PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryhti Metti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arman Alizad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alizad has chosen Gortoz A Ran - J'attends as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Arman Alizad has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ryhti Metti's chin.

Metti
vs
Alizad

173 cm
23
165 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

174 cm
19
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryhti Metti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arman Alizad!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Metti shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Alizad fails to land with a series of punches.
Alizad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decent striking displayed by Alizad there.
Alizad cracks the inside of Metti's front leg.
Metti looks to land a left hand but Alizad moved out of range nicely.

Metti decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Metti not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Metti wants to pass the guard but Alizad is defending well.
Alizad is not content to let Metti control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alizad keeping hold of Metti's head, controlling as best he can.
Alizad is refusing to be controlled, as Metti sits in half guard.
Metti thows a huge punch but Alizad dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Metti not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Metti throws a strike but Alizad avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Nice takedown defense from Alizad. No joy for Metti on that attempt.
Metti shoots for a takedown but Alizad saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryhti Metti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Metti walks into a left hand.

Metti is rocked!
Alizad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Metti.
Oh Metti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Metti fails with the takedown.
Metti has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Alizad.
Metti seems to have got his legs back now.
Metti is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metti throws a looping overhand right but Alizad ducks down to avoid it.
Metti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alizad sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alizad throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Metti crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Arman Alizad!
Arman Alizad is the new lightweight champion!