PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johannes Kostaja (ranked 4123 p4p, 4125 weight class) and Herra Peto (ranked 466 p4p, 468 weight class). Herra Peto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kostaja
vs
Peto

190 cm
24
175
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
24
170
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Northern Zombie

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Johannes Kostaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Herra Peto!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Peto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Herra Peto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kostaja fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Peto throws a big shot that misses.
Kostaja lands a jab.
Kostaja scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Herra Peto has been cut.

Peto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kostaja, pushing him back against the cage.
Kostaja throws a punch but it's blocked by Peto.
Peto throws a punch but it's blocked by Kostaja.
Kostaja pushes Peto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kostaja letting Peto take a breather here.
Peto working aggressively here.
Kostaja scores with a shot to the side of Peto's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peto is looking to take this one to the mat.
Peto misses with a hook from the clinch.

Peto gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Kostaja will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Peto sitting in guard here, content to control.
Peto wants to control from the top but Kostaja keeps moving.
Kostaja throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peto stays in close to Kostaja's body and controls the position.
Peto trying to control the position from guard on top but Kostaja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Peto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Peto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Peto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Peto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Peto advances to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Peto seems to be looking for submissions.

Peto is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Peto passes the guard and advances to mount!

Peto working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Peto is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Kostaja has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Kostaja knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Peto on the ground.

Peto is working for a guillotine from mount but Kostaja frees his head quite easily.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Herra Peto!