PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Johansson (ranked 4791 p4p, 4792 weight class) and Niko Ahola (ranked 501 p4p, 502 weight class). Niko Ahola has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johansson
vs
Ahola

185 cm
18
204
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
204
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikael Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Niko Ahola!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ahola clinches with his opponent.

Johansson pulls guard effortlessly.
Johansson striking from his own guard.
Johansson pulls Ahola in close to his closed guard and prevents Ahola from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ahola really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johansson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johansson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ahola manages to get himself to full guard.

Johansson stays in close to Ahola's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson throws a big elbow that misses.
Johansson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Johansson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Johansson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ahola's head.
Johansson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Johansson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Johansson taking a breather here.
Johansson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Johansson is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Ahola looks calm but he's in trouble here. Johansson gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Ahola is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Johansson lets go of the hold and Ahola can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mikael Johansson!