PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zaru Kayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tero Sankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sankari's choice of entrance music: Finlandia - Hymn. Zaru Kayne could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tero Sankari's chin.

Kayne
vs
Sankari

185 cm
28
245 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

200 cm
22
240 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zaru Kayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tero Sankari!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Kayne does it's job there.
Sankari tries a head kick but it misses.
Sankari tries to clinch but Kayne moves out of range.
Sankari takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Kayne has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kayne avoids it.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sankari takes a knee to the side of the body.

Kayne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kayne rushes Sankari and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kayne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sankari looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Kayne manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sankari tries a knee to the head but Kayne blocks it.
Sankari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
Sankari tries to land knees in the clinch but Kayne avoids the damage to the body.
Kayne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kayne lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sankari or not.
Kayne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kayne.
Kayne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kayne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sankari's defenses.

It looks like Tero Sankari has been cut.
Kayne scores a nice knee to the body.

Kayne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sankari tries to clinch but Kayne moves away
and Sankari takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kayne misses with a wild combination.
Kayne lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayne throws a head kick that half lands.

Sankari is rocked!

Kayne has closed the distance and engaged Sankari in a clinch.
Kayne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kayne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kayne crunches a lovely knee into Sankari's ribcage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kayne.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kayne lands a knee to the body.
Kayne lands an elbow inside that Sankari shrugs off.
Kayne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Kayne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kayne.
Kayne connects with a knee to the head.
Sankari is still on wobbly legs! Can Kayne finish him?
Kayne with a knee to the head.
Kayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sankari's face.
Kayne lands an elbow that stopped Sankari in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Kayne.
Kayne avoiding damage as Sankari throws knees to the body.
Kayne working Sankari over with knees to the body.
Kayne slowing the pace effectively.
Sankari seems to have recovered his senses.

Kayne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sankari throws a lazy head kick
and Kayne counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Tero Sankari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Kayne.
Sankari connects with a leg kick. Kayne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sankari tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kayne counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sankari moves in looking to clinch but Kayne pushes him off.
Sankari throws a nice head kick!

Kayne clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kayne just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sankari's brow.
Kayne avoiding damage as Sankari throws knees to the body.
Sankari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kayne landing knees to the body.
Kayne lands an elbow that stopped Sankari in his tracks for a moment.
Kayne lands a body shot.
Kayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sankari trying to land knees to the body.
Kayne lands a body punch.

Sankari breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sankari chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kayne can pounce on him.
Kayne moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sankari throws a sloppy head kick
and Kayne counters with a nice uppercut.
Sankari on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kayne lands with an uppercut that bounces Sankari off the cage and back into rage.
Sankari thows a leg kick but Kayne checks it
and Kayne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sankari moves to clinch but Kayne breaks away
and Kayne counters with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kayne blocks a head kick by Sankari.
Nice uppercut there from Kayne.
Kayne fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sankari.
Kayne throws out a powerful jab.
Kayne cracks a nice hook into Sankari's ribs.
Sankari looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kayne.
Kayne lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Kayne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sankari misses with a knee to the head.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Kayne.
A short right from Kayne.
Kayne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sankari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kayne is defending well for now.
Kayne throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Kayne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kayne takes the fight into the clinch.
Kayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sankari tries to land knees in the clinch but Kayne avoids the damage to the body.
Kayne lands a knee to the body.
Kayne connects with a knee to the head.
Sankari wants to break free but Kayne has control.
Kayne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sankari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sankari misses with a knee to the head.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kayne avoids it.
Kayne lands an elbow inside that Sankari shrugs off.
Nice body punch from Kayne - that landed with a thud.
Kayne lands a body punch.
Kayne crunches a lovely knee into Sankari's ribcage.
Kayne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sankari backwards.
Kayne tries a knee to the head but Sankari blocks it.
Sankari avoiding damage as Kayne throws knees to the body.
Kayne managing to block the knees to the body from Sankari.
Sankari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kayne is defending well for now.
Kayne lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sankari or not.
Kayne is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sankari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kayne is defending well for now.
Sankari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
Kayne pushes Sankari back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sankari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zaru Kayne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tero Sankari's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sankari wants to clinch
and Kayne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Kayne moves into the clinch successfully.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A body shot lands from Kayne.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kayne avoids it.
Kayne avoiding damage as Sankari throws knees to the body.
Sankari looking to throw knees to the head but Kayne is blocking nicely.
Kayne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sankari can do to turn this around?
Kayne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kayne scores a nice knee to the body.
Kayne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kayne landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kayne tries to land a knee to the head but Sankari blocks with his arms.
Kayne working Sankari over with knees to the body.
Kayne lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short body shot lands from Kayne as the two fighters clinch.
Zaru Kayne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kayne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sankari.
Kayne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sankari.
Kayne scores with a knee to the head.
Kayne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sankari is trying to break the clinch but Kayne has him pressed against the cage.
Kayne lands a damaging elbow.
Sankari avoiding damage as Kayne throws knees to the body.
Sankari stalling in the clinch but Kayne improves position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kayne scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sankari.
Sankari scores a nice knee to the body.
Kayne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sankari tries to stall but Kayne uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kayne managing to block the knees to the body from Sankari.
Sankari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kayne lands a nice elbow.
Kayne lands a knee to the body.
Sankari tries a knee to the head but Kayne blocks it.
Kayne stalling against the cage.

Sankari manages to break the clinch.

Kayne pushes Sankari up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kayne throws an elbow but misses.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kayne avoids it.
Sankari tries a knee to the head but Kayne blocks it.
Kayne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kayne gets through Sankari's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sankari with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice body punch from Kayne.
Kayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Kayne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kayne lands an elbow inside.
Kayne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sankari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kayne is defending well for now.
Kayne lands an elbow that stopped Sankari in his tracks for a moment.
A bit of stalling here from Kayne.
Sankari lands a nice knee to the body.
Kayne managing to block the knees to the body from Sankari.
Sankari tries a knee to the head but Kayne blocks it.
Sankari trying to land knees to the body.
Sankari trying to land knees to the body.
Kayne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sankari lands a knee to the head.
Kayne controlling the action here for a moment.
Sankari tries to land knees in the clinch but Kayne avoids the damage to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Kayne.
Sankari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
Sankari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
Kayne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sankari in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kayne stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kayne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kayne.
Sankari takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sankari missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kayne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sankari tries to break free but Kayne pushes him back against the cage.
Kayne taking a breather.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kayne looking to throw knees to the head but Sankari is blocking nicely.
Sankari looking to throw knees to the head but Kayne is blocking nicely.
Kayne trying to control the position but instead, Sankari has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kayne into the cage.
Sankari is trying to break free.
Sankari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sankari connects with a knee to the head.
Kayne presses Sankari against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kayne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kayne has Sankari pressed against the cage, preventing Sankari from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kayne connects with a knee to the head.
Sankari with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kayne looking to stall.
Sankari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kayne is defending well for now.
Sankari connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kayne's face.
Kayne scores with a shoulder strike.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kayne avoids it.
Kayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sankari wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A short right from Kayne.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kayne.
Sankari tries to land knees in the clinch but Kayne avoids the damage to the body.
Kayne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sankari tries to land knees in the clinch but Kayne avoids the damage to the body.
Sankari takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kayne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sankari backwards.
Sankari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sankari wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the head but Kayne blocks with his arms.
Kayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kayne avoiding damage as Sankari throws knees to the body.
Kayne cracks Sankari with a nice body shot.
Kayne scores a nice knee to the body.
Sankari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kayne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kayne lands an elbow inside that Sankari shrugs off.
Kayne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Kayne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sankari backwards.
Sankari lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zaru Kayne dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tero Sankari's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kayne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sankari closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Kayne moves into range and clinches up with Sankari.
Kayne avoiding damage as Sankari throws knees to the body.
Sankari with a knee to the head.

It looks like Zaru Kayne has been cut.
Kayne scores a nice knee to the body.
Kayne pushes Sankari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kayne is working Sankari over against the cage.
Good body shot from Kayne.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kayne obliges.
Kayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sankari's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kayne obliges.
Sankari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kayne blocks it with crossed arms.
Kayne landing knees to the body.
Sankari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sankari looking to throw knees to the head but Kayne is blocking nicely.
Kayne lands a good knee to the midsection. Sankari won't want to take too many of those.
Kayne lands a nice knee to the body.
Kayne lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kayne working Sankari over with knees to the body.
Kayne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sankari.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Sankari tries to break free but Kayne pushes him back against the cage.
Kayne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sankari trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayne lands a damaging elbow.
Sankari with a knee to the head.
Kayne landing knees to the body.
Kayne crunches a lovely knee into Sankari's ribcage.
Kayne stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kayne avoiding damage as Sankari throws knees to the body.
Kayne lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sankari obliges.
Sankari tries to land knees in the clinch but Kayne avoids the damage to the body.
Kayne dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sankari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
Knees to the body from Kayne.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kayne avoids it.
Sankari looking to throw knees to the head but Kayne is blocking nicely.
Kayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kayne landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kayne managing to block the knees to the body from Sankari.
Kayne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kayne lands a knee to the head.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Kayne.
Sankari lands a nice knee to the body.
Kayne with a knee to the head.
Kayne gets through Sankari's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tero Sankari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kayne managing to block the knees to the body from Sankari.
Sankari wants to get back to striking at distance but Kayne won't allow it.
Kayne misses with a knee strike.
Sankari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kayne avoids it.
Kayne lands an elbow inside.
Kayne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kayne crunches a lovely knee into Sankari's ribcage.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Kayne working Sankari over with knees to the body.
Kayne managing to block the knees to the body from Sankari.

Sankari's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kayne throws a head kick but Sankari moves out of range.
Sankari throws a head kick that misses

and Kayne counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kayne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sankari.
Kayne missing with knees to the body.
Sankari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
Kayne is leaning against Sankari and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sankari trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sankari landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Kayne.
Kayne has Sankari pushed against the cage.
Kayne scores with a knee to the head.
Sankari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kayne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sankari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kayne is leaning against Sankari and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kayne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sankari tries to land knees in the clinch but Kayne avoids the damage to the body.
Sankari takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kayne cracks Sankari with a nice body shot.
Sankari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kayne blocks it with crossed arms.
Stalling in the clinch from Kayne.
Sankari scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Kayne.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Sankari misses with a knee strike.

Kayne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Kayne misses its intended target.
Sankari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Kayne gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kayne is working Sankari over against the cage.
Sankari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kayne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sankari's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kayne lands a knee to the body.
Sankari looking to throw knees to the head but Kayne is blocking nicely.
Kayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kayne misses with a knee strike.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Kayne lands a damaging elbow.
Sankari missing with knees to the body.
Sankari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kayne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sankari tries to land knees in the clinch but Kayne avoids the damage to the body.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the head but Kayne blocks with his arms.
Kayne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kayne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kayne.
Kayne scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Kayne.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sankari.
Sankari landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kayne.
Kayne landing knees to the head.
Sankari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kayne misses with an elbow strike.
Sankari misses with a knee strike.
Sankari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kayne avoids it.
Kayne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sankari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zaru Kayne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kayne has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zaru Kayne!