PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hacky Sack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sack comes into the arena with Sweet home alabama blaring out of the sound system. Pandora has chosen Gonna Fly Now as his entrance music. Arthur Pandora has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sack
vs
Pandora

185 cm
27
173 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

180 cm
24
181 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hacky Sack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arthur Pandora!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pandora takes the fight into the clinch.
Pandora unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sack lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pandora fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pandora blocks a body shot from Sack.
Pandora fails to pull guard.
Sack managing to block the knees to the body from Pandora.

Sack lands a takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sack cracks Pandora with a solid left hand.
Pandora keeping moving, preventing Sack from controlling successfully.
Sack throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pandora looking for a sweep. Not yet Pandora, not yet.
Pandora being controlled here, momentarily.
Pandora looking to control.
Sack wants to pass the guard but Pandora is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pandora had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sack defends it easily.
Sack throws a big right hand that misses.
Sack passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Pandora tries to bench press Sack off him but Sack keeps the position.
Sack lands some shots froms side control.
Sack cracks Pandora with a big elbow.
Sack lands a few punches from side control.
Sack working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sack in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sack is putting a hurting on Pandora here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sack in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sack creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pandora sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pandora is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Pandora is looking to improve his position.
Sack not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sack throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sack wants to free his trapped foot but Pandora is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sack is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sack looking to finish Pandora with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pandora!
Pandora tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sack lands a nice shot to the head.
Sack raining down shots from the mount!
Sack scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sack with good strikes from the mount here!
Sack postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pandora looks a forlorn figure.

Pandora is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pandora is in a horrible position here. Sack smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pandora is still in real trouble! Can Sack finish him?
Pandora is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sack putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sack lands a big elbow - Pandora is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Pandora is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Hacky Sack!
After the fight, Hacky Sack was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.