PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henrik Sigurdsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Great Hosoqai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Great Hosoqai will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Sigurdsson
vs
Great Hosoqai

193 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

199 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henrik Sigurdsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, The Great Hosoqai!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sigurdsson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sigurdsson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hosoqai is out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sigurdsson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Sigurdsson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hosoqai's guard.
Sigurdsson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sigurdsson distracts Hosoqai with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sigurdsson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sigurdsson 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.
Hosoqai avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sigurdsson throws a big right hand that misses.
Sigurdsson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hosoqai really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sigurdsson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hosoqai looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sigurdsson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sigurdsson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hosoqai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hosoqai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sigurdsson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hosoqai utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sigurdsson landing some decent shots from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sigurdsson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hosoqai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sigurdsson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigurdsson throwing strikes but missing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hosoqai can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sigurdsson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hosoqai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sigurdsson landing with the ground and pound.
Sigurdsson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sigurdsson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hosoqai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hosoqai wants to stand and escape but Sigurdsson is having none of it.
Sigurdsson landing some decent shots from guard.
Sigurdsson throwing strikes from guard but Hosoqai blocks nicely.
Sigurdsson scoring with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hosoqai looking for a sweep. Not yet Hosoqai, not yet.

Sigurdsson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sigurdsson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sigurdsson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sigurdsson passes Hosoqai's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Sigurdsson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Sigurdsson seems to be working for a kimura but Hosoqai defends the submission attempt.
Sigurdsson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Sigurdsson loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Hosoqai scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Sigurdsson land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Sigurdsson stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henrik Sigurdsson!
Henrik Sigurdsson thanked the fans post fight for their support.