PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vaino St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Paakku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armas Paakku is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

St Pierre
vs
Paakku

182 cm
26
182 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

180 cm
24
176 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vaino St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armas Paakku!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Paakku prevents St Pierre from breaking the clinch.
Paakku working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paakku taking a breather.

Paakku breaks from the clinch.

Paakku takes the fight into the clinch.
Paakku lands a shoulder strike.
Paakku lands a shoulder strike.
Paakku lands with a short shot to the head.

Paakku pulls guard.
St Pierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Paakku has his feet on St Pierre's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Paakku rushes St Pierre and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paakku cracks St Pierre with a nice body shot.
A right hand to the body from Paakku.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paakku lands a left hand that snaps the head of St Pierre backwards.
A short right from Paakku.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Paakku lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of St Pierre backwards.
Paakku creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through St Pierre's defenses.

St Pierre is rocked!
Paakku lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oh St Pierre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Paakku pulls guard successfully.
Paakku throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
St Pierre seems to have got his legs back now.
Paakku throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Paakku throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
St Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Paakku.
Paakku trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
St Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Paakku.
St Pierre wants to get up but he can't break Paakku's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paakku throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Paakku tries to strike from the bottom.
Paakku throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Paakku can do anything to dispel that myth.
Paakku thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paakku tries to strike from the bottom.
Paakku looking for a sweep. Not yet Paakku, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paakku striking off his back but it's not causing St Pierre any problems.
Paakku doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Paakku trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Paakku trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Paakku throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Paakku doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Paakku kicks St Pierre off and gets to his feet.

Paakku shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Paakku was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Paakku looking to ground and pound but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
Paakku landing strikes from the mount and St Pierre is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Paakku cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paakku postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Pierre looks a forlorn figure.
Paakku looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has St Pierre covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Armas Paakku!