PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zlatan Ibrahimovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tristan Yurgnittu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Zlatan Ibrahimovic has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Ibrahimovic
vs
Yurgnittu

190 cm
18
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zlatan Ibrahimovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tristan Yurgnittu!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yurgnittu has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ibrahimovic.
Ibrahimovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yurgnittu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yurgnittu keeps the fight on the outside.

Yurgnittu looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ibrahimovic!
An elbow from Yurgnittu crashes against the mat.
Ibrahimovic's coaches at Helsinki MMA have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yurgnittu works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Yurgnittu trying to control the action but Ibrahimovic is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yurgnittu in side control, just content to control the action for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yurgnittu throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Yurgnittu.
Yurgnittu cracks Ibrahimovic with a big right hand but Ibrahimovic just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Yurgnittu tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Yurgnittu throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ibrahimovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yurgnittu on the ground.
Yurgnittu is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Ibrahimovic will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Yurgnittu landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Yurgnittu crashes against the mat.
Ibrahimovic is working to avoid the ground and pound but Yurgnittu connects with a decent elbow.
Yurgnittu passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Ibrahimovic!
Yurgnittu controlling from the full mount.
Yurgnittu raining down hammerfists from mount.
Yurgnittu lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Yurgnittu has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ibrahimovic's face.
Ibrahimovic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Ibrahimovic is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic is in a horrible position here. Yurgnittu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oh Ibrahimovic is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yurgnittu postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Ibrahimovic in real trouble here! The ref calls for Ibrahimovic to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tristan Yurgnittu!