PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Creaturos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haraldr Harfagri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Creaturos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Riverside - O2 Panic Room. The crowd seem to be enjoying Harfagri's choice of entrance music: Pursuit of Vikings. Haraldr Harfagri is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Creaturos
vs
Harfagri

185 cm
23
194 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
184 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Creaturos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haraldr Harfagri!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creaturos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harfagri swinging wilding here.

Creaturos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Harfagri is trying to control but can't.
Creaturos wants to take a breather but Harfagri is having none of it.
Creaturos not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Harfagri looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Creaturos pushes past his half guard into mount!
Harfagri is desperately trying to improve his position but Creaturos has a good base and remains in mount.
Creaturos looking to finish Harfagri with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harfagri!
Harfagri working to try and regain half guard.
Harfagri is squirming around, avoiding Creaturos's attempts to control the action.
Harfagri working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harfagri trying desperately to get to his feet.
Harfagri is bucking up trying to escape but Creaturos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Creaturos scoring with strikes but Harfagri is staying in there.
Creaturos lands a big elbow.
Harfagri is trying desperately to improve position.
Creaturos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Harfagri is rocked!
Harfagri is in all sorts of trouble here.
Creaturos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Harfagri is still in real trouble! Can Creaturos finish him?
Creaturos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Creaturos looking to control but Harfagri is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harfagri tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harfagri seems to have recovered his senses.
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 two minutes gone in the round.
Harfagri looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.
Creaturos lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Creaturos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harfagri flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Creaturos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harfagri is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Harfagri looks gassed!
Harfagri is squirming around, avoiding Creaturos's attempts to control the action.
Creaturos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Creaturos has control of Harfagri's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Harfagri regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harfagri is squirming around, avoiding Creaturos's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Harfagri tries to lock up and control but Creaturos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Harfagri really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Creaturos looking to control but Harfagri is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harfagri is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Creaturos lands a heavy elbow.
Harfagri sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Creaturos blocks the strikes from Harfagri.
Creaturos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harfagri defending well though.

Harfagri is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Creaturos is tapping! Great win for Harfagri!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Haraldr Harfagri!