PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Mendiola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matto Luuttu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matto Luuttu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mendiola
vs
Luuttu

180 cm
20
183 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

175 cm
24
175 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miguel Mendiola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matto Luuttu!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luuttu throws a series of punches but Mendiola avoids them all with ease.
Luuttu misses with a double jab
and Mendiola counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Luuttu throws a lazy right hand but Mendiola sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mendiola has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Luuttu with a poor takedown
letting Mendiola counter with a right hand.
Luuttu with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mendiola counters with a straight right hand.

Luuttu shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mendiola napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Mendiola dodges the ground and pound from Luuttu.
Mendiola tries to bench press Luuttu off him but Luuttu keeps the position.
Luuttu creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Mendiola sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Mendiola struggling a bit here.
Luuttu misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sloppy strikes there by Luuttu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luuttu tries to score with some ground and pound. Mendiola controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Luuttu tries to score with some ground and pound. Mendiola controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Luuttu in side control, throwing shots but Mendiola defends.
Mendiola sneaks back into half guard.
Luuttu working Mendiola over with strikes.
Luuttu sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mendiola defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luuttu sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mendiola defending well though.
Luuttu missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mendiola regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Luuttu.
Luuttu scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luuttu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mendiola works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Luuttu prevents Mendiola from getting back to his feet.
Mendiola is breathing heavily.
Mendiola working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Luuttu.
Mendiola wants to sweep here but Luuttu controlling him for the moment.
Mendiola working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Luuttu.
Mendiola has his hands on Luuttu's head, controlling the position.
Mendiola lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Luuttu!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mendiola with the ground and pound from mount.
Luuttu's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendiola prevents Luuttu from getting the reversal.
The referee warns Luuttu that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
You get the feeling that Luuttu really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Luuttu tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Luuttu wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Luuttu is desperately trying to improve his position but Mendiola has a good base and remains in mount.
Luuttu is trying to stand.
BOOM! Mendiola connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mendiola with the ground and pound from mount.
Mendiola lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Luuttu tries to buck Mendiola off but he can't manage it.
Mendiola fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mendiola 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.
Luuttu tries to reverse the position but Mendiola maintains control.
Mendiola with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luuttu is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Luuttu is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Mendiola lands a big elbow.
Mendiola looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mendiola won't let Luuttu get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Mendiola dominating with strikes here.
Luuttu is looking to get to half guard.
Mendiola looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mendiola lands with some strikes.
Mendiola unloading with bombs!
Mendiola is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mendiola looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mendiola lands a big shot there that rocks Luuttu but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Mendiola dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mendiola bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Luuttu looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mendiola!
Luuttu unloads with some shots from mount but Mendiola bucks and avoids them well.
Mendiola is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Luuttu throwing strikes but Mendiola recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Luuttu throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Luuttu throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Miguel Mendiola overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mendiola works his way to full guard. Good work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luuttu trying to control the position from guard on top but Mendiola is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luuttu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Luuttu drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Luuttu seems to have locked his on tight now - Mendiola screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Luuttu, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Matto Luuttu!