PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Saari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hemmo Kalske (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saari comes to the cage accompanied by MACABRE - Serial Killer. Henry Saari has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Saari
vs
Kalske

195 cm
27
280 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

210 cm
28
283 lbs
15 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henry Saari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hemmo Kalske!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalske takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kalske jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Saari misses with an uppercut. Kalske saw that one coming.
Kalske throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kalske with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kalske misses with a kick to the body.
Saari on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hemmo Kalske seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalske uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saari.
Kalske misses with a low kick.
Saari moves out of range as Kalske strikes.
Kalske shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Saari pinned against the cage. Saari gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalske paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Saari misses with an uppercut
and Kalske counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kalske uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saari.
Saari checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Saari keeps the fight on the outside.
Kalske tries to bum rush Saari with a series of wild strikes but Saari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Saari misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Saari. Those never looked like landing.
Saari dodges the punch combination from Kalske.
Kalske cracks the inside of Saari's front leg.
Kalske slips under a jab from Saari.
Kalske tries to land a front kick but Saari steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Saari feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kalskes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalske cracks the inside of Saari's front leg.
Saari scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kalske moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kalske, right into the meat.
Kalske slips under a jab.
Kalske avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kalske misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saari.
Kalske lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saari circles away quickly and effectively.
Saari rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kalske moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kalske throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saari sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kalske.
Saari drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Saari is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Kalske's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Saari blocks a head kick by Kalske.
Kalske catches Saari with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Kalske forces Saari back against the cage and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kalske just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saari's brow.
Kalske lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Henry Saari has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalske looking to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kalske working Saari over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hemmo Kalske dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henry Saari's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Saari throws a shot from downtown. Kalske moves away and avoids it.
Kalske throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kalske darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kalske lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Saari is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Saari throws a right hand that misses
and Kalske counters with a straight right hand.
Kalske slips a jab from Saari.
Kalske throws a leg kick which misses Saari's front leg but catches the back leg as Saari tries to avoid it.
Henry Saari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saari walks into a straight right hand from Kalske.
Kalske has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kalske connects with a solid leg kick.
Kalske moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalske connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Saari's hands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kalske lands with a shot to the body.
Kalske is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kalske keeps Saari at a distance using the push kick.
Kalske lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saari throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kalske counters with a thumping low kick.
Kalske scores with a punch to the head.
Kalske scores with a nice strike.
Kalske pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalske fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kalske connects with an inside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kalske.
Kalske scores with a nice right hand.
Kalske digs a good body shot into Saari's ribs.
Kalske with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kalske moves in looking to clinch but Saari pushes him off.
Kalske tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saari swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Saari.
The fighters circling - Saari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saari misses with an uppercut
and Kalske counters with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kalske.
Kalske moves in looking to clinch but Saari pushes him off.
Saari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Saari dodges the punch combination from Kalske.
Kalske throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kalske displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saari throws out the jab.
Saari misses with a lunging right hand

and Kalske holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kalske landing knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kalske takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kalske.
Kalske lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kalske landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Saari takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kalske is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Saari working hard to break the clinch.
Hemmo Kalske seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kalske lands a nice elbow.
Kalske using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kalske lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right from Kalske.
Kalske pushes Saari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hemmo Kalske showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Henry Saari's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kalske delivers a nice body kick.
Saari chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kalske can pounce on him.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kalske!
Kalske throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Saari on the side of the head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kalske.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kalske lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kalske.

Kalske lands a big head kick that sends Saari tumbling to the mat! Kalske takes a step backwards and waves Saari back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Saari is rocked!

Henry Saari's cut is getting worse.
Kalske drops Saari with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Saari! Kalske dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hemmo Kalske!