PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Cage (ranked 5325 p4p, 423 weight class) and Aapo Glad (ranked 24592 p4p, 561 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Cage
vs
Glad

188 cm
22
225 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

213 cm
17
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luke Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aapo Glad!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Glad.

Glad cracks Cage with a big right hand and Cage goes down!
Glad must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Glad drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Cage dives on top into guard.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cage has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Glad is proving hard to escape from.

Glad escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cage gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Glad looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Glad has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cage can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Glad is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Cage avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Glad had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cage defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Glad looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Cage is defending well. Glad quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Cage has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Glad celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aapo Glad!
Our winner, Aapo Glad, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.