PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Katten Jansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spike Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saunders has chosen break stuff - Limp Bizkit as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jansson
vs
Saunders

175 cm
24
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

182 cm
27
201 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Katten Jansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Spike Saunders!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jansson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jansson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jansson postures up in Saunders's guard and throws a big left but Saunders blocks it.
Jansson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jansson postures up and lands a big shot to Saunders's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saunders manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Saunders thowing shots but they're missing.
Saunders lands a big elbow.
Jansson gets back to half guard.
Saunders sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jansson defending well though.
Jansson wants to get back to full guard.
Jansson 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.
Jansson trying to control but Saunders postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jansson defending well though.
Jansson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saunders.
Jansson keeping control of the position.
Jansson is trying to maintain the position but Saunders is very close to passing his half guard.
Jansson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Saunders.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Saunders takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Spike Saunders has been cut.
Saunders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Saunders gets the takedown into side control.
Jansson struggling a bit here.
Saunders looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jansson is avoiding damage well.
Jansson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Saunders off and has taken his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Jansson has the hooks in. Saunders is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Saunders trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Saunders is covering up but some of the strikes from Jansson are getting through and doing damage.
Jansson has Saunders flattened out and is raining down punches.
Jansson missing with strikes.
Jansson thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Jansson throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Jansson throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Jansson struggling to land strikes to the head as Saunders covers up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saunders grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jansson controlling well, preventing Saunders from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Jansson has the hooks in. Saunders is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Saunders avoids the strikes from Jansson.
Jansson softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Jansson scores with strikes from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saunders looks gassed!
Jansson scores with punches and elbows.
Even with his hooks in, Jansson manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Jansson throwing sloppy strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jansson throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Jansson connects with a big shot to the side of Saunders's head.
Saunders tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Jansson landing strikes from the mount.
Jansson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Jansson.
Jansson landing strikes, looking to finish!

Saunders is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jansson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Saunders is still in real trouble! Can Jansson finish him?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jansson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Saunders seems to have recovered his senses.
Saunders tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Saunders tries to lock up and control but Jansson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katten Jansson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Spike Saunders's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Saunders looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Saunders lands with a right hand.

Saunders shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jansson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Jansson wants to control but Saunders postures up.
Jansson manages to work his way to half guard, despite Saunders's best efforts.
Jansson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Saunders must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Saunders throws and elbow that misses. Jansson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Saunders's guard. Nice move by Jansson!
Jansson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jansson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Saunders working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jansson.
Jansson stopping the sweep attempt from Saunders.
Katten Jansson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jansson trying to control the position from guard on top but Saunders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saunders is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jansson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jansson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Saunders keeping moving, preventing Jansson from controlling successfully.
Jansson postures up in Saunders's guard and throws a big left but Saunders blocks it.
Jansson lands a couple of elbows.
Jansson looking to sit in guard and control but Saunders gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jansson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

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.
Saunders looking to pass the guard.

Jansson has his feet on Saunders's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Saunders fails with a takedown attempt.

Saunders shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jansson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jansson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jansson tries to get out of the position.
Jansson is pressing down on Saunders's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Jansson pulls Saunders in close to prevent any damage.
Saunders with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jansson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Saunders!
Jansson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Saunders can't escape the position.
Jansson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jansson is landing with some decent strikes but Saunders is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jansson punching from mount but Saunders doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saunders is bucking up trying to escape but Jansson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Saunders in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jansson postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Saunders badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Jansson around the waist but Jansson pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Jansson is the winner by TKO! Jansson jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Katten Jansson!