PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elias Osterlund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prashanth Maadala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Osterlund kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Street Fighter 2 TAM Ryu vs Sagat theme. 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.

Osterlund
vs
Maadala

188 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

200 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 6 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Elias Osterlund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Prashanth Maadala!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maadala throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Osterlund's waist but Osterlund gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Maadala off to one side.
Prashanth Maadala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Osterlund looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Osterlund tries to clinch but Maadala is having none of it.
Maadala throws a sloppy head kick and Osterlund moves out of range easily.
Maadala cracks Osterlund with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Maadala tries a head kick but it misses.
Maadala lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Osterlund circles away quickly and effectively.
Maadala lands an overhand right.
Maadala moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Osterlund ducks under a wild hook from Maadala.
Maadala tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Osterlund swivels and escapes.
Osterlund uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maadala.
Osterlund has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Maadala rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Osterlund moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maadala looks to land a left hand but Osterlund moved out of range nicely.
Maadala works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jab by Maadala.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Maadala!
Maadala throws the left hand but Osterlund avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maadala throws a nice looking combination but Osterlund bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Maadala.
Osterlund wants to clinch up but Maadala keeps it at a distance.
Osterlund tries to clinch there but Maadala circles away.
Osterlund fails to land with a series of punches.

Osterlund instigates a clinch.
Maadala wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Osterlund breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Osterlund takes one on the button.
Maadala misses with a series of wild punches.
Maadala moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Maadala misses.
Maadala wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Maadala falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Maadala throws a series of punches but Osterlund avoids them all with ease.
Maadala throws a combination that misses
and Osterlund counters with an outside leg kick.
Osterlund walks into a straight right hand from Maadala.
Maadala throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Osterlund lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Maadala scores with the left hand. Osterlund knows he should have avoided that one.
Maadala throws an overhand right that lands on Osterlund's shoulder, as Osterlund tries to avoid the shot.
Maadala misses with a wild body shot.
Maadala rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Osterlund moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A left lands for Maadala.
Osterlund keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Osterlund dodges the punch combination from Maadala.
Maadala gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Osterlund counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maadala tries to break the clinch but Osterlund is controlling the position.
Maadala can't break the clinch.
Maadala is looking to break free of the clinch but Osterlund has double underhooks.
Osterlund lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maadala backwards.
Maadala wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maadala avoiding damage as Osterlund throws knees to the body.
Maadala tries to break the clinch but Osterlund is controlling the position.
Still in the clinch, Maadala scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maadala.
Osterlund looking to stall.
Osterlund lands a nice knee to the body.
Osterlund missing with knees to the body.
Maadala wants to get back to striking at distance but Osterlund won't allow it.
Maadala wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maadala managing to block the knees to the body from Osterlund.
Maadala is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Osterlund is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maadala.

Osterlund breaks from the clinch.
Maadala stalks Osterlund and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Osterlund's face. Osterlund staggers backwards, shaken.
Maadala throws a sloppy head kick
and Osterlund counters with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Maadala misses with a combination

and Osterlund holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Osterlund breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maadala missing with a left hand there. Osterlund was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maadala fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maadala misses with a looping right.
Osterlund misses with a few strikes there.

Osterlund gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maadala wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A shot in the inside from Maadala.
Osterlund unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maadala lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A left hand lands to the body for Maadala.

Osterlund escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maadala throws a sloppy head kick and Osterlund moves out of range easily.
Maadala throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Osterlund counters with a solid body kick.
Maadala is working the combinations to good effect here.
Maadala displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Prashanth Maadala dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Maadala swinging wilding here.
Nice shot lands for Maadala.
Maadala misses with a double jab
and Osterlund counters with a low kick, right behind Maadala 's knee.
Maadala misses with a two punch combination.
Osterlund keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maadala blocks a head kick by Osterlund.
Maadala scores with a nice right hand.
Maadala misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Osterlund walks into a left hand.
Osterlund throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maadala falls off balance throwing a combination
and Osterlund counters with a left and a right that stings Maadala.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maadala throws a series of punches but Osterlund avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Maadala.
Maadala misses with a jab, cross combination.
Osterlund takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Maadala scores with a jab. Osterlund acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Osterlund tries to clinch there but Maadala circles away.
Osterlund fails in his attempt to clinch.
Osterlund tries a head kick but it misses.
Maadala throws a lazy head kick
and Osterlund counters with a head kick. That will keep Maadala thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Osterlund slips a straight right by Maadala.
Maadala throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Maadala throws an overhand right that lands on Osterlund's shoulder, as Osterlund tries to avoid the shot.
Maadala connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Maadala dips to his left and cracks Osterlund with an uppercut!
Maadala scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Maadala keeps the fight on the outside.
Elias Osterlund is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maadala dips to his left and cracks Osterlund with an uppercut!
Osterlund tries to clinch but Maadala is having none of it.
An inside leg kick lands from Osterlund.
Maadala falls off balance throwing a combination
and Osterlund counters with an inside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Osterlund blocks the low kick.
Maadala lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Maadala lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good standup being displayed there by Osterlund as he connects with a hook.
Nice uppercut there from Maadala.
Maadala jabs at Osterlund's body.
Maadala tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Osterlund showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maadala.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maadala misses with a few strikes there.
Maadala lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Maadala lands with an overhand left.
Osterlund avoids the body shot from Maadala.
Maadala is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Maadala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maadala throws a series of punches but Osterlund moves out of range.
Maadala throws a right and a left that both miss.
Osterlund throws a right and a left that Maadala avoids nicely.
Maadala looks to land a combination but Osterlund avoids it well.
Good exchange - Maadala coming out on top.
Osterlund lands a two punch combo.
Osterlund misses with a double jab
and Maadala counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Osterlund misses with a two punch combination.
Maadala just misses with a punch to the body.
Maadala throws a combination that misses
and Osterlund counters with a body kick.
Maadala falls off balance throwing a combination
and Osterlund counters with a slapping leg kick.
Elias Osterlund is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slow jab from Maadala misses its intended target.
Maadala scores with a one two! Osterlund had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Maadala misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maadala misses with a double jab
and Osterlund counters with a nice low kick that buckles Maadala's knee momentarily.
Osterlund takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Maadala throws a big shot that misses.
Maadala pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maadala misses with a wild body shot.
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 Elias Osterlund will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Osterlund throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Osterlund looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Osterlund slips under a jab from Maadala.
Maadala smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Maadala misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maadala lands a body shot.
Maadala throws a leg kick
and Osterlund counters with a low kick, right behind Maadala 's knee.
Maadala dips to his left and cracks Osterlund with an uppercut!
Maadala dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maadala punishes Osterlund's body with a nice straight punch.
Maadala uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Osterlund has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Osterlund misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maadala throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Maadala misses the jab.
Maadala misses with a combination
and Osterlund counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maadala swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maadala misses with a combination
and Osterlund counters with a nice low kick that buckles Maadala's knee momentarily.
Osterlund slips under a jab.
Osterlund takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Osterlund tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Maadala throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Maadala.
Osterlund showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maadala.
Maadala on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Osterlund. Osterlund obviously looking to wear him down.
Maadala throws a left and a right that both miss

and Osterlund counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Osterlund.
Maadala avoiding damage as Osterlund throws knees to the body.

Osterlund breaks from the clinch.
Maadala misses with a combination
and Osterlund counters with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Maadala looks to land a right hand but Osterlund moved out of range.
Maadala listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Osterlund is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Osterlund tries to close the distance and clinch but Maadala swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maadala looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maadala lands a jab-cross combination.
Maadala lands a with a good body shot.
Maadala misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Osterlund counters with an outside leg kick.
Maadala dips to his left and cracks Osterlund with an uppercut!
Osterlund throws a series of punches but Maadala avoids them all with ease.
Maadala throws a head kick that misses
and Osterlund counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Maadala takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maadala misses the jab.
Jab from Maadala.
Maadala throws a sloppy head kick and Osterlund moves out of range easily.
Osterlund looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Maadala fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danga de danga de dang - Maadala scores with a four punch combination!
Osterlund blocks the body kick.
Osterlund takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Maadala misses with a double jab

and Osterlund counters by clinching up.
Maadala has had enough of the clinch but Osterlund keeps him there for the moment.
Maadala avoiding damage as Osterlund throws knees to the body.
Maadala wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Osterlund has him pressed against the cage.

Osterlund breaks from the clinch.
Maadala throws a combination that misses
and Osterlund counters with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Osterlund swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Osterlund scores with a kick to the midsection.
Maadala throws a right hand that Osterlund ducks under and follows up with a left that Osterlund also avoids with ease.
Prashanth Maadala seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Osterlund takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Osterlund slips under a jab.
Maadala misses with a series of wild punches.
Maadala swinging wilding here.
Maadala throws a right and a left that Osterlund avoids nicely.
Osterlund connects with a body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maadala swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maadala is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Osterlund.
Maadala takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Maadala is predictable there
and Osterlund counters with a nice body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elias Osterlund showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Osterlund 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Prashanth Maadala!