PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Filip Suligoj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cy Coe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coe is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Insane In The Membrane - Cypress Hill. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Suligoj
vs
Coe

180 cm
23
222 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

192 cm
26
222 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Filip Suligoj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cy Coe!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Coe crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Suligoj - the referee stops the clock and Coe gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Suligoj. Coe manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Suligoj moves into range and clinches up with Coe.
Suligoj tries to work over Coe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suligoj using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Suligoj with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Coe working hard to break the clinch.
Suligoj lands a left hand that snaps the head of Coe backwards.
Knees to the body from Suligoj.
Coe is trying to break the clinch but Suligoj has him pressed against the cage.
Coe is looking to break free of the clinch but Suligoj has double underhooks.
Coe blocking some punches.
Coe has had enough of the clinch but Suligoj keeps him there for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coe tries to break the clinch but Suligoj is controlling the position.
Coe avoiding damage as Suligoj throws knees to the body.

Coe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suligoj misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Suligoj tries to close the distance and clinch but Coe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Coe scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Coe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Coe is keen to just control but Suligoj is a slippery customer.
Coe looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Coe wants to take a breather but Suligoj is having none of it.

Coe seems to be working for a kimura but Suligoj defends the submission attempt.

Coe is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Suligoj defends it well.
Suligoj wants to improve his position but Coe is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Coe is looking for a kimura here.
Suligoj knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Coe on the ground.

Coe is looking for a kimura but Suligoj is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Coe to get the leverage.
Suligoj wants to improve his position but Coe is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coe is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Suligoj on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Suligoj tries to get out of the position.

Suligoj defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Coe.
Coe tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Suligoj is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coe looking to finish with strikes here!
Coe throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Suligoj because Coe loaded up on that one.
Coe throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coe working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Suligoj in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coe scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Suligoj is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Coe swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cy Coe!
Cy Coe spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.