PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Philippe Terzoin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Pakarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Terzoin
vs
Pakarinen

172 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Philippe Terzoin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Pakarinen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Terzoin moves into the clinch.
Pakarinen tries for a takedown but Terzoin manages to get underhooks.
Pakarinen is trying to force a seperation but Terzoin has the dominant position.

Terzoin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Pakarinen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Terzoin is trying to stand.
Terzoin tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Pakarinen manages to move to mount!
Pakarinen raining down shots from the mount!
Terzoin is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Pakarinen content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terzoin is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Pakarinen looking to finish with strikes here!
Pakarinen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pakarinen throws some wild stikes that Terzoin manages to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pakarinen punching from mount but Terzoin doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Terzoin is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Pakarinen thowing shots but they're missing.
Poor strikes thrown by Pakarinen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Terzoin is trying to stand.
Terzoin is breathing heavily.
Pakarinen looking to control but Terzoin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Terzoin is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pakarinen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Pakarinen looking to finish with strikes here!
Pakarinen throwing strikes here but Terzoin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Pakarinen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Terzoin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Pakarinen looking to control but Terzoin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pakarinen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Terzoin hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Terzoin blocking the ground and pound.

Pakarinen swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Terzoin is now in Pakarinen's guard. A big mistake from Pakarinen there, giving up the dominant position!
Terzoin looking to sit in guard and control but Pakarinen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pakarinen trying to control but Terzoin is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pakarinen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sami Pakarinen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Terzoin tries to close the distance and clinch but Pakarinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Terzoin doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Pakarinen counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Pakarinen wants to control from the top but Terzoin keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Terzoin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pakarinen wants to control from the top but Terzoin keeps moving.
Pakarinen throwing strikes from guard but Terzoin blocks nicely.
Pakarinen throws a strike but Terzoin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pakarinen looking to control.
Pakarinen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Terzoin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pakarinen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Terzoin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pakarinen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Terzoin tries for a takedown but Pakarinen circles away easily

and Pakarinen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pakarinen is trying to control the action in half guard but Terzoin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pakarinen wants to stand but Terzoin has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Terzoin wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pakarinen is just content to waste time from the top position. Terzoin takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Terzoin keeping moving, preventing Pakarinen from controlling successfully.
Pakarinen is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Terzoin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terzoin is looking to stand up but Pakarinen isn't so interested in that idea.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pakarinen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Terzoin swivels and escapes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Terzoin. That's going to slow Pakarinen down.
Pakarinen keeps the fight on the outside.

Terzoin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Pakarinen was covering up waiting for the punch and Terzoin finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pakarinen has his hands on Terzoin's head, controlling the position.
Terzoin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terzoin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Terzoin prevents Pakarinen from getting back to his feet.
Terzoin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Terzoin wants to control from the top but Pakarinen keeps moving.
Pakarinen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Terzoin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pakarinen pulls Terzoin in to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Terzoin tries to clinch there but Pakarinen circles away.
Terzoin is looking to clinch but Pakarinen is avoiding it.
Pakarinen dives in and grabs Terzoin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Terzoin pushes down on Pakarinen's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sami Pakarinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Terzoin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pakarinen tries to avoid it but Terzoin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pakarinen to the ground. Pakarinen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pakarinen blocks a head kick by Terzoin.
Pakarinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pakarinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Terzoin swats away the attempt to clinch by Pakarinen.
Terzoin throws a quick inside leg kick.

Terzoin takes the fight into the clinch.
Terzoin tries to circle away but Pakarinen has him pinned against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Terzoin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Terzoin misses with a leg kick

and Pakarinen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Terzoin won't be happy with that.

Pakarinen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Pakarinen trying to control the action but Terzoin is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pakarinen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Terzoin to see if he's OK.

Pakarinen decides to stand up, so the ref orders Terzoin to his feet.

Terzoin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pakarinen can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terzoin misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Pakarinen gets back to half guard.
Terzoin tries to pass to full mount but Pakarinen defends it.
Pakarinen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Terzoin.
Pakarinen gets full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Pakarinen holds on and takes a little breather.
Terzoin trying to control but Pakarinen is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terzoin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Terzoin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Terzoin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pakarinen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Terzoin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Terzoin throws a strike but Pakarinen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Pakarinen throwing strikes from guard but Terzoin blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pakarinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Terzoin.
Philippe Terzoin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Terzoin is looking to clinch but Pakarinen is avoiding it.
Pakarinen shoots for a double leg takedown but Terzoin sprawls well. He's pushed Pakarinen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Terzoin!
Terzoin tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Pakarinen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Terzoin!
Poor strikes thrown by Pakarinen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sami Pakarinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Terzoin is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sami Pakarinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pakarinen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sami Pakarinen!