PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tero Sankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bruno Mopar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sankari might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Finlandia - Hymn. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Sankari
vs
Mopar

200 cm
23
240 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

213 cm
26
275 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tero Sankari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, bruno Mopar!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sankari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mopar.
Sankari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sankari tries a head kick but it misses.
Mopar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sankari manages to avoid it.
Mopar lands a jab to the head.
Mopar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Sankari moves into the clinch.
Mopar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from Sankari.
Sankari unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sankari tries a knee to the head but Mopar blocks it.
Mopar takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like bruno Mopar has been cut.
A frustrated look appears on Mopar's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Sankari pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Sankari.
Mopar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Sankari moves into range and clinches up with Mopar.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mopar.
Mopar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mopar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sankari landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mopar looks gassed!
Sankari unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mopar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sankari lands a good knee to the midsection. Mopar won't want to take too many of those.
Sankari lands a good knee to the midsection. Mopar won't want to take too many of those.
Sankari has Mopar pressed against the cage.
Sankari connects with a knee to the head.
Sankari with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sankari landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sankari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mopar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Sankari.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sankari unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sankari blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Sankari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sloppy strikes from Mopar. Those never looked like landing.

Sankari moves into the clinch successfully.
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!
Sankari is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sankari using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sankari lands a knee to the body.
Sankari lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Sankari.
Sankari scores with a knee to the head.
Mopar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sankari keeps control of Mopar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sankari with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mopar wants to break free but Sankari has control.
Mopar pushes Sankari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mopar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sankari backwards.
Sankari lands a nice knee to the body.
Sankari lands a nice knee to the body.
Sankari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mopar is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Sankari keeps control of Mopar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mopar lands a body punch.
Sankari landing knees to the body.
Sankari takes a shot to the head.
Sankari lands a knee to the head.
Sankari misses with a knee to the head.
Mopar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sankari has him pressed against the cage.
Sankari trying to land knees to the body.
Mopar lands with a right to the head.
Sankari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mopar's efforts to push away.
Mopar lands a nice shot to the body.
Sankari trying to land knees to the body.
Mopar managing to block the knees to the body from Sankari.
Sankari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mopar is defending well for now.
Mopar working hard to break the clinch.
Mopar is trying to push Sankari away but Sankari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sankari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mopar's efforts to push away.
Sankari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mopar.
Mopar lands a nice shot to the body.
Sankari prevents Mopar from breaking the clinch.
Sankari landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mopar misses with a punch on the inside.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mopar avoids it.
Sankari blocks a body shot from Mopar.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Mopar tries to circle away but Sankari has him pinned against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sankari obliges.
Sankari blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mopar misses with the head strike.
Mopar working hard to break the clinch.
Mopar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mopar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sankari has him pressed against the cage.
Sankari with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mopar avoiding damage as Sankari throws knees to the body.
Mopar can't break the clinch.
Sankari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mopar is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mopar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mopar working aggressively here.
Mopar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mopar tries to break free but Sankari pushes him back against the cage.
Sankari connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mopar's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sankari obliges.
Mopar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

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

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.
Sankari throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mopar's head.
Mopar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sankari.
Mopar connects with a body shot.
A jab from Mopar misses.
Sankari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mopar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mopar misses with a few strikes there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mopar, as that shot connected.
Sankari throws a sloppy head kick and Mopar moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Mopar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sankari tries to bum rush Mopar with a series of wild strikes but Mopar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab lands there for Mopar.
Mopar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mopar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sankari throws a head kick that misses.
Sankari tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mopar misses with a straight left.
Mopar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sankari's hands.
Sankari throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mopar's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mopar duly obliges.
Mopar throws an overhand right that lands on Sankari's shoulder, as Sankari tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tero Sankari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on bruno Mopar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sankari closes the distance and clinches.
Sankari unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mopar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Sankari breaks from the clinch.
Sankari throws a nice head kick!
Sankari lands with a kick to the temple. Mopar shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sankari lands a lovely overhand right.
Sankari throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sankari misses with a wild combination.
Tero Sankari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sankari lands a head kick!
Mopar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mopar just misses with a punch to the body.
Sankari throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mopar.
Sankari lands with a shot to the body.
Sankari lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Sankari closes the distance and clinches.
Mopar is breathing heavily.

Sankari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sankari closes the distance and clinches.
Mopar tries to circle away but Sankari has him pinned against the cage.
Mopar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sankari with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Mopar is rocked!
Sankari scores a nice knee to the body.
Mopar is still on wobbly legs! Can Sankari finish him?

Sankari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sankari lands a big head kick that sends Mopar to the canvas! Sankari follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tero Sankari!