PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soz Sztrova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sztrova has chosen In Flames - Delight and Anger as his entrance music. Thor Armstrong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Armstrong
vs
Sztrova

180 cm
24
220 lbs
6 - 15 - 0

190 cm
26
200 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thor Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Soz Sztrova!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sztrova stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sztrova wants it to stay on the feet.
Sztrova shoots in but no luck this time.

Sztrova looking to score a takedown here. Armstrong is defending well but Sztrova drives through and ends up in Armstrong's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Armstrong is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sztrova wants to control from the top but Armstrong keeps moving.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Soz Sztrova hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sztrova will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sztrova ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Armstrong keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Thor Armstrong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soz Sztrova.
Armstrong wants to clinch.
Sztrova fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sztrova looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Armstrong is fending him off so far but Sztrova persists. Nope, Armstrong circles away and we're back to standing.
Sztrova wants to clinch.

Armstrong shoots in and gets a takedown into Sztrova's guard.

Sztrova is looking to sinch up a triangle. Armstrong throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Sztrova's body to avoid the submission. Sztrova has instead reached around Armstrong's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Sztrova arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Soz Sztrova!
Our winner, Soz Sztrova, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.