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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hratch Tzien (ranked 6241 p4p, 199 weight class) and Joonas Olli (ranked 6156 p4p, 198 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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170 cm
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147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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155 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hratch Tzien! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joonas Olli! The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Olli throws a chopping leg kick but Tzien manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Olli misses with a wild body shot. Tzien moves out of range of the leg kick from Olli. Olli misses with a lunging right hand
and Tzien counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Olli looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Olli shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Tzien's guard. Tzien tries to land a sweep but no joy. Olli trying to control but Tzien is working from the bottom. Olli avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Tzien keeping moving, preventing Olli from controlling successfully. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tzien controls Olli momentarily but Olli frees himself. Tzien is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. It looks like Tzien is going to stand back up.
Olli is looking to improve his position.
Olli is pressing down on Tzien's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. Olli utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Olli looking for a sweep. Not yet Olli, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tzien throws a big right hand that misses. Tzien trying to control the position from guard on top but Olli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Olli looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Olli looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tzien sitting in guard here, content to control. Tzien wants to get up but he can't break Olli's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup. Olli has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Tzien doesn't defend quickly enough and Olli has managed to lock this one up! Can Tzien escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Olli on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Joonas Olli! During a confident post fight interview, Joonas Olli thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
29% |
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