PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rainer Varvaskoukku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanchez
vs
Varvaskoukku

188 cm
21
144 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

164 cm
21
143 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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ANABOLIC **160**

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diego Sanchez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rainer Varvaskoukku!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Varvaskoukku misses with a straight right.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Varvaskoukku slips a jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Varvaskoukku moves away and avoids it.
Varvaskoukku throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanchez makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Varvaskoukku really felt that one!
Varvaskoukku looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sanchez is fending him off so far but Varvaskoukku persists. Nope, Sanchez circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanchez tries to clinch up but Varvaskoukku circles away and keeps his distance.
Varvaskoukku moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.

Varvaskoukku shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sanchez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Varvaskoukku is controlling him.
Sanchez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Varvaskoukku engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Varvaskoukku missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Varvaskoukku postures up and lands a big shot to Sanchez's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Varvaskoukku trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku with a flurry of punches that miss.
Varvaskoukku throws a big elbow that misses.
Varvaskoukku with a flurry of punches that miss.
Varvaskoukku in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Varvaskoukku postures up.

Varvaskoukku thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Varvaskoukku is working Sanchez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Varvaskoukku controlling from the top position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Varvaskoukku loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Varvaskoukku postures up in Sanchez's guard and throws a big left but Sanchez blocks it.
Varvaskoukku works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku throwing shots but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Varvaskoukku throwing shots but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sanchez tries to get out of the position.
Sanchez wants to get back to full guard.
Varvaskoukku throwing shots but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Varvaskoukku has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Varvaskoukku is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sanchez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Varvaskoukku lands a nice shot to the head.
Sanchez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Varvaskoukku lands a heavy elbow.
Varvaskoukku looking to control but Sanchez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Varvaskoukku lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Varvaskoukku has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Varvaskoukku pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanchez is desperately trying to improve his position but Varvaskoukku has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! Varvaskoukku connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Varvaskoukku with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez is bucking up trying to escape but Varvaskoukku cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Sanchez is rocked!
Varvaskoukku dominating with strikes here.
Oh Sanchez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Varvaskoukku connects with a bit shot that sees Sanchez covering up! More strikes from Varvaskoukku and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Varvaskoukku is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rainer Varvaskoukku!
Rainer Varvaskoukku is the new bantamweight champion!
An out of breath Rainer Varvaskoukku thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.