PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leo Sarsola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fjalar Ollongren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sarsola comes to the cage accompanied by Mono - 16.12. Leo Sarsola had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sarsola
vs
Ollongren

180 cm
29
197 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

186 cm
29
202 lbs
19 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leo Sarsola!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Fjalar Ollongren!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sarsola moves out of range of the strikes.
Ollongren lands a jab to the nose.
Sarsola keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sarsola looks to score with a jab to the body but Ollongren is just out of range.
Sarsola connects with an inside leg kick.
Ollongren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sarsola moves out of range as Ollongren strikes.
Sarsola with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Ollongren instigates a clinch.
Sarsola misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sarsola.
Sarsola lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Sarsola.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sarsola stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sarsola struggles to land a body shot inside as Ollongren controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Sarsola scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ollongren misses with a punch on the inside.

Sarsola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ollongren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sarsola moves away.
Sarsola throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ollongren throws a lazy right hand but Sarsola sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ollongren looks to land a right hand but Sarsola moved out of range.
Ollongren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sarsola manages to avoid it.
Sarsola connects with a solid leg kick.
Sarsola throws an overhand right that lands on Ollongren's shoulder, as Ollongren tries to avoid the shot.
Ollongren avoids the body shot from Sarsola.
Sarsola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ollongren.
Ollongren shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sarsola as he avoids it easily.
Sarsola fakes the leg kick and cracks Ollongren in the body.
Sarsola takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ollongren moves out of range of the leg kick from Sarsola.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sarsola. Ollongren shrugs it off though.
A big right from Sarsola misses.
Sarsola scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ollongren drops his hands momentarily and Sarsola takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ollongren stuffs the takedown attempt from Sarsola. Sarsola gets slowly back to his feet.
Ollongren gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sarsola.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ollongren closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Sarsola's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sarsola wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Ollongren is now in half guard.
Sarsola trying to control but Ollongren postures up.
Sarsola won't allow Ollongren to pass to mount.
Sarsola regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ollongren.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ollongren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ollongren stands up over Sarsola, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ollongren in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ollongren stopping the sweep attempt from Sarsola.
Ollongren throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarsola bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ollongren's guard.

Ollongren throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sarsola wants to control from the top but Ollongren keeps moving.
Ollongren is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sarsola wants to improve his position but Ollongren is controlling well.
Sarsola avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ollongren.
Ollongren throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ollongren takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarsola is trying to control but can't.
Ollongren sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sarsola defending well though.
Sarsola wants to control but Ollongren is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ollongren lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sarsola is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ollongren's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ollongren's back!
Ollongren takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Sarsola landing with strikes.
Sarsola softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Sarsola scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

Sarsola has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Ollongren has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ollongren turns into Sarsola and is now in his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Sarsola dominated that round.
That's time! Sarsola's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A jab from Sarsola finds it's way through Ollongren's defenses.
Ollongren tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick from Sarsola misses.
Sarsola with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Some bone on bone action there as Ollongren checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sarsola fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ollongren has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ollongren works Sarsola's body with a nice hook.
Sarsola throws the kick towards the body but Ollongren avoids it.
No joy there for Ollongren, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ollongren punishes Sarsola's body with a nice straight punch.
Sarsola connects with a leg kick. Ollongren looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ollongren misses with a body shot.
Ollongren changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sarsola uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ollongren.
Leo Sarsola is winning the standup battle so far.
Sarsola scores with a nice right hand.
Sarsola has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Leo Sarsola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Sarsola.

It looks like Fjalar Ollongren has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarsola looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ollongren avoids a kick to the body.
Ollongren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ollongren is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sarsola rather than just go for the knockout.

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!
Ollongren is desperately trying to improve his position but Sarsola has a good base and remains in mount.
Sarsola looking to control but Ollongren is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ollongren is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sarsola controlling from the full mount.
Sarsola pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarsola trying to control but he's not successful this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sarsola cracks Ollongren with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ollongren gets back to half guard.
Sarsola is stalling here. Ollongren is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sarsola seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Ollongren has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Ollongren passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Sarsola!
Leo Sarsola overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ollongren lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sarsola regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarsola works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ollongren distracts Sarsola with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sarsola utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ollongren pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sarsola is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ollongren throws a big elbow that misses.
Ollongren throwing strikes from guard but Sarsola blocks nicely.

Sarsola looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sarsola is trying to keep Ollongren in close.
Sarsola utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ollongren pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sarsola is keeping the position for now.

Sarsola escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ollongren gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ollongren pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sarsola is keeping the position for now.
Ollongren sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sarsola's guard.
Ollongren looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ollongren looks to land a strike but Sarsola avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ollongren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ollongren postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Leo Sarsola will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fjalar Ollongren's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ollongren moves out of range of the strikes.

Ollongren fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sarsola to the ground. Ollongren is now in Sarsola's guard.
Sarsola manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sarsola tries to control but Ollongren wriggling away.
Ollongren tries to reverse the position but Sarsola maintains control.
Ollongren is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sarsola content just to control the position here.
Ollongren is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarsola controlling the position easily from mount.
The referee warns Ollongren that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ollongren is looking to improve his position but Sarsola isn't that keen on the idea.
Sarsola scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ollongren?
Sarsola prevents Ollongren from getting the reversal.
Sarsola scoring with strikes but Ollongren is staying in there.
Ollongren is in a horrible position here. Sarsola smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Ollongren is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sarsola postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Ollongren bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Sarsola and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leo Sarsola!
Leo Sarsola retains his middleweight title!
Leo Sarsola managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Perkele!, into his post fight interview.