PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ahjo Kuomanen (ranked 47 p4p, 330 weight class) and Ghengis Khan (ranked 5 p4p, 21 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kuomanen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to HonestKey - One Shot. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kuomanen
vs
Khan

190 cm
29
290
17 - 8 - 0

201 cm
31
273
22 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ahjo Kuomanen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Ghengis Khan!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuomanen stuns Khan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kuomanen takes one to the side of the head.
Kuomanen misses with a wild body shot.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Kuomanen's shoulder, as Kuomanen tries to avoid the shot.
Kuomanen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kuomanen works Khan's body with a nice hook.
Khan is looking to clinch but Kuomanen is avoiding it.
Ghengis Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Kuomanen attempts a counter takedown but Khan avoids it well and moves away.
Kuomanen looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kuomanen tries to counter with a takedown but Khan is quick to defend against it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khan misses with a hook

and Kuomanen counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuomanen misses with the ground and pound.
Kuomanen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Khan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kuomanen connects with a decent elbow.
Kuomanen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Khan keeps working.
Kuomanen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuomanen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Khan keeps working.
Kuomanen landing a few strikes.
Kuomanen misses with the ground and pound.
Kuomanen in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Kuomanen is trying to get an arm triangle but Khan is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Khan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Khan felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

Kuomanen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kuomanen tries for a kimura but Khan is defending well.

Kuomanen swings around for an armbar but Khan sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Kuomanen's guard.
Kuomanen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Khan's guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khan has Kuomanen pulled in close to control his posture.
Kuomanen tries to free his leg and advance position but Khan is retaining full guard.
Kuomanen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuomanen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Khan has momentary wrist control but Kuomanen slips an elbow through the middle.
Kuomanen with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuomanen trying to control but Khan is working from the bottom.
Kuomanen throws an elbow that misses. Khan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kuomanen's guard. Nice move by Khan!

Kuomanen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Khan defends it easily.

Kuomanen working for a triangle but Khan defends it easily.
Kuomanen seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuomanen is looking to sweep but instead, Khan has passed into half guard.

Kuomanen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kuomanen works his way to full guard. Good work.

Kuomanen has his feet on Khan's thighs here. He's pushed Khan off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Khan screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ahjo Kuomanen!
Ahjo Kuomanen retains his super heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Ahjo Kuomanen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.