PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tero Sankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sankari comes to the cage accompanied by Finlandia - Hymn. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Sankari
vs
Patton

200 cm
24
240 lbs
9 - 7 - 1

225 cm
30
267 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tero Sankari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Patton!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Sankari there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Patton avoids the head kick by Sankari.
Sankari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sankari connects with a high kick.
Patton misses with a looping right.
Patton blocks the body kick.
Patton shoots for a double leg takedown but Sankari sprawls well. He's pushed Patton's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sankari lands a nice looking body kick.

Patton instigates a clinch.
Sankari landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Patton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sankari is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Patton missing with knees to the body.
Sankari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sankari tries to land knees in the clinch but Patton avoids the damage to the body.
Sankari putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Patton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Patton tries to pull guard but Sankari holds him up against the cage and eventually Patton drops back down to his feet.
A knee to the head by Sankari.

It looks like Mike Patton has been cut.
Patton looks gassed!
Sankari throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sankari lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sankari working Patton over with knees to the body.
Sankari with a knee to the head.
Sankari with a knee to the head.

Patton is rocked!
Sankari with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Patton is still on wobbly legs! Can Sankari finish him?

Sankari manages to break the clinch.
Tero Sankari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sankari connects with a solid leg kick.
Sankari throws a quick head kick that knocks Patton silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Sankari is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tero Sankari!