PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juha Sippilae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Sizov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Sippilae
vs
Sizov

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

KnockOut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juha Sippilae!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Sizov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sizov throws a left and a right that both miss

and Sippilae counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sippilae.

Sippilae got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sizov has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sippilae has managed to get both his arms back between Sizov's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sizov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Sizov is working an open guard so Sippilae takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Sizov.
We've been told by Sippilae's head coaches at Cozad MMA Helsinki that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sizov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sippilae appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Sippilae fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sizov sprawls well initially but Sippilae persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sizov with the active half guard here but Sippilae passes nicely into side control.
Sizov takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sizov tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Sizov wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Sippilae has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Sizov's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Sizov is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Sippilae!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Juha Sippilae!
Juha Sippilae is the new middleweight champion!