PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Saki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Yrttiseppa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaakko Yrttiseppa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Saki
vs
Yrttiseppa

200 cm
19
280 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
291 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Gauntlet Battlewear
Mr. Happy Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roberto Saki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jaakko Yrttiseppa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yrttiseppa misses with a wild body shot.
Saki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yrttiseppa dodges the punch combination from Saki.
Yrttiseppa slips a straight right by Saki.
Yrttiseppa moves out of range of the strikes.
Yrttiseppa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Saki counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Yrttiseppa shoots in and bounces Saki off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Yrttiseppa trying to control the position from guard on top but Saki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yrttiseppa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Saki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yrttiseppa stands up over Saki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yrttiseppa wants to control from the top but Saki keeps moving.
Yrttiseppa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Saki's head.
Yrttiseppa tries to free his leg and advance position but Saki is retaining full guard.

Yrttiseppa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Saki is breathing heavily.
Yrttiseppa is stalling in the full guard.
Yrttiseppa scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Yrttiseppa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saki's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yrttiseppa stands up over Saki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yrttiseppa showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Yrttiseppa trying to control the position from guard on top but Saki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yrttiseppa tries to free his leg and advance position but Saki is retaining full guard.
Saki wants to get back to his feet but Yrttiseppa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Yrttiseppa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yrttiseppa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saki's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Saki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yrttiseppa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yrttiseppa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yrttiseppa cracks Saki with a solid left hand.
Yrttiseppa wants to control from the top but Saki keeps moving.
Yrttiseppa working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yrttiseppa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saki's head.
Yrttiseppa is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Yrttiseppa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Yrttiseppa connects with a couple of short punches.
Yrttiseppa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Saki's head.
Yrttiseppa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saki's head.
Yrttiseppa advances position into side control!
Yrttiseppa scoring with punches from side control.
Yrttiseppa taking a breather here.
Yrttiseppa cracks Saki with a big right hand but Saki just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Yrttiseppa lands some shots froms side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saki is trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saki is looking to regain half guard here but Yrttiseppa keeps moving and retains side control.
Saki wants to get back to his feet but Yrttiseppa drags him back down.
Yrttiseppa controlling the position from side mount.
Check out the look on Yrttiseppa's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Yrttiseppa's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Yrttiseppa cracks Saki with a big right hand but Saki just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Yrttiseppa scoring with punches from side control.
Yrttiseppa in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yrttiseppa moves into full mount!
Yrttiseppa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Yrttiseppa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Yrttiseppa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Saki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yrttiseppa ducks under a wild hook from Saki.
Saki moves out of range of the strikes.
Roberto Saki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yrttiseppa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Saki counters with a straight right hand.
Yrttiseppa throws a shot to the body.

Yrttiseppa shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Yrttiseppa was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Yrttiseppa lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Yrttiseppa breaks from Saki's wrist control and lands an elbow.
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!
Yrttiseppa controlling from the full mount.
Yrttiseppa lands with some strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yrttiseppa lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Saki hang on?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yrttiseppa wants to control the pace but Saki is squirming around nicely.
Yrttiseppa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jaakko Yrttiseppa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Saki is in a horrible position here. Yrttiseppa smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Yrttiseppa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yrttiseppa trying to control but Saki is having none of it.
Yrttiseppa with shots to the head and body - Saki looks very uncomfortable down there.
Yrttiseppa postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Saki looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yrttiseppa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Yrttiseppa landing strikes, looking to finish!
Yrttiseppa working Saki over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Saki that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Yrttiseppa postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Saki badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Yrttiseppa around the waist but Yrttiseppa pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Yrttiseppa is the winner by TKO! Yrttiseppa jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaakko Yrttiseppa!