PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexis Mavroeidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Koski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Koski's choice of entrance music: Thousand Foot Krutch - I Get Wicked. Alexis Mavroeidis has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mavroeidis
vs
Koski

180 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexis Mavroeidis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Toni Koski!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koski tries to close the distance and clinch but Mavroeidis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koski misses with a few strikes there.

Koski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Koski throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Koski breaks the clinch.
Mavroeidis shoots in looking for a takedown. Koski tries to sprawl out of it but Mavroeidis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Koski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mavroeidis shoots in but no luck this time.
Mavroeidis shoots in for a double leg but Koski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexis Mavroeidis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Koski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Koski is pressed up against the cage. Mavroeidis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Koski down to the mat. Koski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mavroeidis is breathing heavily.

Koski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Koski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Koski rushes Mavroeidis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Mavroeidis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mavroeidis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koski.
Koski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick by Koski misses
and Mavroeidis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mavroeidis.
Koski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mavroeidis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koski wants to clinch.

Mavroeidis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Koski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mavroeidis is defending well for now.
Mavroeidis is trying to stall.
Koski misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mavroeidis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Koski to keep the fight standing.

Koski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Toni Koski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koski tries to clinch there but Mavroeidis circles away.
Mavroeidis throws a hook but Koski avoids it easily.

Koski dives in and scores a takedown into Mavroeidis's guard.
Koski sitting in guard here, content to control.
Koski trying to control the position from guard on top but Mavroeidis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koski looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Koski works over Mavroeidis with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koski advances to half guard.
Koski seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Koski maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Mavroeidis could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Koski has cracked it and Mavroeidis is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Koski!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Toni Koski!
A relieved looking Toni Koski thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.