PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Ferreira (ranked 278 p4p, 32 weight class) and Sami Vatanen (ranked 2302 p4p, 269 weight class). Vatanen has chosen Kalmah - Heros to Us as his entrance music. Sami Vatanen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ferreira
vs
Vatanen

200 cm
31
265 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

200 cm
26
282 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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IniTech Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Marco Ferreira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sami Vatanen!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Vatanen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vatanen misses the jab.
Vatanen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ferreira on the side of the head.
Vatanen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vatanen has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Ferreira is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Vatanen tries to bum rush Ferreira with a series of wild strikes but Ferreira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ferreira swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ferreira tries to close the distance and clinch but Vatanen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vatanen looks to land a right hand but Ferreira moved out of range.
Vatanen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donk. Ferreira catches Vatanen right on the button with a cross.
Vatanen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ferreira has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Private Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Ferreira throws a head kick that misses
and Ferreira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vatanen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ferreira counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ferreira lands a slapping body shot.
Vatanen throws a lazy uppercut
and Ferreira counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Sami Vatanen has been cut.

Ferreira moves into the clinch successfully.
Still in the clinch, Ferreira scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees to the body from Vatanen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferreira.
Ferreira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vatanens head.
Ferreira swings wildly with an uppercut but Vatanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira lands a hook that snaps the head of Vatanen backwards.
Ferreira has Vatanen pressed against the cage, preventing Vatanen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ferreira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vatanen misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ferreira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ferreira can't find room to land a body shot as Vatanen controls the action.
A short uppercut from Ferreira.
A body shot lands from Ferreira.
Ferreira misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira gets through Vatanen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ferreira lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That has opened up Sami Vatanen's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vatanen wants to get back to striking at distance but Ferreira won't allow it.
Vatanen blocks an uppercut.
Ferreira misses with the head strike.
Vatanen wants to get back to striking at distance but Ferreira won't allow it.
Ferreira tries a body shot but Vatanen blocks it.
Vatanen tries to break the clinch but Ferreira is controlling the position.
Ferreira tries a body shot but Vatanen blocks it.
Ferreira lands with a light punch inside.
Vatanen blocks an uppercut.
Ferreira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ferreira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ferreira misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira works on Vatanen's body with a couple of short punches.
A short left from Ferreira.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferreira.
Ferreira working aggressively here.
Ferreira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferreira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vatanen prevents a body shot from Ferreira.
Ferreira throws a head punch that misses.
Ferreira misses with a body punch.
Vatanen can't find room to land a body shot as Ferreira controls the action.
Vatanen blocks a body shot from Ferreira.
Ferreira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferreira swings wildly with an uppercut but Vatanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira lands on the inside with an uppercut.

The cut above Sami Vatanen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreira fails to land.
Vatanen takes a shot to the head.
Vatanen blocks an uppercut.
Ferreira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vatanen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ferreira misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreira throws a punch but it's blocked by Vatanen.
Ferreira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vatanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vatanen misses with a knee strike.
A hook to the body from Ferreira.

Vatanen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ferreira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vatanen moves away.
Ferreira throws a nice looking combination but Vatanen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Ferreira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sami Vatanen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A shot to the body from Ferreira misses
and Vatanen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ferreira just misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreira throws a shot from downtown. Vatanen moves away and avoids it.
Vatanen throws a series of punches but Ferreira avoids them all with ease.
Vatanen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ferreira connects with the punch.
Sami Vatanen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ferreira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vatanen throws a looping overhand right but Ferreira ducks down to avoid it.
As Vatanen tries to get set, Ferreira tries to push him back and clinch up but Vatanen manages to avoid the attempt.

Ferreira instigates a clinch.
Vatanen is trying to break the clinch but Ferreira has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Vatanen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ferreira uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vatanen has time to react.
Ferreira throws a body punch but Vatanen moves out of range.
Vatanen misses the jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ferreira clobbers Vatanen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Sami Vatanen's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ferreira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vatanen can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira drops Vatanen with a huge uppercut! Vatanen drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Ferreira is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Ferreira!
Marco Ferreira retains his heavyweight title!
Marco Ferreira seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Sami Vatanen had this to say: 'Did u fart? or is that ur breath?'.