PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Fu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ari Sotaheimo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fu comes to the cage accompanied by SDJ-COMMANDOS. Thomas Fu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fu
vs
Sotaheimo

187 cm
35
194 lbs
25 - 18 - 0

185 cm
31
192 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thomas Fu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ari Sotaheimo!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Fu. Sotaheimo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fu moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSotaheimo.
Sotaheimo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fu takes one to the chin there.

It looks like Thomas Fu has been cut.
Fu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sotaheimo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fu definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sotaheimo connects with a right hand. Fu shakes it off.
Fu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sotaheimo's head.
Fu slips under a jab.
Fu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sotaheimo tries a head kick but it misses.
Sotaheimo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sotaheimo tries to counter with a clinch but Fu shakes him off and moves away.
Fu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It seemed like Sotaheimo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fu swings widly with a right hand
enabling Sotaheimo to counter with a crisp jab.
Fu displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sotaheimo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sotaheimo tries to bum rush Fu with a series of wild strikes but Fu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sotaheimo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sotaheimo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Fu looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fu defending against the ground and pound.
Sotaheimo looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Fu is avoiding damage well.
Fu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sotaheimo on the ground.
Sotaheimo throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sotaheimo throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sotaheimo advances to mount.
Sotaheimo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sotaheimo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fu wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sotaheimo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotaheimo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sotaheimo controlling from the full mount.
Sotaheimo thowing shots but they're missing.
Sotaheimo looking to finish with strikes here!
Sotaheimo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sotaheimo content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotaheimo looking to ground and pound but Fu is blocking nicely.
Sotaheimo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fu holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sotaheimo tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sotaheimo tries to control but Fu wriggling away.
Sotaheimo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sotaheimo thowing shots but they're missing.
Sotaheimo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotaheimo wants to control the pace but Fu is squirming around nicely.
Sotaheimo misses with a head shot.
Sotaheimo looking to control but Fu is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sotaheimo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Fu because Sotaheimo loaded up on that one.
Sotaheimo controlling his opponent.
Sotaheimo misses with a head shot.
Sotaheimo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ari Sotaheimo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Fu's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sotaheimo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sotaheimo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sotaheimo misses with a right hand
and Fu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sotaheimo's knee momentarily.
A head kick from Sotaheimo lands but Fu takes it in his stride.
Sotaheimo blocks a head kick by Fu.
Fu misses with a body shot.
Fu jabs Sotaheimo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sotaheimo lands a nice looking body shot.
Sotaheimo misses with a head kick.
Fu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sotaheimo throws a body kick that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Fu misses its target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sotaheimo.
Thomas Fu is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sotaheimo clinches.
Sotaheimo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sotaheimo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotaheimo tries a knee to the head but Fu blocks it.
Sotaheimo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sotaheimo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sotaheimo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sotaheimo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fu wants to get back to striking at distance but Sotaheimo won't allow it.
Sotaheimo with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Fu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Fu.
Fu throws a body punch but Sotaheimo moves out of range.
Thomas Fu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fu, right into the meat.
Fu on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Sotaheimo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sotaheimo throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotaheimo tries to land knees in the clinch but Fu avoids the damage to the body.
Sotaheimo misses with a knee strike.
Fu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sotaheimo's elbow.
Sotaheimo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fu avoids it.
Sotaheimo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sotaheimo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fu prevents the takedown attempt.

Fu manages to break the clinch.
Fu lands a leg kick that knocks Sotaheimo off balance momentarily.
Sotaheimo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fu feints and then cracks Sotaheimo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sotaheimo down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sotaheimo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Fu was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Fu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fu is looking to wear down Sotaheimo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sotaheimo, as that shot connected.
Fu feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sotaheimo's calf.
Fu tries a low kick but Sotaheimo avoids it.
Sotaheimo throws a jab but it's blocked by Fu.
Fu tries a head kick but it misses.
Thomas Fu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sotaheimo throws a looping overhand right but Fu ducks down to avoid it.
Fu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sotaheimo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fu lands a nice hook to Sotaheimo's body. Sotaheimo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fu throws a head kick but Sotaheimo moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sotaheimo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Thomas Fu's cut is getting worse.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sotaheimo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sotaheimo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fu connects with a right hand. Sotaheimo shakes it off.
Sotaheimo scores with a leg kick.
Fu defending well as Sotaheimo loads up on a big left hand.
Fu fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sotaheimo just manages to avoid it.
Fu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fu clobbers Sotaheimo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fu misses with a low kick.
Fu needs to keep his hands up - Sotaheimo had a free shot at his head there.
Donk. Fu catches Sotaheimo right on the button with a cross.
Fu throws a head kick but Sotaheimo moves out of range.
Sotaheimo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Fu is rocked!

Thomas Fu's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sotaheimo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oh Fu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sotaheimo fakes the body blow, causing Fu to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Fu goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ari Sotaheimo!
After winning the bout, Ari Sotaheimo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.