PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Saku Sammakko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sammakko comes to the cage accompanied by Saku Sammakko. The crowd seem to be enjoying Robinson's choice of entrance music: Rage against the machine- Killing in the name. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Sammakko
vs
Robinson

171 cm
20
166 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
162 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Saku Sammakko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sammakko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robinson manages to avoid it.
Robinson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Robinson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sammakko throws a jab when Robinson was well out of range.
Robinson fails with a takedown attempt.
Saku Sammakko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Robinson.
Robinson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sammakko scores with a punch to the head.
Robinson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Sammakko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Robinson has Sammakko pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sammakko manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sammakko stalls.
Sammakko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Robinson looks gassed!
Robinson is working for takedown but Sammakko is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sammakko prevents the takedown attempt.
Sammakko prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sammakko scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sammakko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sammakko lands an elbow that stopped Robinson in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Sam Robinson has been cut.
Sammakko working Robinson over with knees to the body.
Sammakko lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Sammakko scores with a nice short uppercut.

Sammakko tightens his grip and picks Robinson up, before dumping him to the ground. Robinson manages to land in guard.
Sammakko is working Robinson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sammakko sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Robinson's guard.
Sammakko is trying to control the action in half guard but Robinson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sammakko 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.
Sammakko is taking a breather. Robinson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Sammakko has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robinson punching from the bottom.
Robinson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sammakko wants to control but Robinson is keeping him busy.

Sammakko seems to be working for a kimura but Robinson defends the submission attempt.
Robinson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sammakko trying to control from half guard but Robinson is working away.
Robinson manages to get to full guard.
Robinson is striking from the bottom but Sammakko uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Sammakko works his way into full mount!
Robinson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sammakko. What's that going to do exactly?
Sammakko controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Robinson flails away from the bottom, looking to strike but he's give an arm to his opponent... uh oh. Sammakko wraps up the arm in an instant and pivots for an armbar! Tap or snap time - Robinson decides to tap! Lovely submission by Sammakko!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Saku Sammakko!