PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Olisaije Odeivole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Karpov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karpov has chosen Scarface - No Tears as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Olisaije Odeivole has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Odeivole
vs
Karpov

205 cm
27
176 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

180 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good knees
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olisaije Odeivole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andrei Karpov!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Odeivole tries to close the distance and clinch but Karpov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Odeivole wants to clinch up but Karpov keeps it at a distance.
Odeivole tries for a takedown but Karpov circles away easily

and Karpov counters with a nice double leg into side control. Odeivole won't be happy with that.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
You can see the frustration on Odeivole's face as Karpov controls the position.

Karpov tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Karpov has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Karpov is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Odeivole is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Karpov working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Karpov prevents Odeivole from escaping the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Karpov thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Karpov has hold of Odeivole's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Odeivole tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Karpov cranks the arm and Odeivole screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Odeivole, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Andrei Karpov!
After winning the bout, Andrei Karpov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.