PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fantinaz Del Norte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Kula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Del Norte comes to the cage accompanied by La Coka Nostra - Malverde Market. Kula has chosen Bullet - Bite the Bullet as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Del Norte
vs
Kula

165 cm
36
138 lbs
21 - 10 - 1

158 cm
28
133 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fantinaz Del Norte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Kula!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Norte scores with a decent looking hook.
Del Norte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kula sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Del Norte misses with a body shot.

Kula bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Del Norte is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Evil Empire: †AWAKENING†, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Del Norte tries to buck Kula off but Kula is having none of it.
Del Norte manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Del Norte tries to roll over but Kula keeps him under control.
Kula moves nicely into side control.

Kula tries for a kimura but Del Norte is defending well.
Del Norte wants to control but Kula postures up.

Kula is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Del Norte has escaped the position, nice work there.
Del Norte wants to control but Kula postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kula is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Del Norte is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Norte tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Kula looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Kula tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kula has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Kula is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Del Norte is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Del Norte is looking to regain half guard here but Kula keeps moving and retains side control.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kula tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kula has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two 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.
Del Norte wants to control but Kula postures up.
Del Norte sneaks back into half guard.
Kula tries to pass the half guard into mount. Del Norte knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Del Norte is trying to control but can't.

Del Norte actively working from the bottom here.
Del Norte is trying to control but can't.
Del Norte tries to roll over but Kula keeps him under control.
Del Norte keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Kula wants to pass to mount but Del Norte is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kula is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Del Norte is defending against the submission attempts here by Kula.

Kula is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Del Norte sees it coming and defends easily.
Del Norte is looking to improve his position.
Kula is looking to pass Del Norte's guard but actually Del Norte recovers to full guard.

Del Norte looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Kula is defending well. Del Norte quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Kula has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Del Norte celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fantinaz Del Norte!
Fantinaz Del Norte bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
The defeated Kalle Kula had this to say: 'Tonight he was stronger then me, but I'll come back, better and stronger then ever! Thanks to all my fans for showing your support!!'.