PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lamour Ferdinand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Haukka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haukka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Ferdinand
vs
Haukka

180 cm
29
166 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

180 cm
34
163 lbs
15 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lamour Ferdinand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Haukka!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haukka darts in trying to clinch

and Ferdinand counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ferdinand is trying to control the action in half guard but Haukka is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Ferdinand is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Ferdinand looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ferdinand trying to mount his opponent but Haukka defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haukka is trying to stand up here but Ferdinand is controlling him well.

Ferdinand is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Haukka is just riding it out for now. Ferdinand eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ferdinand is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferdinand has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ferdinand tries to control but Haukka wriggling away.

Ferdinand is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Ferdinand!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Lamour Ferdinand!
After winning the bout, Lamour Ferdinand thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.