PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Possu The Pumpkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauri Saarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Pumpkin
vs
Saarinen

200 cm
26
216 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
28
219 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Possu The Pumpkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Mauri Saarinen!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Saarinen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Saarinen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Check out the look on Saarinen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Pumpkin wants to control but Saarinen postures up.
Saarinen tries to score with some ground and pound. The Pumpkin controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Saarinen grinds an elbow into The Pumpkin's temple.
Saarinen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Pumpkin tries to bench press Saarinen off him but Saarinen keeps the position.
The Pumpkin prevents Saarinen from moving into mount.
The Pumpkin gets back to half guard.
Saarinen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Saarinen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, The Pumpkin has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarinen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The Pumpkin wants to improve his position but Saarinen is controlling well.
Saarinen prevents The Pumpkin from standing back up.
Saarinen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Saarinen passes the guard and advances to mount!
Saarinen unloads with some shots from mount but The Pumpkin bucks and avoids them well.

That's two 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.
Saarinen throwing strikes here but The Pumpkin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The Pumpkin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Saarinen misses with a head shot.
The Pumpkin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Saarinen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Saarinen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The Pumpkin blocking the ground and pound.
Saarinen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. The Pumpkin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Saarinen working the ground and pound effectively.
The Pumpkin is squirming around, avoiding Saarinen's attempts to control the action.
Saarinen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. The Pumpkin looks a forlorn figure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saarinen won't let The Pumpkin get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Saarinen throwing strikes here but The Pumpkin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Saarinen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The Pumpkin is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saarinen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can The Pumpkin hang on?
The Pumpkin holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Saarinen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Poor strikes thrown by Saarinen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Saarinen with the ground and pound from mount.

The Pumpkin is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saarinen loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have The Pumpkin scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Saarinen land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Saarinen stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mauri Saarinen!