PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Snorodecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sampo Tursas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tursas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Era - Enea Vollare Mezzo. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Snorodecki
vs
Tursas

173 cm
32
154 lbs
17 - 17 - 0

166 cm
23
155 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Snorodecki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sampo Tursas!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tursas throws a series of punches but Snorodecki moves out of range.
Snorodecki is looking to clinch.

Tursas pushes Snorodecki up against the cage in a clinch.
Tursas managing to block the knees to the body from Snorodecki.
Tursas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tursas drops down looking for an ankle pick but Snorodecki pulls his leg out and moves away.
Snorodecki tries to clinch but Tursas moves out of range.
Snorodecki darts in trying to clinch
and Tursas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Snorodecki closes the distance but Tursas moves to the side
and Tursas counters with a body kick.
Snorodecki moves in looking to clinch but Tursas pushes him off.
We've been told by Snorodecki's head coaches at CEC Underdark that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tursas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Snorodecki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tursas, pushing him back against the cage.
Snorodecki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tursas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tursas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Snorodecki tries to land knees in the clinch but Tursas avoids the damage to the body.
Tursas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tursas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Snorodecki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tursas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snorodecki scores with a knee to the head.
Snorodecki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tursas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snorodecki misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tursas blocks it with crossed arms.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the head but Tursas blocks with his arms.
Tursas is trying to push Snorodecki away but Snorodecki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tursas managing to block the knees to the body from Snorodecki.
Snorodecki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Snorodecki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snorodecki scores with a knee to the head.
Snorodecki lands a knee to the head.
Tursas avoiding damage as Snorodecki throws knees to the body.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snorodecki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tursas's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Snorodecki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Snorodecki obliges.
Snorodecki trying to land knees to the body.
Tursas wants a takedown but no success here.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snorodecki misses with a knee strike.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tursas avoids it.
Tursas can't break the clinch.
Snorodecki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tursas.
Knees in the clinch landing for Snorodecki.
Tursas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Snorodecki with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tursas blocks it with crossed arms.
Snorodecki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tursas.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tursas avoids it.
Snorodecki landing knees to the head.
Tursas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Snorodecki up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Tursas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Snorodecki tries a knee to the head but Tursas blocks it.
Tursas is trying to break the clinch but Snorodecki is controlling him.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Snorodecki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tursas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Snorodecki's calf.
Nice defenses there by Snorodecki.
Snorodecki doesn't manage to clinch there - Tursas circles away.
Tursas throws a lazy uppercut

and Snorodecki counters by moving into the clinch.
Snorodecki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tursas is defending well for now.

Tursas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Snorodecki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tursas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tursas misses with a low kick.
Snorodecki looks to clinch
and Tursas counters with a right hand to the body.
Snorodecki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Snorodecki takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Chris Snorodecki has been cut.
Tursas throws a wild body kick that Snorodecki sees coming a mile off.
Tursas keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorodecki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tursas misses with an uppercut. Snorodecki saw that one coming.

Snorodecki closes the distance and pushes Tursas back into the cage.
Snorodecki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the head but Tursas blocks with his arms.
Snorodecki looking to throw knees to the head but Tursas is blocking nicely.
Snorodecki lands a nice knee to the body.
Snorodecki landing knees to the body.
Snorodecki missing with knees to the body.
Snorodecki looking to throw knees to the head but Tursas is blocking nicely.
Tursas avoiding damage as Snorodecki throws knees to the body.
Chris Snorodecki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Snorodecki has Tursas pressed against the cage, preventing Tursas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the head but Tursas blocks with his arms.
Snorodecki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tursas avoiding damage as Snorodecki throws knees to the body.
Snorodecki tries a knee to the head but Tursas blocks it.
Snorodecki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tursas blocks it with crossed arms.
Snorodecki landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tursas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Snorodecki tries a knee to the head but Tursas blocks it.
Snorodecki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tursas's face.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the head but Tursas blocks with his arms.
Snorodecki misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Snorodecki scores a nice knee to the body.
Tursas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tursas managing to block the knees to the body from Snorodecki.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Snorodecki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tursas is defending well for now.
Snorodecki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Snorodecki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Snorodecki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tursas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tursas just leaning against Snorodecki, taking a breather.
Tursas wants to stall.
Snorodecki working Tursas over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki tries a knee to the head but Tursas blocks it.
Snorodecki misses with a knee to the head.
Snorodecki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snorodecki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Snorodecki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Snorodecki misses with a knee strike.
Snorodecki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Snorodecki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tursas avoiding damage as Snorodecki throws knees to the body.
Snorodecki throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Snorodecki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chris Snorodecki's cut.
That's time! Snorodecki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Tursas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Snorodecki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tursas.
Snorodecki wants to clinch.
Snorodecki is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tursas throws a low kick but Snorodecki avoids it.
Snorodecki wants to clinch.
Snorodecki tries to clinch up but Tursas circles away and keeps his distance.
Snorodecki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Snorodecki wants to clinch but Tursas slips to the side
and Tursas counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorodecki doesn't manage to clinch there - Tursas circles away.
Snorodecki wants to clinch but Tursas slips to the side
letting Tursas counter with a right hand.
Snorodecki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tursas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tursas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Snorodecki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tursas keeps the fight on the outside.
Tursas tests Snorodecki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Snorodecki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tursas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Snorodecki defending well as Tursas loads up on a big left hand.
Tursas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Snorodecki counters with a nice uppercut.
Snorodecki looks to clinch
and Tursas counters with a body kick that stops Snorodecki in his tracks momentarily.
Tursas misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tursas tries to score with a low kick but Snorodecki moves his leg out of the way.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tursas!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tursas misses with the combination.
Tursas swats away the attempt to clinch by Snorodecki.
Tursas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Snorodecki is looking to clinch but Tursas is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Snorodecki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Snorodecki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Snorodecki tries to close the distance and clinch but Tursas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tursas.
Tursas misses with the combination.
Tursas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tursas misses with a few strikes there.
Tursas misses with a wild body shot.
Tursas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Snorodecki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Snorodecki has Tursas up against the cage in a clinch.
Snorodecki misses with a knee to the head.
Snorodecki looking to throw knees to the head but Tursas is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tursas avoiding damage as Snorodecki throws knees to the body.
Snorodecki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Snorodecki throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Tursas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Snorodecki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tursas blocks it with crossed arms.
Snorodecki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tursas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tursas managing to block the knees to the body from Snorodecki.
Snorodecki misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snorodecki looking to throw knees to the head but Tursas is blocking nicely.
Snorodecki missing with knees to the body.
Tursas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sampo Tursas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Snorodecki has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight for Chris Snorodecki!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Chris Snorodecki!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Chris Snorodecki!

Chris Snorodecki wins by unanimous decision!
Chris Snorodecki tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.