PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Gasparotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan August Sandels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gasparotto comes into the arena with Dengaz ft. Marcelo D2 - Tamo Juntos blaring out of the sound system. This should be a great matchup!

Gasparotto
vs
August Sandels

196 cm
22
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
192 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gabriel Gasparotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johan August Sandels!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gasparotto wants to clinch.
Sandels circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sandels getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gasparotto wants to clinch up but Sandels keeps it at a distance.
Gabriel Gasparotto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sandels tries to keep at a distance but Gasparotto has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sandels escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gasparotto looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sandels swats away the attempt to clinch by Gasparotto.
Sandels has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Gasparotto wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Sandels there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gasparotto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sandels manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sandels motions for Gasparotto to come forward. Sandels throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gasparotto looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandels cracks a nice hook into Gasparotto's ribs.

Gasparotto gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gasparotto misses with some punches.

Sandels escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gasparotto moves in looking to clinch but Sandels pushes him off.
Gasparotto tries to clinch up
and Sandels counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gasparotto takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gasparotto.
Sandels throws a body punch but Gasparotto moves out of range.
Sandels paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gasparotto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gasparotto tries for a takedown but Sandels sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Gasparotto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gasparotto doesn't manage to clinch there - Sandels circles away.
Gasparotto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sandels manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sandels connects with a leg kick. Gasparotto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gasparotto wants to clinch up but Sandels keeps it at a distance.
Gasparotto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gasparotto falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sandels counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandels keeps the fight on the outside.
Sandels takes a swing at Gasparotto's ribcage but misses.
Gasparotto fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Sandels on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Johan August Sandels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sandels lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sandels moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gasparotto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gasparotto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sandels manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sandels connects with the punch.
Gasparotto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gasparotto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gasparotto tries to clinch up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sandels.
Sandels scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sandels scores with a leg kick.
Sandels listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gasparotto doesn't manage to clinch there - Sandels circles away.
Gasparotto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sandels paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Sandels catches Gasparotto right on the button with a cross.
Gasparotto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gasparotto avoids a kick to the body.
Sandels is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gasparotto had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sandels punishes Gasparotto's body with a nice straight punch.
Sandels wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gasparotto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sandels.
Gasparotto looks to clinch
and Sandels counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sandels lands a body shot.
Sandels thuds his right hand into Gasparotto's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sandels keeps the fight on the outside.
Sandels lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gasparotto doesn't manage to clinch there - Sandels circles away.
Sandels connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice straight punches there by Sandels. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sandels.

Gasparotto is rocked!
Sandels cracks a nice hook into Gasparotto's ribs.
Oh Gasparotto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sandels cracks Gasparotto with a left hook right on the temple and Gasparotto goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Sandels lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Gasparotto is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johan August Sandels!
A relieved looking Johan August Sandels thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.