PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sakari Ostermalm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chauncey Peppertooth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ostermalm comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Cowboys From Hell. Chauncey Peppertooth has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sakari Ostermalm's chin.

Ostermalm
vs
Peppertooth

199 cm
25
225 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

195 cm
23
257 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Grappling Pro Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sakari Ostermalm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chauncey Peppertooth!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ostermalm fails with the takedown.

Peppertooth clinches up with Ostermalm and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Peppertooth.
Peppertooth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ostermalm is defending well for now.
Ostermalm takes a knee right on the jaw!

Ostermalm has Peppertooth pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Ostermalm pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Peppertooth tumbling to the mat - Ostermalm dives into Peppertooth's guard.

Peppertooth is working an open guard so Ostermalm takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ostermalm avoids a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Peppertooth misses its intended target.
Ostermalm tries to clinch there but Peppertooth circles away.

Peppertooth clinches.
Peppertooth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Peppertooth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ostermalm avoiding damage as Peppertooth throws knees to the body.
Ostermalm throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peppertooth blocks it with crossed arms.
Peppertooth misses with an elbow strike.
Peppertooth is looking to control Ostermalm's arms but Ostermalm gets an underhook and turns him. Now Peppertooth has his back to the cage.

Ostermalm breaks from the clinch.
Peppertooth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ostermalm sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Peppertooth circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppertooth lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Peppertooth throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Peppertooth.
Peppertooth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Peppertooth throws an overhand right that lands on Ostermalm's shoulder, as Ostermalm tries to avoid the shot.
Ostermalm will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ostermalm scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ostermalm tries to clinch up but Peppertooth circles away and keeps his distance.
A swing and a miss from Peppertooth.
A jab from Peppertooth misses.
Peppertooth misses with a looping left.

Ostermalm rushes Peppertooth and presses him up against the cage.
Ostermalm jumps guard but Peppertooth stands there with Ostermalm around his waist. Ostermalm gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sakari Ostermalm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peppertooth lands a damaging elbow.
Ostermalm drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Peppertooth gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ostermalm blocks the elbow strike.
Peppertooth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ostermalm blocks it with crossed arms.
Ostermalm blocks an elbow strike from Peppertooth.
A frustrated look appears on Ostermalm's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Peppertooth lands an elbow that stopped Ostermalm in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Sakari Ostermalm has been cut.
Ostermalm is trying to maintain a safe position but Peppertooth gets an underhook and turns Ostermalm into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peppertooth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short uppercut from Ostermalm.
Ostermalm lands a right hand that snaps the head of Peppertooth backwards.
Ostermalm looking for a takedown.
Peppertooth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ostermalm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peppertooth avoids it.
Peppertooth missing with knees to the body.
Ostermalm looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ostermalm tries to land a knee to the head but Peppertooth blocks with his arms.
Ostermalm blocks an elbow strike.

Ostermalm breaks from the clinch.
Peppertooth missing with a left hand there. Ostermalm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ostermalm swats away the attempt to clinch by Peppertooth.
Peppertooth misses with a series of wild punches.
Peppertooth paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ostermalm steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Peppertooth.
Ostermalm blocks a head kick by Peppertooth.
Ostermalm shoots for a double leg takedown but Peppertooth sprawls well. He's pushed Ostermalm's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Peppertooth throws a looping overhand right but Ostermalm ducks down to avoid it.
Ostermalm shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Peppertooth sprawls well. Peppertooth wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ostermalm gets slowly back to his feet.
Peppertooth clobbers Ostermalm with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Peppertooth moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peppertooth throws an elbow but misses.
Ostermalm avoids the elbow strike from Peppertooth, against the cage.
Peppertooth gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ostermalm.
Ostermalm managing to block the knees to the body from Peppertooth.
Peppertooth misses with a knee strike.
Peppertooth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ostermalm is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Peppertooth misses with an elbow strike.
Peppertooth trying to land knees to the body.
Ostermalm trying to stall but Peppertooth improves his position.
Ostermalm seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Peppertooth is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Ostermalm is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Peppertooth pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ostermalm is breathing heavily.
Ostermalm is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Peppertooth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ostermalm.
Ostermalm gets through Peppertooth's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Peppertooth takes a shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ostermalm blocks an elbow strike from Peppertooth.
Peppertooth trying to land knees to the body.

Ostermalm has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Peppertooth is trying to keep an underhook but Ostermalm manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ostermalm thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Peppertooth's head.
Peppertooth wants to get back to his feet.
Ostermalm 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.
Ostermalm works his foot free and advances to mount.
Peppertooth really wants to buck Ostermalm off and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ostermalm is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Peppertooth has managed to escape the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chauncey Peppertooth will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sakari Ostermalm's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Peppertooth pushes Ostermalm up against the cage in a clinch.
Ostermalm tries to pull guard but Peppertooth holds him up against the cage and eventually Ostermalm drops back down to his feet.
Peppertooth looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Peppertooth tries to land knees in the clinch but Ostermalm avoids the damage to the body.

Ostermalm breaks from the clinch.

Peppertooth moves into range and clinches up with Ostermalm.
Ostermalm tries to pull guard but Peppertooth won't allow it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Peppertooth throws an elbow but it misses.
Peppertooth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ostermalm avoids it.
A short uppercut from Ostermalm.
Ostermalm takes an elbow to the temple.
Peppertooth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ostermalm tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Peppertooth smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sakari Ostermalm. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ostermalm will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Ostermalm closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peppertooth throws an elbow but it misses.
Ostermalm blocks an elbow strike.
Good body shot from Ostermalm.
A bit of stalling here from Ostermalm.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peppertooth throws an elbow but misses.
Ostermalm lands an uppercut.
Peppertooth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ostermalm.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peppertooth just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ostermalm's brow.
Ostermalm landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Peppertooth is breathing heavily.
Ostermalm has Peppertooth pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Peppertooth manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ostermalm is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ostermalm wants to stall.

Ostermalm wants the takedown. Peppertooth is fighting it off but Ostermalm persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Peppertooth's guard against the cage.
Peppertooth keeping moving, preventing Ostermalm from controlling successfully.
Ostermalm looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ostermalm stays in close to Peppertooth's body and controls the position.
Ostermalm landing some decent shots from guard.
Ostermalm looking to sit in guard and control but Peppertooth gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ostermalm wants to control the position but Peppertooth says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

Ostermalm actively working from the bottom here.

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.
Ostermalm gets back to full guard.
Peppertooth has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ostermalm is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sakari Ostermalm dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sakari Ostermalm's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Peppertooth throws the left hand but Ostermalm avoids the punch easily.
Peppertooth is looking to clinch but Ostermalm is avoiding it.

Ostermalm closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ostermalm looking to throw knees to the head but Peppertooth is blocking nicely.
Peppertooth looking to throw knees to the head but Ostermalm is blocking nicely.

Ostermalm has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Peppertooth regains guard immediately.

Ostermalm stands up and waves to Peppertooth to follow him.
Ostermalm tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peppertooth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peppertooth misses with a double jab

and Ostermalm moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Peppertooth.
Peppertooth tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peppertooth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ostermalm is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Peppertooth.
Ostermalm jumps guard but Peppertooth stands there with Ostermalm around his waist. Ostermalm gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ostermalm avoids a wild elbow strike from Peppertooth.
Peppertooth tries to land knees in the clinch but Ostermalm avoids the damage to the body.
Peppertooth tries to land knees in the clinch but Ostermalm avoids the damage to the body.

Ostermalm breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ostermalm tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Ostermalm closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Ostermalm swings around for an armbar but Peppertooth sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Ostermalm's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Ostermalm has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Peppertooth can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ostermalm looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Peppertooth must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ostermalm escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Peppertooth gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Ostermalm wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ostermalm looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Peppertooth has picked Ostermalm up and slammed him! Ostermalm can't keep hold of the triangle and Peppertooth manages to pass to side control!
Ostermalm is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Peppertooth off and has taken his back!
Ostermalm tries to keep control of the position but Peppertooth is staying busy.

That's four 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.

Ostermalm is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Peppertooth taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Ostermalm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sakari Ostermalm!