PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luis Garavito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Saari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Garavito
vs
Saari

196 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
177 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Garavito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Saari!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saari misses with a looping right.
Saari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garavito avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice defenses there by Garavito.
A big right from Garavito misses.
Garavito really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Garavito waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saari.
Saari uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garavito.
Garavito is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Saari throws a shot from downtown. Garavito moves away and avoids it.
Garavito connects with a nice looking jab.
Saari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sloppy strikes from Saari. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Saari.
Saari moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Garavito throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Saari counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saari will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saari lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garavito tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saari was well out of range. Poor timing from Garavito.
Saari throws a hook but Garavito avoids it easily.
Saari throws the left hand but Garavito avoids the punch easily.
Sami Saari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saari throws out a loose jab but Garavito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garavito gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Saari.
Garavito walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Saari works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Saari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garavito moves out of range of the strikes.
Garavito's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Saari connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garavito scrambles back to his feet.

Garavito is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saari wobbles Garavito with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Saari dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Garavito to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Sami Saari!