PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jarmo Ekholm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Ekholm
vs
Santos

191 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
202 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarmo Ekholm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pedro Santos!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ekholm looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Ekholm.
Ekholm swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Ekholm sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Ekholm gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Ekholm kicks Santos off and gets to his feet.
Ekholm misses with a wild combination.
Ekholm throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Ekholm has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Ekholm lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Ekholm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekholm working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Ekholm's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Ekholm.
Ekholm lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ekholm pinned against the cage. Ekholm gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jarmo Ekholm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Santos.
Ekholm fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos has his takedown stuffed

and Ekholm counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Santos's guard now.
Ekholm is looking to work some ground and pound but Santos has wrist control.
Ekholm is looking to work some ground and pound but Santos has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ekholm is looking to stand up but Santos won't let him.

Santos looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Ekholm is defending well. Santos quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Ekholm has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Santos celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pedro Santos!