PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hans Landa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Severi Turpaansaaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Landa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ich tu dir weh - Rammstein. Turpaansaaja has chosen Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Landa
vs
Turpaansaaja

174 cm
32
169 lbs
22 - 14 - 1

170 cm
33
170 lbs
26 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Steel Penn's All 160
Backyard Fighting

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 22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Landa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Severi Turpaansaaja!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landa misses with a low kick.
Landa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Turpaansaaja darts in trying to clinch
enabling Landa to counter with a crisp jab.
Landa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Turpaansaaja scores with a hook to the body. Landa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A bone on bone clash there as Turpaansaaja blocks the leg kick.

Landa clinches with his opponent.
Turpaansaaja has a couple of punches blocked by Landa.
Turpaansaaja lands a nice uppercut.
Turpaansaaja has had enough of the clinch but Landa keeps him there for the moment.
Turpaansaaja misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Turpaansaaja manages to break the clinch.

Landa moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turpaansaaja tries to throw a body punch but Landa avoids it by throwing Turpaansaaja back against the cage.
Landa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Turpaansaaja.
Turpaansaaja looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Turpaansaaja tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Landa's elbow.
Landa tries to work over Turpaansaaja's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landa slows down the pace here.
Turpaansaaja scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Landa scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turpaansaaja.
Turpaansaaja misses with a body punch.
Turpaansaaja takes a shot to the head.
Landa scores with a hook to the body.
Turpaansaaja tries a body shot but Landa blocks it.
Turpaansaaja lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Landa.
Landa blocks a body shot from Turpaansaaja.
Turpaansaaja lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Turpaansaaja takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Landa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Landa blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turpaansaaja scores with a hook to the body.
Landa is pushing Turpaansaaja up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A left hand lands to the body for Landa.
Landa fails to pull guard.
Landa tries to throw a body punch but Turpaansaaja avoids it by throwing Landa back against the cage.
Turpaansaaja is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Turpaansaaja is looking to break free of the clinch but Landa has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Landa.
Turpaansaaja misses with a body punch.
Turpaansaaja prevents a body shot from Landa.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Turpaansaaja manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Turpaansaaja throws a punch but it's blocked by Landa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landa lands a right hand.

Landa has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Turpaansaaja uses from the top position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Turpaansaaja makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Turpaansaaja throws a big elbow that misses.
Landa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Turpaansaaja postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Turpaansaaja postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Turpaansaaja in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Turpaansaaja working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Turpaansaaja is looking to work some ground and pound but Landa has wrist control.
Turpaansaaja working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Turpaansaaja trying to control but Landa is working from the bottom.

Landa has an active guard here but Turpaansaaja has managed to pass into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Landa looking for submissions off his back.
Turpaansaaja throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from Turpaansaaja there.
Landa is trying to control but can't.
Landa wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turpaansaaja working the head and body with strikes.
Turpaansaaja throwing shots but Landa is blocking nicely.
Landa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turpaansaaja.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Severi Turpaansaaja dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Turpaansaaja misses with a few strikes there.
Turpaansaaja misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Turpaansaaja is looking to clinch but Landa is avoiding it.
Landa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turpaansaaja tries to close the distance and clinch but Landa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Landa manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Turpaansaaja on his heels. He'll look to pass Turpaansaaja's guard now, I'm sure.
Landa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Turpaansaaja is keeping the position for now.
Landa trying to control the position from guard on top but Turpaansaaja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Landa working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Turpaansaaja wants to stand up but Landa is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Turpaansaaja's head.
Severi Turpaansaaja has got the better of the ground game so far.
Landa showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Landa stopping the sweep attempt from Turpaansaaja.

Landa drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Landa as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Turpaansaaja screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Landa! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Hans Landa!
During a confident post fight interview, Hans Landa thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.