PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marty Leslie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janne Hali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Janne Hali acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Leslie
vs
Hali

186 cm
22
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marty Leslie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Janne Hali!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hali misses with a looping left.
Hali misses with a body shot.
Hali throws a hook to the side of Leslie's head but Leslie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hali misses with a hook

and Leslie counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hali won't be happy with that.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hali gets back to half guard.
Leslie winds up and cracks Hali with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Leslie drops an elbow to the side of Hali's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hali tries to get to full guard but Leslie has control of the leg.
Hali has hold of Leslie's hands but Leslie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hali taking some punishment here, with Leslie in his half guard.
Leslie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hali is trying to maintain the position but Leslie is very close to passing his half guard.
Leslie winds up and cracks Hali with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Leslie lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hali avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Leslie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leslie looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hali with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Hali is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Leslie pulls his head out easily.
Leslie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hali defending well though.
Hali trying to hold on to Leslie's head to control him but Leslie postures up.
Hali avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Leslie.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hali is looking to improve his position.
Leslie drops an elbow to the side of Hali's head.
Leslie scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hali trying to hold on to Leslie's head to control him but Leslie postures up.
Hali is looking to improve his position.
Leslie slips a nice elbow through Hali's hands, connecting with Hali's forehead.
Hali gets full guard.
Leslie stands up over Hali, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leslie throws a big elbow that misses.
Hali manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Leslie is squirming around, avoiding Hali's attempts to control the action.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Janne Hali!