PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aatos Tellervo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Sims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aatos Tellervo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Tellervo
vs
Sims

170 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Nutrition King

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aatos Tellervo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dennis Sims!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sims dodges the punch combination from Tellervo.
Sims fails in his attempt to clinch.

Sims rushes Tellervo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Tellervo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sims pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tellervo is out of range and Sims settles back down.

Tellervo clinches.
Tellervo tries for a takedown but Sims manages to get underhooks.
Tellervo leaning against his opponent.
Tellervo crunches a lovely knee into Sims's ribcage.

Sims gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Tellervo regains guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tellervo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Sims stands up and waves to Tellervo to follow him.
Sims throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Some wild striking there from Sims.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tellervo clinches but Sims breaks the clinch

and Sims counters with a single leg into guard. Tellervo didn't expect that.
Tellervo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sims on the ground.
Sims is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tellervo keeping moving, preventing Sims from controlling successfully.

Sims gets to his feet. Tellervo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sims looks for a takedown but Tellervo sprawls well.
Sims waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Tellervo.
Sims looks for a takedown but Tellervo sprawls well.

Sims closes the distance and clinches.
Sims takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sims tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Aatos Tellervo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dennis Sims.
Sims tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tellervo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tellervo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tellervo is breathing heavily.
Tellervo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tellervo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sims fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sims tries to score a body lock takedown but Tellervo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tellervo tries to pull guard but Sims won't allow it.
Sims tries to pull guard but Tellervo won't allow it.
Tellervo tries to land a knee to the head but Sims blocks with his arms.
Tellervo prevents the takedown attempt.
Sims misses with the head strike.
Tellervo jumps guard but Sims stands there with Tellervo around his waist. Tellervo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sims looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sims leaning against his opponent.
Sims can't find room to land a body shot as Tellervo controls the action.
Tellervo stalling in the clinch but Sims improves position.
Tellervo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sims blocks it with crossed arms.
Sims can't break the clinch.

Tellervo breaks from the clinch.

Sims has Tellervo up against the cage in a clinch.
Sims tries to pull guard but Tellervo holds him up against the cage and eventually Sims drops back down to his feet.
Sims drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tellervo pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sims misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sims fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tellervo avoids a kick to the body.
Horrible takedown by Sims or perhaps it was just good defense by Tellervo which made him look bad.
Sims fails in his attempt to clinch.

Sims shoots in and bounces Tellervo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sims controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Sims dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sims tries to clinch up

and Tellervo counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sims!
Sims is trying to escape the mount.
Sims tries to hold on but Tellervo pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sims is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tellervo tries to control but Sims wriggling away.
Sims wants to hold on but Tellervo pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sims gets back to half guard.
Sims works his way to full guard. Good work.

Sims pushes Tellervo off and gets back to his feet.

Sims scores with a takedown into Tellervo's guard.

Sims gets to his feet. Tellervo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sims misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sims tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Tellervo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sims wants to control but Tellervo postures up.
Sims is not content to let Tellervo control the position.

Sims sneaks out the side door and pushes Tellervo away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.

Tellervo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
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!
Sims manages to get to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sims uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Sims throws a sloppy head kick

and Tellervo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sims's guard.
Tellervo won't allow Sims to get back to his feet.
Sims looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sims is trying to control the position but Tellervo postures up.
Sims controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sims scores with a short punch from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sims wriggles free and stands up.
Tellervo pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Sims scores a takedown into full mount!
Sims takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tellervo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dennis Sims will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tellervo tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Sims counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tellervo!
Sims tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dennis Sims has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sims lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sims connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sims landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sims looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sims landing strikes, looking to finish!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sims prevents Tellervo from getting the reversal.
Tellervo tries to hold on but Sims postures up.
A nice elbow there by Sims.
Sims controlling the position easily from mount.

Sims quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Sims but it's paid off an Tellervo is forced to tap! Nice work by Sims.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dennis Sims!