PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matti Nieminen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Fighter. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Nieminen
vs
Bradley

190 cm
23
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matti Nieminen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brad Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nieminen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bradley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bradley shoots in for a takedown but Nieminen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bradley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nieminen.
Bradley doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Nieminen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bradley!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Nieminen lands a nice shot to the head.

Nieminen looking for a guillotine from mount but Bradley is having none of it.

Nieminen has control of Bradley's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bradley regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nieminen content just to control the position here.
Nieminen lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieminen with good strikes from the mount here!

Nieminen working for a guillotine from mount but Bradley is in no mood to give up.
Nieminen postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Bradley bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Nieminen and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matti Nieminen!
Matti Nieminen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.