PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baki Hanma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Kastinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hanma
vs
Kastinen

190 cm
19
218 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baki Hanma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Kastinen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hanma feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Kastinen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hanma throwing strikes but missing.
Kastinen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hanma is one step ahead there.

Hanma has gone for a leg lock! Kastinen slips out almost immediately though and dives into Hanma's guard.
Hanma pulls Kastinen in close to prevent any damage.
Hanma on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hanma tries to get out of the position.

Hanma uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Hanma checks a low kick from Kastinen.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hanma feints and as Kastinen raises his hands in defense, Hanma changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kastinen looking to control.
Hanma sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kastinen looking for a sweep. Not yet Kastinen, not yet.
Hanma is looking to work some ground and pound but Kastinen has wrist control.
Hanma makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kastinen keeping moving, preventing Hanma from controlling successfully.
Hanmais looking to pass into half guard but Kastinen pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Kastinen is in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kastinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hanma wants to get back to his feet but Kastinen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Hanma kicks Kastinen off and gets to his feet.

Hanma closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sloppy strikes there by Hanma.
Kastinen is trying to improve his position.
Hanma in side control, throwing shots but Kastinen defends.
Hanma throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hanma is staying tight to Kastinen's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Kastinen manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hanma is refusing to be controlled, as Kastinen sits in half guard.
Kastinen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hanma knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hanma is not content to let Kastinen control the position.

Kastinen is trying to work for a kimura but Hanma is defending well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Well, if Kastinen is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

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.
Hanma is refusing to be controlled, as Kastinen sits in half guard.
Hanma manages to get to full guard.
Kastinen looking to sit in guard and control but Hanma gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hanma looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baki Hanma dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kastinen shoots and misses

and Hanma counters with a takedown into side control.
Hanma scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kastinen manages to get back to half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hanma in particular looking to stall.
Hanma is trying to control the action in half guard but Kastinen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hanma throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hanma seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kastinen wants to control but Hanma is keeping busy.
Kastinen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
It looks like Hanma is going to stand back up.
Hanma wants to take a breather but Kastinen is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Baki Hanma overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hanma perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Kastinen trying to control from the bottom.
Hanma working over Kastinen with some ground and pound. Kastinen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kastinen desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Hanma trying to control the action but Kastinen is working from the bottom.
Hanma wants to get back to his feet.
Kastinen regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kastinen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hanma.
Kastinen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hanma.
Kastinen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kastinen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hanma manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kastinen tries to free his leg and advance position but Hanma is retaining full guard.
Hanma wants to stand up but Kastinen is controlling him.
Kastinen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hanma is keeping the position for now.
Kastinen wants to control from the top but Hanma keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Seppo Kastinen wasn't active enough on the ground.

Kastinen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hanma sprawls well initially but Kastinen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kastinen is trying to control the action in half guard but Hanma is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hanma lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.

Kastinen is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kastinen is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanma slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kastinen wants to control from the top but Hanma keeps moving.

Kastinen has gone for a leg lock! Hanma slips out almost immediately though and dives into Kastinen's guard.
Hanma throws a big right hand that misses.
Hanma is looking to stand up but Kastinen won't let him.
Hanma has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kastinen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baki Hanma dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Kastinen misses with a body shot

and Hanma counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hanma wants to stand up but Kastinen manages to regain full guard.
Hanma trying to control the position from guard on top but Kastinen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kastinen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hanma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hanma throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kastinen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hanma content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kastinen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hanma lands a couple of digs.
Hanma throws a strike but Kastinen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kastinen won't allow Hanma to get back to his feet.
Kastinen trying to control but Hanma is working from the bottom.
Hanma is pulling down on Kastinen's head. It's preventing any offense from Kastinen, at least for the moment.
Hanma keeping full guard, as Kastinen tries to pass.
Hanma seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kastinen shoots and misses

and Hanma counters with a takedown into side control.
Kastinen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kastinen dodges the ground and pound from Hanma.

Hanma goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Kastinen has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Hanma but great work by Kastinen.
A lull in the action here.
Kastinen trying to control the position but Hanma is working away.
Hanma regains half guard, as Kastinen was trying to land strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kastinen content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Kastinen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kastinen is stalling here. Hanma is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kastinen seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hanma has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

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.
Hanma working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hanma landing strikes.
Kastinen gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Kastinen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hanma.
Hanma throwing shots but Kastinen is blocking nicely.
Hanma slows the pace down in half guard.
Hanma sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kastinen defending well though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Baki Hanma showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hanma has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baki Hanma!