Tainio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Viggo Heitannan had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Heitannan
vs
Tainio

175 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
24
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Viggo Heitannan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teemu Tainio!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heitannan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tainio tries to clinch but Heitannan is having none of it.
Tainio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Heitannan.
Tainio takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Heitannan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Heitannan misses with a body shot.
Tainio shoots in looking for a takedown. Heitannan tries to sprawl out of it but Tainio keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Heitannan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Heitannan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heitannan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tainio's head backwards.
Heitannan throws a jab but it's blocked by Tainio.
Horrible takedown by Tainio or perhaps it was just good defense by Heitannan which made him look bad.
Viggo Heitannan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Teemu Tainio.
Heitannan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Heitannan wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Tainio.
Heitannan misses with a hook. Tainio ducked under it nicely.

Tainio shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Tainio was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Heitannan is trying to control Tainio's posture but Tainio avoids it.
Tainio wants to control but Heitannan is keeping him busy.
Tainio might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Heitannan haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Tainio works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Tainio working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Tainio lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Heitannan down.
Heitannan is looking for a sweep.

Tainio in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Heitannan is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Teemu Tainio!
A very excited looking Teemu Tainio 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.