PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommi Lackstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Foreman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that George Foreman was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Lackstrom
vs
Foreman

192 cm
25
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Meet the Future

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Lackstrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, George Foreman!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foreman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lackstrom dives in and grabs Foreman's left leg, looking for a takedown. Foreman pushes down on Lackstrom's head and hops out.
Foreman slaps away a takedown attempt from Lackstrom, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Foreman misses with a two punch combination.
George Foreman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lackstrom dives in and grabs Foreman's left leg, looking for a takedown. Foreman pushes down on Lackstrom's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommi Lackstrom. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloppy strikes from Foreman. Those never looked like landing.
Lackstrom takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Lackstrom misses.
Foreman misses with a series of wild punches.
Lackstrom shoots in and drives through. Foreman sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman stuffs the takedown attempt from Lackstrom. Lackstrom gets slowly back to his feet.
Foreman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Tommi Lackstrom has been cut.
Foreman punishes Lackstrom's body with a nice straight punch.

Lackstrom closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Foreman quickly recovers to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lackstrom is looking to take a break and control but Foreman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Foreman tries to get to full guard but Lackstrom has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lackstrom throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lackstrom throwing shots but Foreman is blocking nicely.
Lackstrom trying to control the action but Foreman is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lackstrom is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Foreman sees it coming and defends easily.
Lackstrom looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Lackstrom is trying for a kimura here. Foreman looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Lackstrom wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tommi Lackstrom!
After winning the bout, Tommi Lackstrom thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.