PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Gaines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mosse Vormisto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vormisto has chosen AC/DC Thunderstruck as his entrance music. Chris Gaines has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gaines
vs
Vormisto

195 cm
27
162 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

175 cm
20
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Gaines!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mosse Vormisto!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaines dodges the punch combination from Vormisto.

Vormisto manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Gaines on his heels. He'll look to pass Gaines's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Vormisto advances position into side control!
Gaines taking punishment in the form of punches.
Vormisto working the head and body with strikes.
Gaines really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A lull in the action here.
Let's hope that Vormisto has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Vormisto lands a decent elbow from side control.
Vormisto cracks Gaines with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaines taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gaines is trying to get back to half guard.
Gaines is pushing Vormisto's head away, looking to escape. Vormisto manages to hold on to the position though.
Vormisto landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Vormisto controls the position.
Vormisto lands a nice forearm strike.
Gaines takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Vormisto lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gaines down.
Gaines knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vormisto on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vormisto blocks the strikes from Gaines.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vormisto looks up at the clock and then as Gaines takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Vormisto smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Gaines wants to get back to his feet but Vormisto drags him back down.
Gaines throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Gaines is looking to reverse the position.
Vormisto lands an elbow.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Vormisto prevents Gaines from escaping the position.
Vormisto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vormisto is staying tight to Gaines's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Check out the look on Vormisto's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Vormisto is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Gaines's shoulder. That is not cool.
Vormisto scoring with punches and elbows.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gaines strikes from the bottom but Vormisto takes advantage and advances to full mount!
Gaines is trying desperately to improve position.
Gaines is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vormisto with good strikes from the mount here!
Gaines is bucking up trying to escape but Vormisto cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gaines is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Vormisto lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gaines hang on?
Vormisto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Vormisto controlling from the full mount.
Vormisto with shots to the head and body - Gaines looks very uncomfortable down there.
Vormisto scoring with strikes but Gaines is staying in there.
Vormisto controlling his opponent.
Gaines tries to reverse the position but Vormisto maintains control.
Vormisto postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gaines looks a forlorn figure.
Vormisto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gaines really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gaines throwing hammer fists to the chest of Vormisto. What's that going to do exactly?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vormisto content just to control the position here.
Vormisto lands a big elbow.
Vormisto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The referee warns Gaines that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Vormisto looking to finish Gaines with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gaines!
Vormisto scoring with strikes but Gaines is staying in there.
Vormisto controlling from mount.
Gaines working to try and regain half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vormisto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gaines is in a horrible position here. Vormisto smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Vormisto content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vormisto lands a heavy elbow.
Vormisto controlling the position easily from mount.
Vormisto putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gaines swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Vormisto content just to control the position here.
Vormisto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vormisto lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gaines throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Vormisto raining down shots from the mount!
Vormisto with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mosse Vormisto dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A head kick misses from Gaines.

Gaines has Vormisto up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gaines's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vormisto wants a takedown but no success here.
Come on Vormisto - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Vormisto presses Gaines against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gaines with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Vormisto works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Vormisto is in close to Gaines's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Vormisto stays in close to Gaines's body and controls the position.
Vormisto passes Gaines's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Vormisto keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaines wants to improve his position but Vormisto is controlling well.
Vormisto slips a nice elbow through Gaines's hands, connecting with Gaines's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vormisto sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Vormisto lands with a punch from half guard.
Vormisto is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Vormisto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gaines is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vormisto scores with a couple of nice shots.
Vormisto trying to control the pace.
Gaines missing with punches from the bottom.
Vormisto takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Vormisto content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Vormisto prevents Gaines from improving his position.
Gaines pushes Vormisto off looking to stand but Vormisto dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vormisto looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gaines with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Vormisto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Vormisto in particular looking to stall.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vormisto passes to full mount!
Vormisto working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gaines wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Gaines is wriggling around trying to escape.
BOOM! Vormisto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Vormisto unloading with bombs!
Gaines throwing hammer fists to the chest of Vormisto. What's that going to do exactly?
Vormisto controlling from the full mount.
Gaines is working to get back to half guard.
Vormisto takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Vormisto landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vormisto controlling from mount.
Vormisto breaks from Gaines's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Vormisto scoring with strikes but Gaines is staying in there.
Mosse Vormisto has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vormisto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Vormisto unloading with bombs!

Gaines is rocked!
Gaines really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Oh Gaines is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vormisto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Vormisto controlling from the full mount.
Gaines is looking to improve his position but Vormisto isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vormisto pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Vormisto fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gaines keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Vormisto lands with some strikes.
Vormisto dominating with strikes here.
Gaines is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gaines throwing hammer fists to the chest of Vormisto. What's that going to do exactly?
Vormisto landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Vormisto.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vormisto putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vormisto drops a big elbow. That's hurt Gaines! More shots from Vormisto and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mosse Vormisto!