PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Risto Rodtotten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teemu Tainio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rodtotten
vs
Tainio

176 cm
25
173 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
24
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Risto Rodtotten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teemu Tainio!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tainio slips under a jab.
Rodtotten misses with a jab to the body

and Tainio counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Well, if Tainio is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Tainio takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tainio passes the guard and advances to mount!
Rodtotten is in a horrible position here. Tainio smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tainio has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Rodtotten is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Teemu Tainio!
A very excited looking Teemu Tainio made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.