PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kustaa Pohjanala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harden Thicke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pohjanala comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Hard as a Rock. Thicke is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Kink Panther by Necro. Kustaa Pohjanala has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pohjanala
vs
Thicke

168 cm
28
156 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

176 cm
18
148 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kustaa Pohjanala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harden Thicke!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pohjanala tests Thicke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thicke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Pohjanala instigates a clinch.
Pohjanala unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thicke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pohjanala landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thicke looks gassed!
Pohjanala is pushing Thicke up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pohjanala lands a damaging elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Pohjanala.
Pohjanala lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Pohjanala ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Pohjanala no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pohjanala looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thicke is one step ahead there.

Pohjanala is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Thicke has his hands clasped together but Pohjanala extends an breaks Thicke's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Pohjanala.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kustaa Pohjanala!