PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mairo Lippmaa (ranked 3059 p4p, 4677 weight class) and Garrett South (ranked 368 p4p, 471 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lippmaa
vs
South

190 cm
25
194
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
185
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mairo Lippmaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Garrett South!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
South lands a right hook to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that South has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Lippmaa is trying hard to land a takedown here. South sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lippmaa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? South is fending him off so far but Lippmaa persists. Nope, South circles away and we're back to standing.
South steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lippmaa.
South tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lippmaa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Lippmaa drives through with a takedown into South's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Lippmaa drops back looking for a leg! South is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and South manages to kick Lippmaa off! Lippmaa jumps back into South's guard.

Lippmaa drops back looking for a leg! South is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and South manages to kick Lippmaa off! Lippmaa jumps back into South's guard.
South is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
South is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lippmaa wants to control from the top but South keeps moving.
Lippmaa works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Lippmaa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
South is trying to maintain the position but Lippmaa is very close to passing his half guard.
Lippmaa works his foot free and advances to mount.

Lippmaa is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, South has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
South swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lippmaa swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mairo Lippmaa!
A very excited looking Mairo Lippmaa rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.