PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eevertti Vasara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hero Tasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasara comes into the arena with U Can't Touch This blaring out of the sound system. Eevertti Vasara could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Hero Tasaki's chin.

Vasara
vs
Tasaki

188 cm
28
196 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

186 cm
28
197 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eevertti Vasara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hero Tasaki!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tasaki stuffs the takedown attempt from Vasara. Vasara gets slowly back to his feet.
Vasara has a takedown stuffed.
Vasara misses with a takedown attempt

and Tasaki counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Vasara's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eevertti Vasara. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tasaki stands up and waves to Vasara to follow him.
Vasara looks for a takedown but Tasaki sprawls well.
Tasaki slaps away a takedown attempt from Vasara, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Vasara will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vasara fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Vasara with that takedown attempt.
Vasara misses with a takedown attempt

and Tasaki counters with a single leg into guard. Vasara didn't expect that.

Vasara had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tasaki defends it easily.
Vasara is breathing heavily.

Tasaki stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Tasaki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vasara is fending him off so far but Tasaki persists. Nope, Vasara circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Vasara or perhaps it was just good defense by Tasaki which made him look bad.
Vasara will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tasaki leaves Vasara with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Tasaki shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vasara is trying to reverse the position but instead Tasaki has taken his back - oops!
Tasaki keeps control of the position easily here as Vasara tries to buck him off.
Let's hope that Tasaki has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tasaki decides to stand up.
Vasara gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Tasaki counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Vasara!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tasaki is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Vasara misses with a takedown attempt

and Tasaki counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Vasara actively working from the bottom here.

Tasaki decides to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Vasara shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Tasaki throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hero Tasaki dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Vasara gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Tasaki counters with a shoot takedown. Vasara fights it but they end up in guard.
Tasaki stopping the sweep attempt from Vasara.

Vasara looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Tasaki passes into half guard.
Vasara missing with punches from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasara trying to control from the bottom.

Vasara with the active half guard here but Tasaki passes nicely into side control.

Tasaki has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tasaki displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vasara.
Vasara misses with a takedown attempt

and Tasaki counters with a single leg into guard. Vasara didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eevertti Vasara. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vasara wants to sweep here but Tasaki controlling him for the moment.
Tasaki is looking to stand up but Vasara won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Tasaki is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Hero Tasaki.
Vasara gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Tasaki counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Vasara's guard now.
Vasara throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Tasaki stands and steps away. Vasara gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Vasara is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tasaki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vasara doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Tasaki counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tasaki gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Vasara shoots in but Tasaki avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tasaki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vasara is fending him off so far but Tasaki persists. Nope, Vasara circles away and we're back to standing.
Vasara has his takedown stuffed

so Tasaki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Vasara isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Tasaki stacks Vasara on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Tasaki!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Tasaki has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hero Tasaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Vasara's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Vasara with a lazy takedown attempt

and Tasaki counters with a nice double leg into side control. Vasara won't be happy with that.

Tasaki stands up.
Vasara misses with a takedown attempt

and Tasaki counters with a takedown into side control.

Tasaki has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasara stuffs the takedown attempt from Tasaki. Tasaki gets slowly back to his feet.
Tasaki displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vasara.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eevertti Vasara. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tasaki shoots in for a takedown but Vasara shows good takedown defense.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tasaki drives through with a takedown into guard.

Tasaki gets to his feet - Vasara follows without any prompting.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vasara with a poor takedown

so Tasaki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Tasaki stands and steps away. Vasara gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Vasara stuffs the takedown attempt from Tasaki. Tasaki gets slowly back to his feet.
Vasara tries for a takedown but Tasaki circles away easily

and Tasaki counters with a shoot takedown. Vasara fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Vasara throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Tasaki escapes and throws Vasara's legs to the side, diving into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tasaki stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Vasara shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Tasaki counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Tasaki decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Vasara, up you get!
Vasara misses with a takedown attempt

and Tasaki counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Vasara wants to control the action here but instead Tasaki manages to pass to full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tasaki stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Vasara stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Vasara wants it to stay on the feet.
Vasara misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tasaki fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vasara avoids it really well and circles away.
Tasaki changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vasara tries to avoid it but Tasaki manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vasara to the ground. Vasara escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasara shoots in and drives through. Tasaki sprawls well.
Vasara closes the distance and clinches up with Tasaki, looking for a takedown. Vasara pushes Tasaki against the cage but Tasaki circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Tasaki gets caught flat footed, as Vasara shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tasaki lands a decent shot there.
Tasaki throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Vasara throwing strikes from guard but Tasaki blocks nicely.
Tasaki striking from his own guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasara throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Vasara is looking to work some ground and pound but Tasaki has wrist control.
Tasaki looking for a sweep. Not yet Tasaki, not yet.
Eevertti Vasara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tasaki lands a decent shot there.
Tasaki strikes from his own guard.
Vasara takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Hero Tasaki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tasaki throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hero Tasaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tasaki winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hero Tasaki!