PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juhani Tuomiola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulrich Scherer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ulrich Scherer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tuomiola
vs
Scherer

150 cm
26
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
20
212 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Atlantis

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juhani Tuomiola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ulrich Scherer!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuomiola avoids the head kick by Scherer.
Scherer looks to land a combination. Tuomiola sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Juhani Tuomiola has been cut.
Nice jab there from Scherer.
Scherer lands with a hook. Tuomiola tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tuomiola walks into a left hand.
A combination from Scherer does no damage.
Juhani Tuomiola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scherer scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scherer moves away from the strike by Tuomiola.

Tuomiola decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tuomiola misses with a head shot. Scherer uses the momentum to regain guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Tuomiola's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Tuomiola is in close to Scherer's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tuomiola postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tuomiola tries to free his leg and advance position but Scherer is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuomiola lands a couple of digs.
Tuomiola has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tuomiola is in close to Scherer's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Scherer is trying to keep Tuomiola in close.
Tuomiola lands a couple of elbows.
Scherer wants to improve his position but instead Tuomiola has moved into half guard.
Tuomiola seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tuomiola drops an elbow to the side of Scherer's head.
Tuomiola not doing much here.
Scherer tries to roll over but Tuomiola keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuomiola is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Tuomiola has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tuomiola with good strikes from the mount here!
Scherer tries to reverse the position but Tuomiola maintains control.
Tuomiola tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
BOOM! Tuomiola connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tuomiola breaks from Scherer's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Scherer told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tuomiola with shots to the head and body - Scherer looks very uncomfortable down there.

Scherer is rocked!
A big strike lands for Tuomiola! That's really hurt Scherer and he's turned his back - Tuomiola keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Tuomiola jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juhani Tuomiola!