PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keijo Sardiini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremiah Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Saint's choice of entrance music: "Touche" by Godsmack. The key to victory for Keijo Sardiini has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Sardiini
vs
Saint

185 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

165 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Twisted Soldier Clothing

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keijo Sardiini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeremiah Saint!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint checks a leg kick nicely.
Sardiini blocks a low kick nicely.
Saint fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sardiini is out of range.

Saint shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sardiini's guard.
Saint trying to control the position from guard on top but Sardiini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saint preventing the sweep.
Saint passes into half guard.
Saint throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sardiini blocking the ground and pound attempt from Saint.
Saint is trying to control the action in half guard but Sardiini is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Saint scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Saint is trying to control the action in half guard but Sardiini is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Saint looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Saint is looking to stall here but Sardiini recovers full guard.
Saint postures up.
Saint stopping the sweep attempt from Sardiini.
Saint thows a big elbow that misses.
Saint throws a strike but Sardiini rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sardiini stopping the sweep attempt from Saint.
Sardiini will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sardiini trying to control but Saint is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Saint closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Saint not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Saint stops Sardiini from getting back to his feet.
Saint prevents Sardiini from improving his position.
Saint working the head and body with strikes.
Saint takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Saint is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sardiini avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saint.
Saint winds up and cracks Sardiini with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Saint throwing shots but Sardiini is blocking nicely.
Saint is looking to take a break and control but Sardiini is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Saint has eaten all the pies!
Saint is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Saint is pressing down on Sardiini's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sardiini is holding on for now.
Saint thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Saint looks to land a right hand but Sardiini moved out of range.
Saint takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Saint ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sardiini moves away.

Saint looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sardiini is trying to stand up here but Saint is controlling him well.
Sardiini is breathing heavily.
Saint sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sardiini defending well though.
Saint not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremiah Saint dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sardiini lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Saint throws out a loose jab but Sardiini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sardiini showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Saint.
Saint throws an overhand right that lands on Sardiini's shoulder, as Sardiini tries to avoid the shot.

Saint scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Saint is chipping away with strikes.
Saint lands a nice forearm strike.
Saint misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Saint is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sardiini has escaped the position, nice work there.
Saint is breathing heavily.
Sardiini is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Saint seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Saint landing strikes.
Saint lands a decent elbow from side control.

Saint tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sardiini is trying to control Saint's posture but Saint avoids it.
Sardiini is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Saint taking a breather here.
Saint lands a nice forearm strike.
Sardiini defending against the ground and pound.
Sardiini striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Saint scoring with punches from side control.
Sardiini taking punishment in the form of punches.
Saint moves into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Saint.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sardiini tries to reverse the position but Saint maintains control.
Saint unloading with bombs!
The referee warns Sardiini that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Saint scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sardiini?
Sardiini is bucking up trying to escape but Saint cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Saint landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jeremiah Saint has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sardiini is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Saint has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sardiini's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Saint working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Saint tries to control but Sardiini wriggling away.
Saint landing punches.
Saint with good strikes from the mount here!
Saint lands a big shot there that rocks Sardiini but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sardiini is trying to escape the mount.
Saint tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremiah Saint showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Saint gets the takedown into side control.
Saint throws an elbow but Sardiini slips to the side and avoids it well.
Saint is putting a hurting on Sardiini here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sardiini tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Saint wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Saint is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Saint is chipping away with strikes.
Sardiini on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Saint throwing strikes but Sardiini manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saint manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint is looking to improve his position.
Sardiini passes into side control, despite Saint's attempt to control the position.
Saint manages to get back to half guard.
Saint won't allow Sardiini to pass to mount.
Saint is trying to get back to full guard.
Saint is trying to control but can't.
Saint wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The fighters are battling for position here. Saint manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Saint is striking but Sardiini is not phased and passes to half guard.
Sardiini wants to pass to mount but Saint is defending the position.
Saint wants to get back to full guard.
Sardiini is thwarting Saint's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Saint manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Saint trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Saint looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sardiini is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sardiini wanted to stand there but Saint had control of the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Saint throws a body punch but Sardiini moves out of range.

Saint looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Saint throwing strikes from guard but Sardiini blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Saint missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sardiini utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Saint throwing strikes from guard but Sardiini blocks nicely.
Saint controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Saint is looking to advance position but Sardiini has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Saint wants to control but Sardiini is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Saint throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sardiini. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremiah Saint comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Saint winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremiah Saint!