PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Happy Gilmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikko Sakkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sakkinen's choice of entrance music: Rotten Sound - Burden. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gilmore
vs
Sakkinen

178 cm
36
181 lbs
24 - 18 - 1

185 cm
24
186 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Fenrir Fightgear - Steel Penn

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 24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Happy Gilmore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikko Sakkinen!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gilmore throws out a leg kick but Sakkinen moves out of range and Gilmore only half commits.
Gilmore misses with a body shot
letting Sakkinen counter with a right hand.
Sakkinen wants to clinch.
Sakkinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gilmore swats away the attempt to clinch by Sakkinen.
Gilmore attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Gilmore.
Gilmore wants to land a leg kick but Sakkinen is out of range.
Sakkinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gilmore misses with a leg kick
and Sakkinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gilmore lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gilmore.

Sakkinen gets a clinch.
Gilmore blocks an uppercut.
Gilmore blocking some punches.
A short left from Sakkinen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gilmore is looking to control Sakkinen's arms but Sakkinen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gilmore has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilmore misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakkinen.
Sakkinen can't get the takedown.
Sakkinen wants to take the fight to the mat but Gilmore manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Sakkinen misses with a punch to the body.
Sakkinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gilmore lands a left hand.
Sakkinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gilmore is trying to break the clinch but Sakkinen is controlling him.
Sakkinen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sakkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sakkinen lands with a right to the head.
Gilmore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sakkinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gilmore's elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sakkinen as Gilmore tries to tie him up.
Gilmore lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gilmore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sakkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sakkinen scores with a shot to the side of Gilmore's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gilmore trying to stall but Sakkinen improves his position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gilmore.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sakkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gilmore wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sakkinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gilmore is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Sakkinen.
Gilmore has a couple of punches blocked by Sakkinen.
Sakkinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gilmore.
Sakkinen misses with the head strike.
Gilmore working aggressively here.
Sakkinen throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sakkinen.
Gilmore pushes Sakkinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sakkinen misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gilmore - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sakkinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sakkinen blocks an uppercut.
Gilmore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sakkinen fails to land.
Sakkinen lands an uppercut.
Sakkinen wants a takedown.
Happy Gilmore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikko Sakkinen.
Sakkinen just leaning against Gilmore, taking a breather.
Gilmore wants to stall.
Sakkinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sakkinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gilmore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Sakkinen on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sakkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Gilmore.
Sakkinen wants to clinch up but Gilmore keeps it at a distance.
Gilmore fails to land with a series of punches.

Sakkinen closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sakkinen.
Sakkinen tries to work over Gilmore's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gilmore misses with some punches.
Sakkinen misses with a body punch.
Sakkinen scores with a hook to the body.
Sakkinen throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gilmore being controlled against the cage.

Sakkinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sakkinen is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikko Sakkinen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gilmore keeps the fight on the outside.
Gilmore connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sakkinen momentarily.
Gilmore scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sakkinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gilmore avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sakkinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gilmore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gilmore throws a push kick but Sakkinen slaps the foot to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gilmore swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sakkinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gilmore misses with a body shot.
Gilmore with a hook.

Sakkinen moves into the clinch.
Sakkinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gilmore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilmore misses with some punches.

Sakkinen manages to break the clinch.
Gilmore tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gilmore connects with a solid leg kick.
Gilmore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gilmore lands a slapping body shot.
Sakkinen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sakkinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gilmore throws out the jab.
Sakkinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakkinen tries to clinch up.
Gilmore moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sakkinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gilmore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gilmore misses with an uppercut.
Gilmore attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sakkinen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sakkinen needs to keep his hands up - Gilmore had a free shot at his head there.
Gilmore throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakkinen.
Gilmore rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakkinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakkinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gilmore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gilmore misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gilmore throws an off balance right hand
and Sakkinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Gilmore misses with a jab to the body
and Sakkinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sakkinen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gilmore throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sakkinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Happy Gilmore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gilmore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Happy Gilmore is winning the standup battle so far.
Sakkinen is looking to clinch but Gilmore is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gilmore swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sakkinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Gilmore dips to his left and cracks Sakkinen with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakkinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gilmore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sakkinen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sakkinen tries to clinch but Gilmore is having none of it.
Gilmore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sakkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Gilmore.
Sakkinen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gilmore throws out a loose jab but Sakkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sakkinen tries to clinch there but Gilmore circles away.
A jab from Gilmore misses.
Gilmore keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sakkinen doesn't manage to clinch there - Gilmore circles away.
Sakkinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sakkinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gilmore misses with a hook.
Sakkinen tries to clinch but Gilmore moves out of range.
Gilmore cracks Sakkinen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sakkinen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore throws a hook but Sakkinen avoids it easily.
Sakkinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gilmore manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gilmore avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sakkinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sakkinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gilmore takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fighters circling - Gilmore throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gilmore throws an off balance right hand

and Sakkinen counters by moving into the clinch.
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!

Sakkinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sakkinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gilmore keeps the fight on the outside.
Gilmore scores with a jab. Sakkinen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakkinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Happy Gilmore will probably get the nod.
That's time! Gilmore's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Gilmore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sakkinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gilmore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sakkinen wants to clinch up but Gilmore keeps it at a distance.
Gilmore throws a hook but Sakkinen avoids it easily.
Sakkinen blocks the body kick.
Gilmore lands a nice hook to Sakkinen's body. Sakkinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gilmore thows a body kick. Sakkinen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gilmore stalks Sakkinen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sakkinen's face. Sakkinen staggers backwards, shaken.
Sakkinen defending well as Gilmore loads up on a big left hand.
Sakkinen avoids the head kick by Gilmore.
Sakkinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gilmore.
Gilmore thumps Sakkinen with a low kick.
Gilmore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sakkinen tries to clinch up.

Sakkinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sakkinen.
Mikko Sakkinen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilmore misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sakkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sakkinen stalling against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Gilmore.
Sakkinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sakkinen throws a head punch that misses.
Gilmore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sakkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sakkinen misses with some punches.
Sakkinen misses with a punch to the body.
Gilmore is trying to stall.
Sakkinen presses Gilmore against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sakkinen lands with a light punch inside.
Sakkinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sakkinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Gilmore.
Sakkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gilmore lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sakkinen blocks an uppercut.
Sakkinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gilmore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gilmore.
Sakkinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gilmore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sakkinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gilmore backwards.
Gilmore is looking to break free of the clinch but Sakkinen has double underhooks.
Gilmore misses with some punches.
Gilmore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Sakkinen.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gilmore creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sakkinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakkinen pushes Gilmore back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sakkinen lands with a light punch inside.
Sakkinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sakkinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sakkinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gilmore backwards.
Gilmore's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gilmore throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sakkinens head.
Sakkinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gilmores head.
Gilmore throws a head punch that misses.
Sakkinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sakkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gilmore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Sakkinen.
Gilmore lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sakkinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sakkinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakkinen wants to clinch up but Gilmore keeps it at a distance.

Sakkinen pushes Gilmore up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmore wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gilmore tries to stall but Sakkinen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sakkinen is struggling to control the position.
Gilmore blocks an uppercut.
Sakkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Gilmore controls the action.
Gilmore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sakkinen backwards.
Gilmore taking a breather.
Sakkinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Gilmore misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sakkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sakkinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sakkinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gilmore tries to circle away but Sakkinen has him pinned against the cage.
Gilmore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sakkinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikko Sakkinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sakkinen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikko Sakkinen!
Mikko Sakkinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.