PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Askal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sal Lachisseo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lachisseo has chosen Acid Rain By Dream Theater as his entrance music. Sal Lachisseo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Askal
vs
Lachisseo

190 cm
20
256 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
24
285 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pedro Askal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sal Lachisseo!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Lachisseo or perhaps it was just good defense by Askal which made him look bad.
Lachisseo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Lachisseo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Askal manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lachisseo throws a strike but Askal rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lachisseo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Askal is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lachisseo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Askal is one step ahead there.
Askal trying to control but Lachisseo is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lachisseo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lachisseo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Askal looks to land a body kick but Lachisseo moved away.
Askal throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Askal lands a right hook to the body.
Lachisseo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Askal.
Lachisseo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Askal dips to his left and cracks Lachisseo with an uppercut!
Askal scores with a jab to the head.
A jab from Askal finds it's way through Lachisseo's defenses.
Askal could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Lachisseo blocks a leg kick.
Lachisseo closes the distance and clinches up with Askal, looking for a takedown. Lachisseo pushes Askal against the cage but Askal circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pedro Askal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sal Lachisseo.
Lachisseo looks gassed!
Askal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askal throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Askal uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lachisseo has time to react.
Pedro Askal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Askal throws a body punch but Lachisseo moves out of range.
Lachisseo slips under a jab.
Lachisseo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Askal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lachisseo misses with a takedown attempt - Askal sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Askal throws a right and a left that Lachisseo avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Askal throws a right and a left that Lachisseo avoids nicely.

Lachisseo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Askal is trying to get back to his feet.
An elbow from Lachisseo crashes against the mat.
Lachisseo tries to advance to mount but Askal denies him.
Lachisseo throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lachisseo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lachisseo misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Askal dominated that round.
That's time! Askal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sloppy strikes from Askal. Those never looked like landing.
Askal tries a head kick but it misses.

Lachisseo bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Lachisseo scores with punches from side control.
The ground and pound from Lachisseo seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Lachisseo working the head and body with strikes.
Lachisseo working the ground and pound.
Lachisseo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lachisseo scores with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Lachisseo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lachisseo throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lachisseo working the ground and pound.
Askal is trying to get back to his feet.
Lachisseo misses with the ground and pound.
Lachisseo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Lachisseo throws an elbow but Askal slips to the side and avoids it well.
An elbow from Lachisseo crashes against the mat.
Lachisseo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Askal down.
Lachisseo working the ground and pound but Askal is defending the strikes.
Lachisseo is trying to ground and pound but Askal uses the momentary lack of control by Lachisseo to regain half guard.
Lachisseo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Askal's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lachisseo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lachisseo winds up and cracks Askal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Askal is trying to stand back up but Lachisseo is controlling him
Lachisseo passes the guard and advances to mount!
Lachisseo lands a nice shot to the head.
Lachisseo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Askal?
Lachisseo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lachisseo lands a big shot there that rocks Askal but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lachisseo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lachisseo sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Askal is in a horrible position here. Lachisseo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Askal is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Lachisseo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Askal hang on?
Lachisseo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lachisseo won't let Askal get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Lachisseo is landing with some decent strikes but Askal is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lachisseo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Askal in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lachisseo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lachisseo looking to finish with strikes here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lachisseo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lachisseo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Askal that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Lachisseo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lachisseo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Askal trying desperately to get to his feet.
Lachisseo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Askal can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sal Lachisseo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Lachisseo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Askal as he avoids it easily.
Askal lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lachisseo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lachisseo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pedro Askal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sal Lachisseo.
Lachisseo walks into a stiff left hand from Askal.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lachisseo.
Askal connects with a leg kick. Lachisseo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Askal does no damage.
A head kick misses from Askal.
Lachisseo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lachisseo fails to land the takedown.
Horrible takedown by Lachisseo or perhaps it was just good defense by Askal which made him look bad.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Askal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Some wild striking there from Askal.
Lachisseo shoots in for a takedown but Askal shows good takedown defense.
Askal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lachisseo.
Lachisseo takes one to the side of the head.
Pedro Askal is winning the standup battle so far.
Askal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lachisseo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Askal swivels and escapes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askal throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Lachisseo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Askal preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lachisseo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Askal working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lachisseo.
Askal working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lachisseo.
Askal is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lachisseo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lachisseo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Askal's head.
Askal wants to stand and escape but Lachisseo is having none of it.
Lachisseo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lachisseo thows a big elbow that misses.
Lachisseo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lachisseo throws a strike but Askal rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lachisseo is looking to stand back up but Askal counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Lachisseo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Askal showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Askal has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!