PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Creaturos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Creaturos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Riverside - O2 Panic Room. Taalasmaa has chosen Jore Marjaranta - Tunteisiin as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Creaturos
vs
Taalasmaa

185 cm
33
194 lbs
22 - 15 - 0

184 cm
32
194 lbs
24 - 8 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Good elbows
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 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Creaturos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Taalasmaa!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Creaturos shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Taalasmaa's guard.
Taalasmaa controls Creaturos momentarily but Creaturos frees himself.
Taalasmaa has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Creaturos preventing the sweep.
Creaturos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Taalasmaa is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Creaturos's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Creaturos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taalasmaa tries to roll over but Creaturos keeps him under control.
Creaturos is trying to control the action in half guard but Taalasmaa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Creaturos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Creaturos working the head and body with strikes.
Taalasmaa wants to improve his position but Creaturos is controlling well.
Creaturos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Taalasmaa keeps working.
Creaturos is controlling the pace.
Creaturos seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Taalasmaa for as long as he can get away with.
Taalasmaa wants to get back to full guard but Creaturos has mounted him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creaturos scoring with strikes but Taalasmaa is staying in there.
Creaturos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Taalasmaa?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taalasmaa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Creaturos raining down shots from the mount!
Creaturos avoids the attempt from Taalasmaa to control.
Creaturos landing punches.
Creaturos raining down shots from the mount!
Creaturos looking to control but Taalasmaa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creaturos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Taalasmaa is in a horrible position here. Creaturos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Creaturos.

Taalasmaa is rocked!
Taalasmaa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A big strike lands for Creaturos! That's really hurt Taalasmaa and he's turned his back - Creaturos keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Creaturos jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Creaturos!