PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Saurio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yu Pu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saurio's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mä tuun kellottaa sua. Seppo Saurio could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Yu Pu's chin.

Saurio
vs
Pu

170 cm
25
132 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

165 cm
24
140 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seppo Saurio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yu Pu!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saurio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pu stuns Saurio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pu keeps the fight on the outside.
Saurio wants to clinch.
Pu cracks a nice hook into Saurio's ribs.
Saurio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Pu paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Pu has managed to clinch.
Pu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Saurio blocks the elbow strike.
Saurio avoids a wild elbow strike from Pu.
Saurio avoids a wild elbow strike from Pu.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Saurio misses with a knee strike.
Pu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saurio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saurio slowing the pace effectively.
Saurio avoids the elbow strike from Pu, against the ropes.
Pu working Saurio over with knees to the body.
Saurio blocks the elbow strike.
Saurio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pu is defending well for now.
Pu lands a good knee to the midsection. Saurio won't want to take too many of those.
Saurio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saurio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pu blocks it with crossed arms.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pu lands a nice knee to the body.
Pu blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saurio avoiding damage as Pu throws knees to the body.
Pu lands an elbow inside.
Pu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saurio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Saurio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pu blocks it with crossed arms.
Saurio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saurio is breathing heavily.
Pu managing to block the knees to the body from Saurio.
Pu lands an elbow inside that Saurio shrugs off.

It looks like Seppo Saurio has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Pu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saurio's brow.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pu throws an elbow that misses.
Pu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pu obliges.
Pu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Pu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Pu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pu lands an elbow just above Saurio 's eye.
Pu misses with a knee strike.
Pu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saurio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Saurio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pu lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Saurio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pu is defending well for now.
Pu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saurio's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pu trying to land knees to the body.
Pu lands an elbow inside that Saurio shrugs off.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pu avoids it.
Pu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saurio's defenses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Pu working Saurio over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pu tries a knee to the head but Saurio blocks it.
Pu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saurio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pu misses with an elbow strike.
Saurio missing with knees to the body.
Pu lands a nice knee to the body.
Saurio blocks an elbow strike from Pu.
Saurio takes an elbow to the temple.
Saurio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pu blocks it with crossed arms.
Pu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saurio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pu lands an elbow that stopped Saurio in his tracks for a moment.
Saurio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saurio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Pu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Saurio misses with a knee strike.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pu lands an elbow just above Saurio 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pu lands an elbow that stopped Saurio in his tracks for a moment.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Saurio tries to stall but Pu uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Saurio pushes off an throws an elbow but Pu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Pu crunches a lovely knee into Saurio's ribcage.
Saurio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pu lands an elbow just above Saurio 's eye.
Knees to the body from Pu.
Pu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Saurio works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Pu looking for a sweep. Not yet Pu, not yet.
Saurio postures up.
Pu has control of Saurio's left arm, preventing Saurio from doing any damage.

Saurio drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Pu dives on top into guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pu stays in close to Saurio's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pu's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Pu looking to sit in guard and control but Saurio gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saurio landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yu Pu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seppo Saurio's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Saurio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pu blocks it with crossed arms.
Pu throws an elbow but it misses.
Pu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saurio avoids it.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pu avoids it.
Pu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Saurio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the head but Pu blocks with his arms.
Pu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Saurio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saurio misses with a knee to the head.
Saurio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pu prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pu working Saurio over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pu obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pu lands an elbow inside that Saurio shrugs off.
Pu scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Pu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saurio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pu misses with a knee strike.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.

Saurio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Pu moves into the clinch.
Pu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saurio blocks it with crossed arms.
Saurio blocks an elbow strike.
Saurio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saurio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pu lands an elbow that stopped Saurio in his tracks for a moment.
Pu lands an elbow just above Saurio 's eye.
Pu scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pu obliges.
Pu lands an elbow inside.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Saurio avoiding damage as Pu throws knees to the body.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saurio dodges an elbow strike from Pu.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saurio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Saurio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saurio tries to land knees in the clinch but Pu avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saurio taking a breather.
Saurio misses with a knee to the head.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Saurio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Saurio takes an elbow to the temple.
Pu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pu managing to block the knees to the body from Saurio.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pu working Saurio over with knees to the body.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Saurio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pu lands an elbow inside that Saurio shrugs off.
Saurio missing with knees to the body.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pu scores with a knee to the head.
Pu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saurio's defenses.
Saurio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saurio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pu looking to throw knees to the head but Saurio is blocking nicely.
Pu looking to throw knees to the head but Saurio is blocking nicely.
Pu crunches a lovely knee into Saurio's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Pu scores a nice knee to the body.
Pu lands an elbow just above Saurio 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Saurio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pu is defending well for now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Pu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Saurio misses with a knee to the head.
Pu lands an elbow just above Saurio 's eye.
Pu landing knees to the head.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pu lands an elbow just above Saurio 's eye.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pu lands a good knee to the midsection. Saurio won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Pu.
Pu lands a good knee to the midsection. Saurio won't want to take too many of those.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saurio takes an elbow to the temple.
Saurio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pu lands an elbow just above Saurio 's eye.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pu avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Saurio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Saurio tries to land a knee to the head but Pu blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pu obliges.
Pu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pu misses with an elbow over the top.
Pu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saurio trying to land knees to the body.
Pu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saurio is defending well for now.
Saurio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saurio missing with knees to the body.
Pu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saurio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Saurio connects with a knee to the head.
Pu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saurio dodges an elbow strike from Pu.
Pu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saurio.
Pu avoids a wild elbow strike from Saurio.
Pu lands a good knee to the midsection. Saurio won't want to take too many of those.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Saurio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pu blocks it with crossed arms.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yu Pu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Seppo Saurio's cut.
That's time! Saurio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Pu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Saurio looks to clinch

and Pu counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pu.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saurio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saurio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saurio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pu blocks it with crossed arms.
Saurio tries to stall but Pu uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pu tries a knee to the head but Saurio blocks it.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saurio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pu with a knee to the head.
Saurio managing to block the knees to the body from Pu.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the head but Pu blocks with his arms.
Pu throws an elbow that misses.
Saurio takes an elbow to the temple.
Saurio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saurio takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pu gets underhooks to prevent Saurio's takedown attempt.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saurio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pu throws an elbow but it misses.
Pu lands a good knee to the midsection. Saurio won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pu obliges.
Pu lands an elbow just above Saurio 's eye.
Pu crunches a lovely knee into Saurio's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saurio's face.
Pu lands an elbow inside that Saurio shrugs off.
Saurio trying to land knees to the body.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the head but Pu blocks with his arms.
Pu lands an elbow that stopped Saurio in his tracks for a moment.
Pu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Saurio.
Saurio pushes off an throws an elbow but Pu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Saurio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pu working Saurio over with knees to the body.
Pu scores with a knee to the head.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saurio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pu with a knee to the head.
Saurio missing with knees to the body.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saurio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Saurio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pu connects with a knee to the head.
Saurio takes an elbow to the temple.
Saurio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Saurio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pu connects with a knee to the head.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Saurio breaks from the clinch.
Saurio closes the distance but Pu moves to the side
enabling Pu to counter with a crisp jab.
Saurio tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Pu counter with a right hand.
Saurio closes the distance but Pu moves to the side

and Pu moves into the clinch.
Pu prevents Saurio from breaking the clinch.
Pu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saurio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pu blocks it with crossed arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pu obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pu obliges.
Pu misses with a knee strike.
Saurio trying to land knees to the body.
Pu misses with a knee to the head.
Pu lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Pu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saurio tries a knee to the head but Pu blocks it.
Seppo Saurio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pu lands a nice knee to the body.
Pu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saurio's face.
Saurio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pu.
Saurio avoiding damage as Pu throws knees to the body.
Saurio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pu throws an elbow that misses.
Saurio looking to throw knees to the head but Pu is blocking nicely.
Saurio takes an elbow to the temple.
Saurio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pu lands a good knee to the midsection. Saurio won't want to take too many of those.
Pu crunches a lovely knee into Saurio's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Saurio obliges.
Saurio can't break the clinch.
Saurio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yu Pu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pu lands a good knee to the midsection. Saurio won't want to take too many of those.
Saurio tries to land a knee to the head but Pu blocks with his arms.
Pu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saurio's face.
Pu lands an elbow that stopped Saurio in his tracks for a moment.
Saurio tries to land knees in the clinch but Pu avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Saurio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pu's brow.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Saurio trying to stall but Pu improves his position.
Pu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Saurio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pu.
Pu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pu tries to land a knee to the head but Saurio blocks with his arms.
Saurio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saurio missing with knees to the body.
Saurio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saurio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pu throws a knee to the head but misses.

Saurio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saurio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Saurio tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Pu counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pu.
Pu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yu Pu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pu lands an elbow just above Saurio 's eye.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yu Pu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pu 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Yu Pu!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Yu Pu!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Yu Pu!

Yu Pu wins by unanimous decision!