PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Lock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pauli Sankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Lock
vs
Sankari

182 cm
20
193 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

170 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lasse Lock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pauli Sankari!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sankari keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sankari should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Lock closes the distance and clinches up with Sankari, looking for a takedown. Lock pushes Sankari against the ropes but Sankari circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lock shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lasse Lock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lock shoots in but no luck this time.
Lock shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Horrible takedown by Lock or perhaps it was just good defense by Sankari which made him look bad.
Lock fails with a takedown attempt.

Lock looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Lock controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sankari bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lock's guard.
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.
Sankari tries to free his leg and advance position but Lock is retaining full guard.

Lock throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sankari tries to free his leg and advance position but Lock is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lock has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sankari can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sankari pushing down on Lock's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Lock is breathing heavily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lock manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lock tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Lock pushes Sankari off and scrambles back to his feet.
Lock swats away the attempt to clinch by Sankari.

Sankari drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sankari postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lock is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sankari passes into half guard.
Lock is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sankari is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lock doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sankari.

Sankari wants to work for an arm triangle but Lock is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Lock is looking to control Sankari's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lock avoid being mounted?
Sankari frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sankari looking to control but Lock is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sankari landing shots from mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lock bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lock is sitting in close to Sankari's body. Sankari has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Lock is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Lock is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Sankari.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Pauli Sankari!