PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ghiorghos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes Hanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papadopoulos comes to the cage accompanied by Robocop Theme by Basil Polidouris. Hanson has chosen Eminem-Stay Wide Awake as his entrance music. Ghiorghos Papadopoulos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Johannes Hanson's chin.

Papadopoulos
vs
Hanson

185 cm
26
266 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johannes Hanson!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hanson gets caught flat footed, as Papadopoulos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hanson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hanson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hanson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanson trying to control from half guard but Papadopoulos is working away.
Papadopoulos is looking to improve his position.
Hanson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Papadopoulos is trying to get back to full guard.
Hanson wants to get back to his feet.
Papadopoulos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Papadopoulos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hanson on the ground.
Papadopoulos misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Papadopoulos tries to get to full guard but Hanson has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Papadopoulos knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Papadopoulos is trying to get back to full guard.
Papadopoulos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Papadopoulos tries to get out of the position.
Papadopoulos manages to get to full guard.
Papadopoulos looking for a sweep. Not yet Papadopoulos, not yet.
Hanson advances position into side control!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hanson taking a breather here.
Papadopoulos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hanson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Papadopoulos tries to improve position but can't.

Hanson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Papadopoulos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Papadopoulos is looking to reverse the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanson trying to control the action but Papadopoulos is working from the bottom.
Papadopoulos is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanson wants to control but Papadopoulos is keeping him busy.
Papadopoulos tries to buck Hanson off but Hanson is having none of it.

Hanson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hanson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hanson looks gassed!
Papadopoulos throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Papadopoulos is trying to improve his position.
Papadopoulos is working hard here to advance position.
Papadopoulos wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Papadopoulos is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos misses with an elbow from the bottom.

Hanson tries for a kimura but Papadopoulos is defending well.
Hanson trying to control the position but Papadopoulos is working away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papadopoulos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Papadopoulos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hanson trying to control the position but Papadopoulos is working away.
Papadopoulos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ghiorghos Papadopoulos will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hanson is looking to clinch but Papadopoulos is avoiding it.
Papadopoulos misses with a double jab.
Papadopoulos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hanson.

Hanson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Papadopoulos to the mat! Papadopoulos manages to get full guard.
Papadopoulos wants to sweep but no luck.
Hanson wants to control from the top but Papadopoulos keeps moving.

Hanson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hanson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hanson passes Papadopoulos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Papadopoulos trying to get back to full guard but Hanson takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Papadopoulos working to try and regain half guard.
Hanson looking to finish with strikes here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Hanson has isolated one of Papadopoulos's arms. Papadopoulos looking to fight him off but Hanson twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johannes Hanson!
Johannes Hanson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.