PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Olle Koskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kumina Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Koskinen
vs
Sato

173 cm
27
150 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

167 cm
24
153 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Hades ®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olle Koskinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kumina Sato!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato is looking to clinch but Koskinen is avoiding it.
Sato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koskinen misses with a straight right.
Sato misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Koskinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Koskinen cracks the inside of Sato's front leg.
Koskinen tries to clinch up.
Sato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koskinen tries to land a leg kick but Sato saw it coming and moves away.
Sato looks to throw a body kick
and Koskinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sato moves out of range as Koskinen strikes.
Sato ducks under a wild hook from Koskinen.
Koskinen misses with a looping right.
Jab by Koskinen.
Sato throws a jab when Koskinen was well out of range.
A punch combination from Sato misses.
A swing and a miss from Koskinen.
Koskinen misses with an uppercut. Sato saw that one coming.
Koskinen loads up on a big right hand but Sato slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen looks to land a combination but Sato avoids it well.
Nice uppercut there from Koskinen.
Sato throws a body kick the misses
and Koskinen counters with a straight right hand.
Koskinen fails to land with a series of punches.
Koskinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Sato walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Koskinen misses with a leg kick

and Sato counters by clinching up.
Sato taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Sato.
Koskinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Sato breaks from the clinch.
Koskinen connects with a body shot.
Sato lands a leg kick that knocks Koskinen off balance momentarily.
Koskinen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Koskinen misses with a body shot.

Sato shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Koskinen is staying active underneath Sato, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Koskinen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Koskinen tries to land a sweep but no joy.

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

Sato has gone for a leg lock! Koskinen slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sato's guard.

Sato throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Koskinen passes Sato's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Koskinen prevents Sato from improving his position.
Koskinen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sato wants to control but Koskinen passes into side.
Sato prevents Koskinen from moving into mount.

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.
Sato is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The strikes coming from Koskinen are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Koskinen stands up.
Koskinen throws a good cross that connects.
Koskinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Koskinen missing with a left hand there. Sato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Koskinen scores with a jab to the head.
Sato throws a lazy body kick
and Koskinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Koskinen scores with a shot to the body.
Koskinen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Both fighters circling a little - Sato finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olle Koskinen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sato throws a poor cross that misses
and Koskinen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Koskinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kumina Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sato moves out of range of the strikes.
Sato throws the left hand but Koskinen avoids the punch easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sato. That's going to slow Koskinen down.
Koskinen tries to clinch up but Sato circles away and keeps his distance.
Sato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Koskinen.
Koskinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Sato.
Sato throws a leg kick but Koskinen checks it.
Koskinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koskinen moves in looking to clinch but Sato pushes him off.

Sato bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sato wants to control but Koskinen is keeping him busy.
Sato misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato tries to score with some ground and pound. Koskinen controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Koskinen bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Sato lands a lovely overhand right.
Koskinen throws a leg kick
and Sato connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Koskinen swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Sato decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Koskinen's guard.
Koskinen looking for a sweep. Not yet Koskinen, not yet.
Koskinen is working hard here to advance position.
Sato is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Koskinen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sato!
Koskinen looking to control but Sato is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Koskinen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Koskinen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Koskinen trying to control but Sato is having none of it.
Sato avoids a series of strikes thrown by Koskinen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sato in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Koskinen lands a big elbow.
Sato avoids a series of strikes thrown by Koskinen.
Koskinen cracks Sato with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Koskinen avoids the attempt from Sato to control.
Koskinen connects with a bit shot that sees Sato covering up! More strikes from Koskinen and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Koskinen is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olle Koskinen!