PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikko Sakkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakkinen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rotten Sound - Burden. Lee is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Wiley - Take That. Mikko Sakkinen had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sakkinen
vs
Lee

185 cm
24
186 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

185 cm
34
195 lbs
23 - 23 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid 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 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikko Sakkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 23 - 1, fighting out of London, Jason Lee!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Lee throws a one two combo.
Nice straight punches there by Sakkinen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sakkinen.
Sakkinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakkinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sakkinen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee misses with a left hand
and Sakkinen counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Sakkinen to counter with a crisp jab.
Lee swinging wildly here.
Lee's corner calls for a 1-2. Lee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A punch combination from Lee misses.
Lee connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee connects with the punch.

Sakkinen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Sakkinen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sakkinen wants to stand but Lee has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Sakkinen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lee defending well though.
Lee is looking to improve his position.
Sakkinen is trying to control. Lee wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lee is trying to maintain the position but Sakkinen is very close to passing his half guard.
Sakkinen wants to stand up but Lee has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Sakkinen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lee's head.
Lee is looking to improve his position.
Sakkinen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lee works over Sakkinen's head and body with a nice combination.
Sakkinen tries to clinch
and Lee counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Sakkinen tries to clinch up but Lee circles away and keeps his distance.
Lee lands a nice shot that snaps Sakkinen's head back.

Sakkinen closes the distance and clinches.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sakkinen lands an elbow just above Lee 's eye.
Sakkinen blocks a body shot from Lee.
Sakkinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Sakkinen on the inside.
Sakkinen avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakkinen scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Sakkinen.
Sakkinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
Sakkinen avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Sakkinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee is working Sakkinen over against the cage.
Sakkinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Sakkinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Lee has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sakkinen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sakkinen's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee takes an elbow to the temple.
Sakkinen stalling in the clinch but Lee improves position.
Lee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakkinen takes an elbow to the temple.
Sakkinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakkinen avoiding damage as Lee throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Sakkinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Sakkinen is blocking nicely.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sakkinen misses with some punches.
Sakkinen misses with the head strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sakkinen lands a nice elbow.
Sakkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Sakkinen.
Sakkinen lands a nice elbow.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sakkinen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee is trying to maintain a safe position but Sakkinen gets an underhook and turns Lee into the cage.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sakkinen is defending well for now.
Lee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jason Lee will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lee clinches.
Lee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Sakkinen.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sakkinen is defending well for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sakkinen.
Lee scores with a knee to the head.
Sakkinen pushes Lee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lee trying to control the position but instead, Sakkinen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lee into the cage.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Sakkinen controls his hands.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sakkinen lands an elbow inside that Lee shrugs off.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakkinen digs a right hand into Lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lee's gas tank.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Lee landing knees to the head.
Sakkinen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lee is defending well.
Mikko Sakkinen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sakkinen pushes Lee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lee misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakkinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Sakkinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sakkinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sakkinen.
Sakkinen avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Sakkinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sakkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sakkinen digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakkinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sakkinen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sakkinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Sakkinen.
A short uppercut from Sakkinen.

Sakkinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sakkinen closes the distance and clinches.
Sakkinen lands a nice uppercut.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sakkinen.
Sakkinen lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakkinen misses with some punches.
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sakkinen.
Sakkinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sakkinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sakkinen cracks Lee with a nice body shot.
Sakkinen scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Sakkinen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sakkinen lands a nice uppercut.
Sakkinen scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Sakkinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Lee is rocked!
Sakkinen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lee is still on wobbly legs! Can Sakkinen finish him?
Sakkinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Sakkinen managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Lee is trying to maintain a safe position but Sakkinen gets an underhook and turns Lee into the cage.

Sakkinen has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Lee clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Sakkinen lands punches and elbows.
Sakkinen is scoring with a succession of shots from the back. Lee is covering up - he's had enough and the ref steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikko Sakkinen!
Our winner, Mikko Sakkinen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.