PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dodge Elusive (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leif Kuusela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuusela is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hoii mie oon manne!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Elusive
vs
Kuusela

184 cm
22
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
213 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Dark Storm Performance

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dodge Elusive!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leif Kuusela!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuusela shoots for a takedown but Elusive saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Elusive bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Elusive tries to move into full mount but can't pass Kuusela's legs.
Elusive wants to control but Kuusela is keeping him busy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kuusela is looking to reverse the position.
Kuusela is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Elusive asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Elusive lands a few punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuusela is trying to get back to half guard.

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

Elusive working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Elusive is controlling him well.

Elusive decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Elusive scores a takedown into full mount!
You get the feeling that Kuusela really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Kuusela keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Elusive lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kuusela hang on?
You get the feeling that Kuusela really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Elusive fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Elusive is landing with some decent strikes but Kuusela is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Elusive is breathing heavily.
Kuusela is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Kuusela tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kuusela defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Elusive.
Kuusela is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Elusive with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Kuusela really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Elusive. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kuusela is looking to get to half guard.

Elusive has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Kuusela is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dodge Elusive!