PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ifeanny Isa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes Maanpohja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Isa
vs
Maanpohja

178 cm
22
174 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

171 cm
21
172 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ifeanny Isa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johannes Maanpohja!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Isa throws out a powerful jab.
Isa scores with a decent looking hook.
Isa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Maanpohja takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Maanpohja on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Isa lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maanpohja fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice shot by Isa.

Maanpohja manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Isa on his heels. He'll look to pass Isa's guard now, I'm sure.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Isa is on top in guard.
Isa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Isa wants to control from the top but Maanpohja keeps moving.

Maanpohja is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Isa defends well.
Isa advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maanpohja is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Maanpohja keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Maanpohja is trying to control but can't.
Isa wants to take a breather but Maanpohja is having none of it.
Isa moves nicely into side control.
Maanpohja is trying to control Isa's posture but Isa avoids it.
Maanpohja is looking to reverse the position.
Isa landing a few strikes.
Maanpohja is looking to regain half guard here but Isa keeps moving and retains side control.
Isa cracks Maanpohja with a big elbow.
Maanpohja looking for a sweep but Isa has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Isa looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Isa looking to control but Maanpohja is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Isa looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maanpohja is working to get back to half guard.
Isa lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Isa can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maanpohja is looking to escape.
Maanpohja taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Isa looking to control and managing it successfully.

Isa is working for a guillotine from mount but Maanpohja frees his head quite easily.
Isa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Maanpohja's face.
Isa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Isa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Isa raining down hammerfists from mount.
Isa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Isa landing strikes from the mount and Maanpohja is in trouble!

Maanpohja is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Isa postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Maanpohja badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Isa around the waist but Isa pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Isa is the winner by TKO! Isa jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ifeanny Isa!
Ifeanny Isa thanked the fans post fight for their support.