PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sami Saari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pimbo Tights (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tights has chosen Mama Gon Knock You Out! as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Saari
vs
Tights

170 cm
25
177 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

175 cm
25
182 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Sparta Fightware

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Saari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pimbo Tights!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tights takes the fight into the clinch.
Tights told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Tights lands a hook that snaps the head of Saari backwards.
Tights misses with some punches.
Tights tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tights using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saari has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tights with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sami Saari has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saari.
Saari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Saari scores with a nice short uppercut.
Saari lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Saari creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Saari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saari blocking some punches.
Saari lands a nice uppercut.
Saari trying to control the position but instead, Tights has worked for underhooks and has pushed Saari into the cage.
Tights tries to land a knee to the head but Saari blocks with his arms.
Saari lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tights backwards.
Tights using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saari has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saari blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tights lands an elbow inside that Saari shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tights just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saari's brow.
Saari lands a nice shot to the body.
Saari working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tights throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saari blocks it with crossed arms.
Tights misses with some punches.
Saari content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Saari lands an uppercut.
Saari lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tights backwards.
Saari scores with a hook to the body.
Tights tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saari.
Saari lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tights backwards.
Saari lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saari lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tights looks winded!
Saari is looking to control Tights's arms but Tights gets an underhook and turns him. Now Saari has his back to the cage.
Saari lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Saari lands a body punch.
Tights takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tights.
I was talking to Saari's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Saari.
Saari managing to block the knees to the body from Tights.
Saari tries to work over Tights's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saari digs a right hand underneath Tights's ribcage. Tights let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Saari slows down the pace here.
Tights prevents a body shot from Saari.
Saari can't find room to land a body shot as Tights controls the action.
Saari is stalling here.
Saari misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saari scores with a shot to the side of Tights's head.
Saari looking to stall.
Saari lands with a right to the head.
Saari lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tights trying to land knees to the body.
Tights scores with a shoulder strike.
Saari lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saari lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tights backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Saari.
Tights lands with a left to the head.
Tights with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Saari blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tights misses with an elbow over the top.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Saari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saari misses with some punches.
Saari working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Saari struggles to land a body shot inside as Tights controls his hands.
Tights trying to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Saari scores with a hook to the body.
Saari working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tights with a knee to the head.
Saari is working Tights over against the cage.
Saari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tights crunches a lovely knee into Saari's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Saari looking to stall.
A shot in the inside from Saari.
A short left from Saari.
Tights missing with knees to the body.
Saari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saari.
Tights throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saari blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saari can't find room to land a body shot as Tights controls the action.

Saari breaks the clinch.
Tights takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tights on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tights pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sami Saari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sami Saari's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Saari throws a body shot but no joy.
Saari lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tights throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saari scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Saari missing with a left hand there. Tights was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tights looks to clinch
and Tights takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Saari gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tights tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saari swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tights is looking to clinch.
Tights takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tights defending well as Saari loads up on a big left hand.
Tights looks to throw the jab but Saari is out of range.
Saari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saari uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tights.
Saari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Saari looks to score with a jab to the body but Tights is just out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saari connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saari tests Tights's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Saari misses with a looping left.
Tights ducks right into an uppercut from Saari.
Saari lands a slapping body shot.
Nice defenses there by Saari.
Tights fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saari looks to score with a jab to the body but Tights is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saari. Tights does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saari throws a combination. Tights tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Saari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saari is looking to wear down Tights with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Saari swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Tights moves into the clinch.
Saari doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Saari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Saari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tights.
Saari circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saari lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tights tries to clinch there but Saari circles away.
Saari keeps the fight on the outside.
Saari is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tights can do to turn this around?
Tights wants to clinch.
Tights ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saari moves away.
Tights tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tights tries to clinch but Saari is having none of it.
Tights throws a looping overhand right but Saari ducks down to avoid it.
Tights on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Saari drives through and clinches with Tights against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Saari.
Saari trying to control the position but instead, Tights has worked for underhooks and has pushed Saari into the cage.
Tights pushes off an throws an elbow but Saari leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tights scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Saari avoiding damage as Tights throws knees to the body.
Tights blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saari throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tightss head.
Tights crunches a lovely knee into Saari's ribcage.
Saari looking to slow down the pace here.
Tights missing with knees to the body.
Tights blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saari stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tights doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tights connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saari's face.
Saari makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tights swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tights throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Saari blocks a body shot from Tights.
Tights working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saari scores with a shoulder strike.

Saari breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circling - Saari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saari connects with the punch.
Saari throws a looping overhand right but Tights ducks down to avoid it.
Tights ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saari circles away from the clinch attempt
and Saari connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tights lands a head shot.

Tights moves into the clinch successfully.
Saari working aggressively here.
Saari wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saari.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sami Saari dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sami Saari's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Tights tries to clinch there but Saari circles away.
Tights keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saari will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saari scores with a punch to the head.
Tights fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tights lands a nice looking body shot.

Saari closes the distance and pushes Tights back into the cage.
Tights connects with a knee to the head.
Tights throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saari lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tights backwards.
A shot in the inside from Saari.
Saari misses with some punches.
Saari is trying to force a seperation but Tights has the dominant position.
Tights tries a knee to the head but Saari blocks it.
Saari can't find room to land a body shot as Tights controls the action.
Saari is looking to control Tights's arms but Tights gets an underhook and turns him. Now Saari has his back to the cage.
Saari cracks Tights with a nice body shot.
Tights takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saari gets through Tights's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saari lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saari.
Tights misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saari working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Saari on the inside.

Tights is rocked!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tights missing with knees to the body.
Saari lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tights is still on wobbly legs! Can Saari finish him?
Stalling in the clinch from Saari.
Saari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Saari lands with a right to the head.
Saari lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Tights to his knees! Saari keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sami Saari!