PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hermanni Holopainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben Owth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holopainen's entrance music is Black&Yellow. A fine choice. Hermanni Holopainen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Holopainen
vs
Owth

196 cm
23
280 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

221 cm
21
296 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hermanni Holopainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ruben Owth!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holopainen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Owth looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Holopainen!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Holopainen wants to hold on but Owth pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Owth punching from mount but Holopainen doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Holopainen avoids a series of strikes thrown by Owth.
Holopainen's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Owth takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Owth unloads with some shots from mount but Holopainen bucks and avoids them well.
Owth is in the full mount, landing strikes.

It looks like Hermanni Holopainen has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Owth scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Holopainen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Owth wants to control the pace but Holopainen is squirming around nicely.
Holopainen blocking the ground and pound.
Holopainen tries to hold on but Owth postures up.
Owth is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Hermanni Holopainen's cut is getting worse.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hermanni Holopainen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ruben Owth!
Ruben Owth bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.