PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leo Sarsola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zulu Chaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sarsola's entrance music is Mono - 16.12. A fine choice. Leo Sarsola could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Zulu Chaka's chin.

Sarsola
vs
Chaka

180 cm
26
197 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

193 cm
27
200 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q159

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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leo Sarsola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Zulu Chaka!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chaka lands with a nice body kick.
Chaka delivers a nice body kick.
Chaka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sarsola manages to avoid it.
Chaka swings for the body but Sarsola moves out of range.
Sarsola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chaka.
Chaka looks to score with a jab to the body but Sarsola is just out of range.
Sarsola throws a hook to the side of Chaka's head but Chaka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sarsola misses with an uppercut. Chaka saw that one coming.
Sarsola rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chaka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chaka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sarsola moves away.

Sarsola drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sarsola is putting a hurting on Chaka here, landing some big shots from side control.
Chaka is trying to get back to half guard.
Sarsola trying to control the action but Chaka is working from the bottom.
Chaka struggling a bit here.
Sarsola has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaka gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Chaka is looking for a sweep. Sarsola is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Chaka trying to hold on to Sarsola's head to control him but Sarsola postures up.
Chaka keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sarsola is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Chaka is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Chaka is looking to control Sarsola's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Chaka avoid being mounted?
Chaka is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sarsola scores with a couple of nice shots.
Chaka trying to control but Sarsola postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaka is refusing to be controlled, as Sarsola sits in half guard.

Chaka looking for submissions off his back.

Chaka is defending against the submission attempts here by Sarsola.
Sarsola seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Chaka wants to control but Sarsola is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Chaka tries to get to full guard but Sarsola has control of the leg.
Chaka trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chaka actively working from the bottom here.
Chaka avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sarsola.
Sarsola thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chaka's head.

Sarsola is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sarsola sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chaka defending well though.
Chaka moves into full guard.

Chaka is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sarsola is aware though and is defending well.
Chaka is pulling down on Sarsola's head to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaka is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sarsola pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chaka is keeping the position for now.
Sarsola wants to control from the top but Chaka keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sarsola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sarsola misses with a low kick.
Sarsola shoots in looking for a takedown. Chaka tries to sprawl out of it but Sarsola keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Chaka manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left lands for Chaka.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chaka throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sarsola lands with a straight right. Chaka didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Zulu Chaka will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sarsola scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chaka blocks a leg kick.
Chaka thows a body shot but no joy.
Chaka blocks a jab.
Chaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chaka defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sarsola.
Sarsola sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sarsola lands with a hook. Chaka tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chaka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sarsola takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sarsola throws a leg kick that is checked
and Chaka counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sarsola shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sarsola was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sarsola looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sarsola with a couple of short strikes.
Sarsola lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chaka hang on?

Chaka is rocked!

It looks like Zulu Chaka has been cut.
Sarsola raining down shots from the mount!
Chaka is still in real trouble! Can Sarsola finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Chaka that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Chaka tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sarsola looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Chaka 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 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leo Sarsola!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Leo Sarsola made sure he mentioned Perkele!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.