PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teuvo Loman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rannanjarvi Antti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loman comes to the cage accompanied by Teuvo Loman - Helsinki City Boy. Antti has chosen Eminem- Go To Sleep as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Loman
vs
Antti

180 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
190 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teuvo Loman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rannanjarvi Antti!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Antti.

Loman shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Loman in particular looking to stall.
Loman seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Antti for as long as he can get away with.
Loman tries to pass the half guard into mount. Antti knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Loman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Antti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Loman is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Antti really wants to buck Loman off and get back to his feet.
Antti really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Loman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman looking to control and managing it successfully.
Loman's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Loman throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Antti wants to try and get back to his feet.
Loman looking to control and managing it successfully.
You get the feeling that Antti really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Loman looking to ground and pound but Antti is blocking nicely.
Antti tries to buck Loman off but he can't manage it.
Loman moves to take his opponent's back.
Loman just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Antti is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Loman off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loman lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Antti.
Loman missing with strikes.
Antti is trying to get back to his feet but Loman has full control of the position and if anything, Antti has just worked his way into a worse spot.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Loman is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Antti defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Antti is trying to get back to his feet but Loman has full control of the position and if anything, Antti has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Loman working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Antti is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Loman has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Antti taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Teuvo Loman!