PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lassi Lambada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Paulista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulista is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Champagne Supernova. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Lambada
vs
Paulista

188 cm
23
200 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
195 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lassi Lambada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junior Paulista!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lambada misses with a straight left.
Paulista digs a good hook to Lambada's body.
Paulista misses with a head kick.
Paulista avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lambada lands a lovely overhand right.

Lambada closes the distance and clinches.
Paulista tries to break the clinch but Lambada is controlling the position.
Lambada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lambada pushes Paulista back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lambada lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Paulista is looking to control Lambada's arms but Lambada gets an underhook and turns him. Now Paulista has his back to the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Paulista.
Lambada keeps control of Paulista as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Paulista misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lambada is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Paulista gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Paulista blocks a body shot from Lambada.
Paulista looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Lambada is trying to trip Paulista. He has hold of a leg but Paulista is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Lambada persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Lambada preventing the sweep.
Lambada lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulista is trying to keep Lambada in close.
Lambada trying to control the position from guard on top but Paulista is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Paulista is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lambada is aware though and is defending well.
Lambada lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lambada cracks Paulista with a solid left hand.
Paulista avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Paulista wants to sweep but no luck.
Lambada is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Paulista avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lambada in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lambada's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lambada is working Paulista over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lambada throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paulista is trying to keep Lambada in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulista wants to sweep here but Lambada controlling him for the moment.
Paulista trying to keep a closed guard but Lambada is proving a slippery customer.
Paulista looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Paulista keeping moving, preventing Lambada from controlling successfully.
Lambada distracts Paulista with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lambada stopping the sweep attempt from Paulista.
Lambada throwing strikes but missing.
Lambada 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.
Lambada pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Paulista is keeping the position for now.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lambada's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paulista looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lambada is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulista manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lambada wants to control but Paulista is having none of it.
Lambada can't escape the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lambada tries to lock up and control but Paulista gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lambada is bucking up trying to escape but Paulista cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Paulista looking to control but Lambada is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Paulista throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Lambada is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lambada controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Paulista looking to secure an arm triangle but Lambada defends it well.
Lambada is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paulista scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lambada?
BOOM! Paulista connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Paulista is working for a guillotine from mount but Lambada frees his head quite easily.
Paulista with the ground and pound from mount.
Lambada in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Paulista lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lambada hang on?

Lambada is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paulista drops a big elbow. That's hurt Lambada! More shots from Paulista and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Paulista!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Junior Paulista waved his t-shirt featuring ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30's logo in front of the cameras.