PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johannes Maanpohja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saul Tigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Maanpohja
vs
Tigh

171 cm
22
173 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

182 cm
22
180 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

KAISER

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johannes Maanpohja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Tigh!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maanpohja defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tigh.
Maanpohja lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Saul Tigh has been cut.
Maanpohja throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Tigh darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Maanpohja is trying to stand.
Maanpohja has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Tigh has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Maanpohja defend it? Tigh steps over the head and cranks it - Maanpohja is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Tigh!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Saul Tigh!
During a confident post fight interview, Saul Tigh thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.