PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yves St Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Louis
vs
Mason

188 cm
18
196 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yves St Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Mason!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Louis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
St Louis throws a series of punches but Mason moves out of range.
Mason fails with the takedown.
St Louis swats away the attempt to clinch by Mason.
St Louis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mason misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Yves St Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mason is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mason lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and St Louis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from St Louis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
St Louis misses with a two punch combination.
St Louis circles away from the clinch attempt.
A left and a right from St Louis both land. Nice combination.

St Louis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
St Louis tries to move to mount but Mason blocks the move with his legs.
Mason is trying to improve his position.

St Louis is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mason knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mason parries the strikes from St Louis easily there. St Louis is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Mason to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Louis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mason keeps working.

St Louis tries for a kimura but Mason is defending well.

St Louis wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mason, who protects the arm well.
St Louis is looking to take a break and control but Mason is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mason prevents St Louis from improving position.
Mason is trying to control St Louis's posture but St Louis avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Louis is looking to take a break and control but Mason is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mason looks gassed!
Mason can't do much from the bottom here.
St Louis scores with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

St Louis gets a takedown into half guard.
St Louis is thwarting Mason's attempts to control the position.
Mason is refusing to be controlled, as St Louis sits in half guard.

St Louis seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Mason is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Yves St Louis!