PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Smalls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heikko Saarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saarinen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Thanks all! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Smalls
vs
Saarinen

170 cm
29
162 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

170 cm
34
154 lbs
27 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reggie Smalls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Heikko Saarinen!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saarinen connects with a nice looking jab.
Smalls looks to land a combination but Saarinen avoids it well.
Nice cross by Saarinen.
Saarinen connects with a looping right hand.
A head kick from Saarinen lands but Smalls takes it in his stride.
Smalls misses the shot to the body.
Saarinen throws a head kick that misses.
Saarinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Saarinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Smalls. Those never looked like landing.
Smalls lands a nice shot that snaps Saarinen's head back.
Smalls jabs Saarinen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smalls throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smalls throws a sloppy head kick and Saarinen moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarinen lands a jab.
Saarinen clobbers Smalls with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Saarinen throws a sloppy head kick and Smalls moves out of range easily.
Saarinen throws a right hand that misses

and Smalls counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Saarinen!
Saarinen is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Smalls wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saarinen keeps working.
Saarinen wants to get back to his feet but Smalls is dominant here and he's now got Saarinen's back!
Saarinen covering up well under a series of strikes from Smalls.
Saarinen looking very determined here, making life difficult for Smalls.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saarinen is trying to remain composed but Smalls is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Smalls is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Smalls gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Smalls gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Smalls apologises and we restart here on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saarinen misses with a hook. Smalls ducked under it nicely.

Smalls scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Smalls is putting a hurting on Saarinen here, landing some big shots from side control.

Smalls is trying to get an arm triangle but Saarinen is defending well.
Smalls working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Smalls has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Saarinen is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Smalls yanks on the arm and Saarinen is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Smalls.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Reggie Smalls!
A very excited looking Reggie Smalls made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.