PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Evandro Rolifild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Jonas Angstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rolifild comes to the cage accompanied by Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rolifild
vs
Jonas Angstrom

180 cm
25
191 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

187 cm
26
190 lbs
6 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Evandro Rolifild!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Jonas Angstrom!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Rolifild.
Angstrom looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Rolifild getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Rolifild scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rolifild looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Angstrom with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rolifild looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Angstrom with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rolifild missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Angstrom looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rolifild thows a huge punch but Angstrom dodges it nicely.
Rolifild is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Rolifild looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Angstrom with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rolifild looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Angstrom with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Angstrom is refusing to be controlled, as Rolifild sits in half guard.
Rolifild lands strikes from half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rolifild looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Angstrom is staying active underneath Rolifild, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rolifild working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rolifild wants to pass the guard but Angstrom is defending well.
Angstrom avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rolifild.
Rolifild has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rolifild postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Angstrom looks a forlorn figure.
Rolifild postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Angstrom looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rolifild looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rolifild in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

It looks like Karl Jonas Angstrom has been cut.
Angstrom wants to control but Rolifild is having none of it.
Rolifild is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Angstrom can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolifild is landing with some decent strikes but Angstrom is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That has opened up Karl Jonas Angstrom's cut even more.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Angstrom can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rolifild pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

The cut above Karl Jonas Angstrom's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rolifild is landing with some decent strikes but Angstrom is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rolifild cracks Angstrom with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Karl Jonas Angstrom's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rolifild is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Rolifild working for a submission but Angstrom is keeping him at bay.
Rolifild unloading with bombs!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Karl Jonas Angstrom's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Evandro Rolifild!