PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roca Tittis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gullane Sattar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tittis
vs
Sattar

203 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roca Tittis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gullane Sattar!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tittis tries to clinch but Sattar is having none of it.
Sattar tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Tittis counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sattar is trying to control the position but Tittis postures up.
Tittis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tittis has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Tittis looking to sit in guard and control but Sattar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sattar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sattar trying to control but Tittis is working from the bottom.
Sattar is fighting to break Tittis's control of his arms but Tittis is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

We're going to have a standup here because Roca Tittis wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Sattar gets tackled into the cage by Tittis. Tittis maintains the clinch.
Tittis wants a takedown but no success here.

Tittis is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Sattar can't fight it off and eventually Tittis manages to take the fight to the floor. Sattar looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sattar trying to keep a closed guard but Tittis is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sattar keeping moving, preventing Tittis from controlling successfully.

Tittis stands and steps away. Sattar gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tittis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sattar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tittis shoots in but Sattar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sattar slaps away a takedown attempt from Tittis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roca Tittis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sattar wants to clinch but Tittis slips to the side

and Tittis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sattar is working for takedown but Tittis is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sattar tries to break the clinch but Tittis is controlling the position.
Tittis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sattar is keeping busy.
Tittis looking for a takedown.
Sattar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tittis has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sattar jumps guard and drags Tittis to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sattar trying to control the position.

Tittis stands up and waves to Sattar to follow him.
Sattar is looking to clinch.
Tittis is looking to clinch.

Tittis drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Tittis really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tittis stopping the sweep attempt from Sattar.
Sattar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tittis looking to pass the guard.
Tittis not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sattar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sattar wants to sweep but no luck.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tittis circles away from the clinch attempt

and Tittis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sattar's guard now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tittis stopping the sweep attempt from Sattar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roca Tittis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sattar shoots and misses

and Tittis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sattar has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tittis is working away from the top position though.
Tittis winds up and cracks Sattar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sattar trying to control from the bottom.
Tittis lands with a punch from half guard.
Tittis controlling the action here.
Roca Tittis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sattar wants to control but Tittis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sattar flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Tittis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tittis tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sattar knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tittis is looking to take a break and control but Sattar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sattar is trying to stand up here but Tittis is controlling him well.
Sattar is trying to control but Tittis manages to pass to mount!
Sattar tries to hold on but Tittis pushes him away.
Tittis controlling the position easily from mount.
Tittis prevents Sattar from getting the reversal.

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.
Tittis is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Tittis working for a guillotine from mount but Sattar is in no mood to give up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tittis punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sattar is trying desperately to improve position.
Tittis controlling from the full mount.
Tittis trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tittis putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tittis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sattar can't escape the position.
Tittis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tittis controlling his opponent.
Sattar is squirming around, avoiding Tittis's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sattar taking shots to the head.
Tittis looking to control but Sattar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tittis putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tittis looking to control but Sattar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sattar is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roca Tittis dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Tittis fails with a takedown attempt.
Sattar blocks a head kick by Tittis.
Tittis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sattar as he jumps to the side.
Tittis tries to clinch there but Sattar circles away.
Sattar tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Tittis counters by moving into the clinch.
Sattar stalling.
Sattar is trying to push Tittis away but Tittis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sattar is pressed up against the cage. Tittis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sattar down to the mat. Sattar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roca Tittis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tittis fails to land the takedown.
Tittis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tittis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sattar tries to avoid it but Tittis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sattar to the ground. Sattar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Sattar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sattar shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Tittis counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sattar wants to stand up but Tittis is controlling him.
Tittis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Sattar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tittis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Tittis wants to control from the top but Sattar keeps moving.
Tittis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tittis tries to stand but Sattar is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tittis preventing the sweep.
Tittis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tittis thows a big elbow that misses.

We're going to have a standup here because Roca Tittis wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sattar tries to clinch up but Tittis circles away and keeps his distance.
Tittis wants to clinch up but Sattar keeps it at a distance.
Nice sprawl there from Sattar as Tittis shoots in.

Tittis gets the takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tittis thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sattar wants to control but Tittis postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sattar throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Sattar is trying to control Tittis's posture but Tittis avoids it.
Tittis controlling from side mount.
Sattar tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tittis throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Sattar works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Tittis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sattar keeps working.

Tittis escapes and gets back to his feet.
Tittis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gullane Sattar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roca Tittis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tittis avoids the head kick by Sattar.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roca Tittis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tittis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roca Tittis!