PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Iiro Palli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustavo Nunes has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Iiro Palli's chin.

Palli
vs
Nunes

180 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
27
195 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iiro Palli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gustavo Nunes!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palli shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Nunes holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Palli gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Nunes tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nunes manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Palli has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nunes striking off his back but it's not causing Palli any problems.
Nunes has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Nunes is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Palli rolls with it to try and escape but Nunes cranks on the arm and Palli is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gustavo Nunes!
Gustavo Nunes decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.