PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Walther (ranked 7272 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Sazz (ranked 5804 p4p, 594 weight class). Lasse Walther is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Walther
vs
Sazz

178 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lasse Walther!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Sazz!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sazz rushes Walther and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sazz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walther walks away with a smile on his face. Sazz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Walther moves into the clinch successfully.
Sazz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Walther manages to break the clinch.

Sazz gets tackled into the cage by Walther. Walther maintains the clinch.
Walther tries to circle away but Sazz has him pinned against the cage.
Walther taking a breather.
Sazz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Walther smiles and moves away.
Walther misses with a body shot.
Walther connects with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sazz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Walther landing with the ground and pound.
Sazz being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sazz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Walther puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Sazz actively working from the bottom here.
Walther moves into full mount! Sazz won't be happy about that!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walther controlling the position easily from mount.
Walther lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Walther working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walther raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sazz is trying to escape the mount.
Walther controlling the pace for now.
Sazz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Walther. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sazz has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Walther is looking to finish with some ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Walther is cranking Sazz's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Sazz! He's tightened the choke and Sazz is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Lasse Walther!