PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Per Saukko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anssi Dominanssi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Per Saukko has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Per Saukko seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Saukko
vs
Dominanssi

182 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Takomo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Per Saukko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anssi Dominanssi!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominanssi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saukko tries to clinch but Dominanssi moves out of range.
Saukko is looking to clinch but Dominanssi is avoiding it.
Saukko tries to close the distance and clinch but Dominanssi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Saukko moves away from the strike by Dominanssi.
Dominanssi loads up on a big right hand but Saukko slips the punch.
Dominanssi throws a shot from downtown. Saukko moves away and avoids it.
Saukko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dominanssi.

Saukko closes the distance and pushes Dominanssi back into the cage.
Dominanssi has had enough of the clinch but Saukko keeps him there for the moment.
Saukko scores a nice knee to the body.
Dominanssi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Saukko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Saukko breaks from the clinch.
Dominanssi misses with an uppercut. Saukko saw that one coming.
Saukko defending well as Dominanssi loads up on a big left hand.
Dominanssi throws a jab but it's blocked by Saukko.

Saukko moves into the clinch successfully.
Saukko lands an elbow just above Dominanssi 's eye.
Saukko throws a knee to the head but misses.

Saukko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Saukko closes the distance and clinches.
Saukko prevents Dominanssi from breaking the clinch.
Saukko landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominanssi wants to break free but Saukko has control.
Knees to the body from Saukko.
Dominanssi looks gassed!
Saukko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Dominanssi is fighting off a takedown attempt but Saukko is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Dominanssi to the mat. Dominanssi regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Saukko stands up from Dominanssi's guard - Saukko perhaps looking for a knockout.
A telegraphed right hand from Dominanssi misses the target.
Dominanssi throws a jab but it's blocked by Saukko.
Dominanssi misses with a two punch combination.
Dominanssi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saukko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Saukko works Dominanssi's body with a nice hook.
Saukko throws a series of punches but Dominanssi moves out of range.
Dominanssi misses with a series of wild punches.
Saukko throws out a powerful jab.

Saukko pushes Dominanssi up against the cage in a clinch.
Saukko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saukko scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Saukko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dominanssi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dominanssi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Saukko lands with a nice body punch.
Dominanssi misses with a looping right.

Saukko closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Saukko lands a knee to the body.
Saukko landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Saukko lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Saukko is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Dominanssi!

Saukko is going olschool here, as he tries to force Dominanssi to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Dominanssi shrugs it off.
Saukko working the ground and pound effectively.
Saukko landing strikes from the mount and Dominanssi is in trouble!

Dominanssi somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Saukko's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Saukko duly obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominanssi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Saukko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Saukko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dominanssi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dominanssi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Saukko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dominanssi.
A jab from Dominanssi misses.
Dominanssi fails to land with a series of punches.
Saukko tries to clinch up.
Saukko dodges the punch combination from Dominanssi.
Dominanssi misses the shot to the body.
Saukko displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dominanssi misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saukko misses with a wild body shot.
Dominanssi misses with a double jab.

Saukko clinches with his opponent.
Dominanssi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Saukko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Saukko lands an elbow inside that Dominanssi shrugs off.
Saukko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Saukko.

Saukko is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Dominanssi can't fight it off and eventually Saukko manages to take the fight to the floor. Dominanssi looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Saukko trying to control but Dominanssi is working from the bottom.
Saukko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dominanssi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saukko thows a big elbow that misses.
Dominanssi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Per Saukko dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dominanssi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Saukko counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Saukko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dominanssi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dominanssi wants to break free but Saukko has control.
Saukko effectively controlling the action here.
Saukko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dominanssi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Per Saukko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dominanssi managing to block the knees to the body from Saukko.
Dominanssi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saukko has him pressed against the cage.
Saukko lands a knee to the body.
Dominanssi is trying to break free.
Saukko scores a nice knee to the body.
Saukko prevents Dominanssi from breaking the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Saukko.
Saukko crunches a lovely knee into Dominanssi's ribcage.
Saukko avoiding damage.
Saukko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dominanssi can do to turn this around?
Saukko scores a nice knee to the body.
Saukko landing knees to the head.
Saukko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dominanssi avoiding damage as Saukko throws knees to the body.
Dominanssi is trying to break free.
Dominanssi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saukko has him pressed against the cage.
Dominanssi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Saukko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dominanssi wants to break free but Saukko has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saukko drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dominanssi pulls his leg out and moves away.
Saukko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dominanssi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dominanssi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Saukko counters by clinching up.
Saukko lands a nice knee to the body.
Dominanssi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Saukko.
Knees to the body from Saukko.
Dominanssi wants to break the clinch but can't.

Saukko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saukko is looking to wear down Dominanssi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Saukko throws a series of strikes that have Dominanssi backpedaling.
Dominanssi throws a good cross that connects.
Dominanssi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dominanssi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dominanssi.
Dominanssi misses with a few strikes there.
Saukko tries to clinch but Dominanssi moves out of range.
Dominanssi throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominanssi lands with a straight right. Saukko didn't see that one coming.
Dominanssi misses with a wild combination.
Saukko blocks a jab.

Saukko moves into the clinch.
Saukko pushes Dominanssi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saukko is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dominanssi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dominanssi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Saukko stalling.
Saukko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dominanssi wants to get back to striking at distance but Saukko won't allow it.
Dominanssi can't break the clinch.
Dominanssi wants to break free but Saukko has control.
Dominanssi is trying to break the clinch but Saukko has him pressed against the cage.
Dominanssi wants to break free but Saukko has control.
Saukko lands a knee to the head.
Saukko works on Dominanssi's body with a couple of short punches.
Dominanssi is trying to break the clinch but Saukko has him pressed against the cage.
Saukko wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Per Saukko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dominanssi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dominanssi is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominanssi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dominanssi wants to get back to striking at distance but Saukko won't allow it.
Dominanssi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Saukko lands a takedown into guard.
Dominanssi wants to get back to his feet but Saukko is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dominanssi keeping full guard, as Saukko tries to pass.
Dominanssi wants to stand up but Saukko is controlling him.
Saukko cracks Dominanssi with a solid left hand.

Saukko drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Saukko jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Saukko thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dominanssi tries to bum rush Saukko with a series of wild strikes but Saukko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saukko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dominanssi moves away.
Dominanssi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saukko manages to avoid it.
Dominanssi throws an overhand right that lands on Saukko's shoulder, as Saukko tries to avoid the shot.
Dominanssi misses with a straight left.
Anssi Dominanssi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Saukko.
Dominanssi wants to get back to his feet.
Dominanssi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Saukko wants to take a breather but Dominanssi manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Saukko.
Saukko has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Saukko looking to pass the guard.
Dominanssi is looking to stand up but Saukko isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Per Saukko dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Saukko takes a swing at Dominanssi's ribcage but misses.
Dominanssi lands a jab to Saukko's midsection.
Dominanssi misses with a straight right.
Saukko tries a head kick but it misses.
Saukko looks to score with a jab to the body but Dominanssi is just out of range.
Saukko moves forwards but Dominanssi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Saukko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dominanssi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dominanssi cracks Saukko with a right hand to the side of the head.
No luck for Saukko with that takedown attempt.
Dominanssi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saukko moves out of range as Dominanssi strikes.
No joy there for Dominanssi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dominanssi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominanssi misses with a looping left.
Saukko takes one to the side of the head.
Dominanssi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dominanssi misses with a hook.
Saukko is looking to clinch but Dominanssi is avoiding it.
Saukko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dominanssi.
Anssi Dominanssi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Saukko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dominanssi.
Dominanssi looks to land a left hand but Saukko moved out of range nicely.
Dominanssi throws a nice looking combination but Saukko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dominanssi looks to land a left hand but Saukko moved out of range nicely.
Saukko will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Saukko slips a jab and a cross from Dominanssi.
Dominanssi throws a body punch but Saukko moves out of range.
Saukko shoots in but Dominanssi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Anssi Dominanssi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Per Saukko. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Saukko shoots in looking for a takedown. Dominanssi tries to sprawl out of it but Saukko keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dominanssi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dominanssi throws a series of punches but Saukko moves out of range.
Saukko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dominanssi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saukko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saukko doesn't manage to clinch there - Dominanssi circles away.
Dominanssi misses with a combination

so Saukko counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Saukko trying to control the position from guard on top but Dominanssi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saukko won't allow Dominanssi to get back to his feet.
Saukko sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dominanssi's guard.

Dominanssi makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Dominanssi catches Saukko right on the button with a cross.
Dominanssi misses with a hook.
Saukko ducks under a wild hook from Dominanssi.
Dominanssi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dominanssi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Saukko counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Saukko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dominanssi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saukko trying to control the position from guard on top but Dominanssi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dominanssi wants to stand and escape but Saukko is having none of it.
Saukko trying to control the position from guard on top but Dominanssi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dominanssi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Saukko is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dominanssi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saukko trying to control the position from guard on top but Dominanssi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saukko working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dominanssi's head.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Saukko lands a body shot.
Dominanssi misses with a combination

and Saukko holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Knees to the body from Saukko.
Dominanssi can't break the clinch.
Saukko looking to slow down the pace here.
Saukko prevents Dominanssi from breaking the clinch.

Saukko breaks from the clinch.
Dominanssi scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dominanssi misses with an uppercut.

Saukko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Per Saukko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saukko prevents a body shot from Dominanssi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Per Saukko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Saukko 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Per Saukko!