PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tauno Potku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jr Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jr Torres is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Potku
vs
Torres

185 cm
23
201 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tauno Potku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jr Torres!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres throws and low kick but Potku moves out of range easily.
Torres shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Torres throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Potku.
Potku is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Potku closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Potku working the head and body with strikes.
Torres taking a bit of punishment here - Potku scoring with strikes.
Torres looks gassed!
Potku scores with punches from side control.
Potku landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Potku landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Potku lands a few punches from side control.
Potku cracks Torres with a big right hand but Torres just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Potku cracks Torres with a big right hand but Torres just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Potku has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Potku working the ground and pound from side control.
Potku working the ground and pound.

Potku is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Torres knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Potku scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Torres to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potku wants to lay and pray for a moment but Torres keeps working.
Potku working the body and head with strikes.

Potku is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Torres is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Potku working the ground and pound from side control.
Potku scoring with punches from side control.
Torres tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Torres is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Potku's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Potku seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Potku.
Potku scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potku takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Potku lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Potku seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Torres is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Potku scores with a couple of nice shots.
Potku working the head and body with strikes.
Potku has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A nice elbow there by Potku.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Potku breaks from Torres's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Potku punishing his opponent with strikes.
Potku cracks Torres with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Potku landing strikes from the mount and Torres is in trouble!
Potku connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Potku working the ground and pound effectively.
Potku scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Torres?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Potku.
Torres is bucking up trying to escape but Potku cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Potku scoring with strikes but Torres is staying in there.
Potku scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Torres can't escape the position.
Torres is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Potku lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Torres hang on?
Potku with the ground and pound from mount.
Potku landing strikes, looking to finish!
Potku pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Potku connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Potku dominating with strikes here.
Torres can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potku lands a big elbow.
Potku pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Potku cracks Torres with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Potku landing punches.
Potku landing shots from mount.
Potku scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Potku unloading with bombs!
Torres is wriggling around trying to escape.
Potku looking to finish Torres with some ground and pound. This is bad for Torres!
Potku working the ground and pound effectively.
Potku landing shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Torres throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Potku lands a big elbow.
Potku is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Torres can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Potku with shots to the head and body - Torres looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tauno Potku 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.

Torres with a poor takedown

and Potku counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Torres's guard now.
Torres striking off his back but it's not causing Potku any problems.
Potku postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Potku passes into half guard.
Potku is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Potku working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Potku drops an elbow to the side of Torres's head.
Torres wants to get back to full guard but Potku has mounted him!
Potku looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Potku scoring with strikes but Torres is staying in there.
Potku with shots to the head and body - Torres looks very uncomfortable down there.
Torres taking shots to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Potku scoring with strikes but Torres is staying in there.
Torres in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Potku pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Potku working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Potku controlling from the full mount.
Torres is trying desperately to improve position.
Potku lands a big shot there that rocks Torres but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Potku landing strikes, looking to finish!
Torres is in a horrible position here. Potku smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Torres tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Potku fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Potku punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Potku lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Torres wants to try and get back to his feet.
Torres keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Potku putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Potku working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Torres that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Potku with a couple of short strikes.
Potku has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Torres's face.
Potku has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Torres's face.
Potku with the ground and pound from mount.
Potku lands a big shot there that rocks Torres but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Potku is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Torres can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Torres really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Potku with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potku unloading with bombs!
Potku fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Potku is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Potku punishing his opponent with strikes.
Torres regains half guard.
Torres is looking to improve his position.
Potku working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Potku slips a nice elbow through Torres's hands, connecting with Torres's forehead.

Potku is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Potku passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Torres!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potku lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tauno Potku overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Potku wants to control the pace but Torres is squirming around nicely.
Torres is looking to improve his position but Potku isn't that keen on the idea.
Potku putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Potku fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Potku dominating with strikes here.
Potku working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Potku trying to control but Torres is having none of it.
Potku with shots to the head and body - Torres looks very uncomfortable down there.
Potku lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tauno Potku dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Potku.
Torres is working to avoid the ground and pound but Potku connects with a decent elbow.
Potku working the ground and pound.
Potku connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Torres some visible discomfort.
Potku cracks Torres with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Torres is trying to get back to his feet.
Potku cracks Torres with a big elbow.

Potku tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Potku has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Potku scoring with punches from side control.
Torres tries to improve position but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Potku scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Torres to see if he's OK.
Potku working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potku looks up at the clock and then as Torres takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Potku smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Torres tries to buck Potku off but Potku is having none of it.
Potku in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Potku creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Potku working the head and body with strikes.
Potku scoring with punches from side control.
Torres tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Potku wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice uppercut lands for Potku. That snapped Torres's head back.
Torres throws a looping overhand right but Potku ducks down to avoid it.

Potku looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Torres!
Potku lands a nice shot to the head.
Torres is working to get back to half guard.
Potku looking to control but Torres is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potku landing strikes, looking to finish!
Torres working to try and regain half guard.
Potku scoring with strikes but Torres is staying in there.
Potku pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Potku in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Potku fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Torres is working to get back to half guard.
Potku tries to control but Torres wriggling away.
Potku lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Torres hang on?
Potku is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Torres can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potku lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Torres hang on?
Potku with a couple of short strikes.
Potku with shots to the head and body - Torres looks very uncomfortable down there.
Potku scoring with strikes but Torres is staying in there.
Torres is looking to get to half guard.

Potku goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Torres is on top in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Potku is on top in guard.
Potku stands up over Torres, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Potku landing with the ground and pound.
Potku postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jr Torres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres keeping moving, preventing Potku from controlling successfully.
Torres bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Potku's guard.
Torres scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Potku throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Torres must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Potku trying to keep a closed guard but Torres is proving a slippery customer.
Potku keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Torres throwing strikes but missing.
Potku striking off his back.
Tauno Potku is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Potku is controlling Torres's posture.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tauno Potku showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Potku has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tauno Potku!