PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan de Madrid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stevie Janowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

de Madrid
vs
Janowski

168 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

195 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juan de Madrid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stevie Janowski!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Madrid swings for the body but Janowski moves out of range.
de Madrid keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Janowski closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Janowski throwing shots but de Madrid is blocking nicely.
de Madrid is positioning himself well to prevent Janowski advancing to mount.
Janowski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Janowski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
de Madrid is holding on to half guard well.
Janowski seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Janowski passes into side control, despite de Madrid's attempt to control the position.
de Madrid is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
de Madrid is looking to regain half guard here but Janowski keeps moving and retains side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Janowski.
de Madrid on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if de Madrid tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janowski working away.
Janowski throwing strikes but de Madrid manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Janowski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
de Madrid really is a fat lump.
Janowski is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but de Madrid is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
de Madrid punishing his opponent with strikes.
de Madrid trying to control but Janowski is having none of it.

de Madrid is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Janowski has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Janowski is squirming around, avoiding de Madrid's attempts to control the action.
de Madrid sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Janowski is trying to escape the mount.
Janowski is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
de Madrid landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janowski working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de Madrid lands a nice shot to the head.
Janowski throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
de Madrid trying to control but Janowski is having none of it.
Janowski is in a horrible position here. de Madrid smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Janowski really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Janowski looks gassed!
Janowski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with de Madrid. 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 four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
de Madrid putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
de Madrid trying to control but he's not successful this time.
de Madrid postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Janowski looks a forlorn figure.
de Madrid controlling from the full mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
de Madrid with shots to the head and body - Janowski looks very uncomfortable down there.
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 Juan de Madrid will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Janowski looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

de Madrid clinches up against the cage.
de Madrid landing knees to the body.
de Madrid stops a takedown attempt from Janowski.
de Madrid tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The referee calls for de Madrid to work.
de Madrid softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Janowski is trying to trip de Madrid. He has hold of a leg but de Madrid is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Janowski persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Janowski preventing the sweep.
Janowski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. de Madrid is keeping the position for now.

de Madrid has his feet on Janowski's thighs here. He's pushed Janowski off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Janowski screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Juan de Madrid!