PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lauri Pasanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silent Arbiter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arbiter has chosen Justice as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Lauri Pasanen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pasanen
vs
Arbiter

185 cm
27
188 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

184 cm
29
197 lbs
16 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lauri Pasanen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silent Arbiter!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arbiter takes a swing at Pasanen's ribcage but misses.
Arbiter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pasanen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arbiter.
Pasanen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Arbiter. That did some damage!
Pasanen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arbiter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pasanen throws a shot to the body.
Arbiter cracks Pasanen with an open hand slap.
Arbiter misses with an uppercut.
Pasanen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Arbiter misses with a leg kick.
Pasanen throws the left hand but Arbiter avoids the punch easily.
Pasanen lands with a hook. Arbiter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Arbiter pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pasanen is out of range and Arbiter settles back down.
Pasanen scores with a nice head shot.
Arbiter misses with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pasanen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Arbiter. Arbiter circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pasanen looks to land a body kick but Arbiter moved away.
Pasanen misses with a takedown attempt - Arbiter sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Arbiter throws an overhand right that lands on Pasanen's shoulder, as Pasanen tries to avoid the shot.
Pasanen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Donk. Pasanen catches Arbiter right on the button with a cross.
Pasanen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Arbiter but Arbiter pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lauri Pasanen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pasanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pasanen is looking to chop away at Arbiter's legs.
Pasanen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A solid body kick from Arbiter.
Arbiter swings for the body but Pasanen moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arbiter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Arbiter thows a body shot but no joy.
Arbiter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pasanen moves away.
Arbiter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pasanen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arbiter misses with a low kick.
Arbiter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arbiter scores with a hook to the body. Pasanen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Arbiter is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pasanen rather than just go for the knockout.
Pasanen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Arbiter.
Silent Arbiter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Arbiter tries to sprawl but Pasanen drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Pasanen working the head and body with strikes.
Arbiter tries to get to full guard but Pasanen has control of the leg.
Arbiter looks gassed!
Pasanen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arbiter blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pasanen.
Arbiter blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pasanen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pasanen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pasanen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Arbiter defending well though.
Pasanen trying to control from half guard but Arbiter is working away.
Pasanen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pasanen 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.
Pasanen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Arbiter is staying active underneath Pasanen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pasanen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Arbiter's head.
Pasanen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Arbiter with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Arbiter is trying is best to control the position here.
Pasanen is trying to control. Arbiter wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pasanen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Arbiter blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pasanen.
Arbiter is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Arbiter is defending against the submission attempts here by Pasanen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arbiter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pasanen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauri Pasanen dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pasanen throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Arbiter was covering up waiting for the punch and Pasanen finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pasanen postures up in Arbiter's guard and throws a big left but Arbiter blocks it.
Pasanen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pasanen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Arbiter tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pasanen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pasanen throwing strikes from guard but Arbiter blocks nicely.
Arbiter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pasanen postures up.
Pasanen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Arbiter is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arbiter avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pasanen throwing strikes but missing.
Pasanen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pasanen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pasanen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pasanen postures up in Arbiter's guard and throws a big left but Arbiter blocks it.
Pasanen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Arbiter keeping moving, preventing Pasanen from controlling successfully.
Pasanen engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Pasanen throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pasanen postures up in Arbiter's guard and throws a big left but Arbiter blocks it.
Arbiter wants to control but Pasanen passes easily into half guard.
Pasanen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Arbiter's head.
Pasanen lands with a punch from half guard.
Pasanen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arbiter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pasanen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Arbiter!
Pasanen breaks from Arbiter's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pasanen lands a big shot there that rocks Arbiter but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Arbiter is rocked!
Pasanen unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Arbiter wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Pasanen celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lauri Pasanen!
Lauri Pasanen retains his middleweight title!