PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ville Paakkari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dias has chosen Caso Indefinido as his entrance music. Ville Paakkari is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Paakkari
vs
Dias

176 cm
20
167 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
157 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ville Paakkari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcos Dias!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dias misses with a few strikes there.
Paakkari ducks right into an uppercut from Dias.
Dias takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dias chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Paakkari can pounce on him.
Paakkari lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dias bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paakkari throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dias.
Dias lands a jab to the head.
Paakkari throws a body punch but Dias moves out of range.
Paakkari throws an overhand right that lands on Dias's shoulder, as Dias tries to avoid the shot.
Paakkari throws a hook but Dias blocks it.
Paakkari misses with a hook to the body
and Dias counters with a nice uppercut.
Dias wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Paakkari throws a sloppy head kick and Dias moves out of range easily.
Dias tries to bum rush Paakkari with a series of wild strikes but Paakkari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dias misses with a few strikes there.
Dias displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Paakkari throws out the jab.
Paakkari lands with a cross.
Marcos Dias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paakkari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paakkari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dias throws out the jab.

Paakkari takes the fight into the clinch.
Dias tries to pull guard but Paakkari holds him up against the cage and eventually Dias drops back down to his feet.
Knees in the clinch landing for Paakkari.
Paakkari just leaning against Dias, taking a breather.
Dias tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Paakkari smiles and moves away.
Dias doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dias takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dias on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Paakkari. Paakkari obviously looking to wear him down.
Dias connects with a crisp jab.
Paakkari shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dias eats them both and turns towards Paakkari to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dias scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dias throws the left hand but Paakkari avoids the punch easily.
Paakkari moves forwards but Dias connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Paakkari pushes Dias up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Paakkari.
Dias tries to pull guard but Paakkari won't allow it.
Ville Paakkari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Dias.
Paakkari lands a nice elbow.
Dias jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Paakkari walks away with a smile on his face. Dias gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dias takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dias throws a series of punches but Paakkari moves out of range.
Dias fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paakkari manages to avoid it.
Crunch! Paakkari slams his shin into Dias's torso.
Dias misses with a straight right.
Dias connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Paakkari defending well as Dias loads up on a big left hand.
Paakkari scoring well with a low kick there.
Paakkari moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dias uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paakkari.
Jab from Paakkari.
Dias ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dias misses with a looping left.
Dias is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Paakkari had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Paakkari throws a jab but it's blocked by Dias.
Paakkari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Dias, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dias moves out of range of the body kick.
Dias has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Paakkari finds it's way round the side to connect with Dias's head.
Paakkari tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dias is able to avoid easily.
Dias throws a sloppy body shot
and Paakkari connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Paakkari closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Paakkari lands a good knee to the midsection. Dias won't want to take too many of those.
Dias is trying to break the clinch but Paakkari is controlling him.
Paakkari lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dias tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dias tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Paakkari smiles and moves away.
Dias throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dias takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dias looks to land a combination but Paakkari avoids it well.
Paakkari lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dias throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dias jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Donk. Dias catches Paakkari right on the button with a cross.
Paakkari throws a series of punches but Dias moves out of range.
Dias looks to land a combination but Paakkari avoids it well.
Dias avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Paakkari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dias fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Paakkari on the side of the head.
Paakkari defending well as Dias loads up on a big left hand.
Dias swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ville Paakkari will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dias ducks under a wild hook from Paakkari.

Paakkari gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice body punch from Paakkari.
Paakkari landing knees to the head.
Dias tries to pull guard but Paakkari won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Paakkari.
Dias tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Paakkari smiles and moves away.
Dias blocks a head kick by Paakkari.
Paakkari lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Paakkari throws a big shot that misses.
Dias stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Paakkari.
Dias throws a hook to the side of Paakkari's head but Paakkari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paakkari takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dias connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paakkari manages to avoid it.
Dias throws a lazy right hand but Paakkari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paakkari scores with a one two! Dias had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dias lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Paakkari at a distance.

Paakkari gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Paakkari just leaning against Dias, taking a breather.
Dias is trying to break free.
Dias tries to break free but Paakkari pushes him back against the cage.
Paakkari landing knees to the head.

It looks like Marcos Dias has been cut.
Dias tries to pull guard but Paakkari holds him up against the cage and eventually Dias drops back down to his feet.
Ville Paakkari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Dias.
Paakkari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dias wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dias being controlled against the cage.
Paakkari landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dias is trying to pull guard but Paakkari has him pressed against the cage.
Paakkari lands with a short shot to the head.
Paakkari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paakkari creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dias's defenses.
Nice body punch from Paakkari - that landed with a thud.
Dias takes an elbow to the temple.
Dias jumps guard but Paakkari turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Paakkari scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dias tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Paakkari smiles and moves away.
Paakkari takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Paakkari misses with a straight left.

Paakkari rushes Dias and presses him up against the cage.
Paakkari putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dias in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Paakkari just stands there and leans against the cage.
Paakkari digs a right hand into Dias's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dias's gas tank.
Paakkari is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dias is breathing heavily.
Paakkari lands a nice shot to the body.
Paakkari connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dias's face.
Dias tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ville Paakkari has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dias fails to pull guard.
Paakkari has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Paakkari unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Paakkari.
Paakkari landing knees to the body.
Dias takes an elbow to the temple.
Paakkari unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paakkari lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Paakkari working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dias takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Paakkari.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paakkari unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Paakkari lands a shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Paakkari obliges.
The referee is keeping an eye on Paakkari - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Paakkari lands a body punch.
Dias is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Paakkari to keep the fight standing.
A right hand to the body from Paakkari.
Paakkari unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dias wants to break the clinch but can't.
Paakkari lands a good knee to the midsection. Dias won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Paakkari obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paakkari landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Paakkari lands a knee to the head.
Paakkari unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Paakkari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ville Paakkari dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcos Dias's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Paakkari instigates a clinch.
Paakkari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Paakkari with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dias tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dias jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Paakkari walks away with a smile on his face. Dias gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Paakkari scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Paakkari instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from Paakkari.
Paakkari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dias tries to circle away but Paakkari has him pinned against the cage.
Paakkari lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dias takes an elbow to the forehead.
A body shot lands from Paakkari.
Paakkari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dias takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A knee to the head by Paakkari.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dias tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Paakkari smiles and moves away.
Ville Paakkari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Dias.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Paakkari scores with a sloppy right hand. Dias should have avoided that one.
Paakkari lands with a straight right. Dias didn't see that one coming.
Dias takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Paakkari connects with a leg kick. Dias looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dias swings widly with a right hand

and Paakkari holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Paakkari lands a nice knee to the body.
Paakkari unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Paakkari slows down the pace here.
Paakkari pushes Dias back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Paakkari utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Paakkari landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Paakkari on the inside.
Paakkari lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Paakkari scores a nice knee to the body.
Dias tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Paakkari smiles and moves away.
Paakkari throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dias throws a hook but Paakkari avoids it easily.
Dias misses with a hook
and Paakkari cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Paakkari clinches with his opponent.
Paakkari is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Knees to the body from Paakkari.
Paakkari makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paakkari is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dias can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias tries to throw a body punch but Paakkari avoids it by throwing Dias back against the cage.
Dias jumps guard but Paakkari turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Paakkari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Paakkari.
A right hook to the body lands for Paakkari.
Paakkari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Paakkari obliges.
Dias tries to pull guard but Paakkari forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Marcos Dias has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paakkari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dias takes an elbow to the temple.
Dias jumps guard but Paakkari turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Dias takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Paakkari.
Dias fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Paakkari.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paakkari landing knees to the body.
Paakkari unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Paakkari scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dias takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Paakkari.
Ville Paakkari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paakkari with a knee to the head.
Paakkari crunches a lovely knee into Dias's ribcage.
Paakkari stalling the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paakkari lands a good knee to the midsection. Dias won't want to take too many of those.
Paakkari lands a knee to the head.
Paakkari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Paakkari lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ville Paakkari showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Paakkari has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ville Paakkari!
In defeat, Marcos Dias stepped up to the mic, saying 'Good Fight man. I will be back soon.'.