PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iso Susi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ragnarok Laturi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laturi has chosen Amon Amarth - Guardians of Asgaard as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Susi
vs
Laturi

190 cm
19
225 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

205 cm
23
276 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Combat Pro Design
No Shit Nutrition

Combat Pro Design

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iso Susi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ragnarok Laturi!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laturi misses the shot to the body.

Laturi takes the fight into the clinch.
Susi wants a takedown.
Laturi with a knee to the head.
Susi managing to block the knees to the body from Laturi.

Laturi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Susi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laturi cracks the inside of Susi's front leg.
Ragnarok Laturi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laturi looks to throw the jab but Susi is out of range.
Susi works Laturi's body with a nice hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Susi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Laturi scores with a takedown into Susi's guard.
Laturi wants to stand and escape but instead Susi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Laturi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Susi is controlling him.
Susi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Laturi is keeping the position for now.
Laturi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Susi postures up in Laturi's guard and throws a big left but Laturi blocks it.
Susi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Susi trying to control the position from guard on top but Laturi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Susi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laturi wants to stand and escape but Susi is having none of it.
Laturi wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Susi manages to pass to side control.
Susi stops Laturi from getting back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Susi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iso Susi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Susi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Laturi.
Susi is looking to clinch.
Susi tries to clinch but Laturi is having none of it.

Susi shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Susi showed some decent athleticism there.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Susi in particular looking to stall.
Susi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Laturi's head.
Susi is keen to just control but Laturi is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laturi is trying to stand up here but Susi is controlling him well.
Susi is tying to control. Laturi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Laturi looks like he's trying to stand up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Laturi fails to land with a series of punches.

Susi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Susi trying to control the position from guard on top but Laturi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Susi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Laturi is keeping the position for now.
Laturi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Susi trying to control the position from guard on top but Laturi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Susi stops Laturi from standing up.
Susi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laturi wants to get back to his feet but Susi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Laturi clinches up with Susi and pushes him back against the ropes.

Laturi has clasped his hands together around Susi's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Laturi looks gassed!
You can see the frustration on Susi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Susi is looking to regain half guard here but Laturi keeps moving and retains side control.
Susi gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Laturi wants to get back to his feet.
Susi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Laturi stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Susi closes the distance and clinches up with Laturi, looking for a takedown. Susi pushes Laturi against the ropes but Laturi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Laturi gets a clinch.
Laturi trying to land knees to the body.
Laturi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Laturi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laturi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Laturi rushes Susi and presses him up against the ropes.
Laturi prevents a takedown attempt there.
Susi wants a takedown but no success here.
Susi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Laturi just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Laturi gets underhooks to prevent Susi's takedown attempt.
Susi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Laturi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Susi managing to block the knees to the body from Laturi.
Susi avoiding damage as Laturi throws knees to the body.

Laturi turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Laturi stands up.
Laturi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Susi takes a step back to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnarok Laturi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Laturi keeps Susi at a distance using the push kick.
Laturi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Susi throws a right hand that Laturi ducks under and follows up with a left that Laturi also avoids with ease.
Susi shoots in looking for a takedown. Laturi tries to sprawl out of it but Susi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Laturi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Laturi pushes Susi up against the ropes in a clinch.

Laturi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Susi closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Susi lands in his opponent's guard.
Laturi is looking to stand up but Susi isn't so interested in that idea.
Susi with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Laturi has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Susi off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No joy there for Laturi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laturi scores with a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Laturi.
Susi misses with a wild body shot.
Susi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Laturi as he jumps to the side.
Laturi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Susi in his tracks.

Susi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Laturi is trying to stand.
Susi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Laturi's head.
Susi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Laturi tries to kick Susi off but Susi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Susi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Laturi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Susi is looking for a kimura but Laturi is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Susi to get the leverage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Susi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Laturi.
Laturi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Laturi scores with a push kick.
Laturi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laturi looks to land a combination. Susi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Laturi misses the body punch

and Susi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laturi wants to get back to his feet but Susi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Susi trying to control the position from guard on top but Laturi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Laturi wriggles free and stands up.
Laturi stuffs the takedown attempt from Susi. Susi gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iso Susi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Laturi, as that shot connected.

Laturi takes the fight into the clinch.
Susi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Laturi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Laturi landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laturi crunches a lovely knee into Susi's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Laturi.
A knee to the head by Laturi.
Laturi crunches a lovely knee into Susi's ribcage.
Laturi landing knees to the head.
Susi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Laturi smiles and moves away.

Laturi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Susi, pushing him back against the ropes.
Laturi tries to land a knee to the head but Susi blocks with his arms.
Susi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Susi tries for a takedown but Laturi manages to get underhooks.

Laturi turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Laturi manages to end up in side control.
Laturi wants to stand but Susi is controlling his arm.

Laturi stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Susi misses with a series of wild punches.
Laturi lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Laturi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Susi doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Susi controls Laturi momentarily but Laturi frees himself.

Laturi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Laturi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Susi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laturi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Susi on the side of the head.
Laturi scores with a spinning back kick!
Susi shoots in looking for a takedown. Laturi tries to sprawl out of it but Susi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Laturi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Laturi misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Laturi closes the distance and clinches.
Laturi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laturi tries to land knees in the clinch but Susi avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ragnarok Laturi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Left hook, right uppercut from Susi.
Susi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Laturi pushes Susi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Laturi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Susi.
Laturi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laturi tries to land a knee to the head but Susi blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Laturi.
Laturi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Susi's face.
Laturi tries a knee to the head but Susi blocks it.
Susi is trying to stall.
Laturi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Susi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laturi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ragnarok Laturi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Laturi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Susi.
Laturi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Susi pulls his leg out and moves away.
Susi shoots for a takedown but Laturi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Susi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Laturi but Laturi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laturi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Laturi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laturi tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Susi.
Susi trying to control but Laturi postures up.
Laturi tries to stand but can't do so whilst Susi controls his leg.
Susi is trying to maintain the position but Laturi is very close to passing his half guard.
Laturi wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Laturi swats away the attempt to clinch by Susi.
Susi shoots in but Laturi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iso Susi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Laturi shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Susi's guard.
Susi wants to sweep here but Laturi controlling him for the moment.
Susi trying to control the position.
Laturi has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Susi is proving hard to escape from.

Susi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Laturi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Laturi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Laturi wants to get up but he can't break Susi's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Susi wants to sweep but no luck.
Susi throwing short punches from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Susi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laturi misses with the combination.
Susi looks to land a combination. Laturi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Susi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Laturi to score with a decent uppercut.

Susi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Laturi looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Laturi is pushing Susi's head away, looking to escape. Susi manages to hold on to the position though.

Susi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Laturi wants to get back to his feet but Susi drags him back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi tries to advance to mount but can't.
Susi happy to just control the position for now.

Susi tries for a kimura but Laturi is defending well.
Iso Susi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Laturi wants to get back to his feet.
Ragnarok Laturi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Susi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Laturi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Laturi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Susi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ragnarok Laturi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laturi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ragnarok Laturi!