PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Smelly Fingers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petri Saarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers's entrance music is Foux Da FaFa . A fine choice. Petri Saarinen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fingers
vs
Saarinen

180 cm
24
180 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

190 cm
21
183 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Gutshot Extreme Nutrition

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q
Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Smelly Fingers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Petri Saarinen!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fingers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saarinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fingers. That did some damage!
Smelly Fingers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fingers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fingers looks to land a left hand but Saarinen moved out of range nicely.
Fingers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fingers checks a low kick from Saarinen.
Saarinen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fingers lands a body shot.
Saarinen throws a leg kick but Fingers sees it coming and moves out of range.
Saarinen throws a head kick that half lands.
Saarinen ducks under a wild hook from Fingers.
Fingers scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fingers throws a lazy uppercut
and Saarinen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Fingers looks to land a right hand but Saarinen moved out of range.
Saarinen throws a leg kick but Fingers sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fingers throws an off balance right hand
and Saarinen counters with a good, hard body kick but Fingers shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fingers misses with a body kick.
Fingers misses with a right hand
and Saarinen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Fingers really felt that one!
Fingers throws a series of punches but Saarinen moves out of range.
Saarinen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Saarinen thows a body kick. Fingers tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Fingers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fingers throws a nice looking combination but Saarinen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fingers digs a good hook to Saarinen's body.
Saarinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saarinen misses with a body kick.
Saarinen keeps Fingers at a distance using the push kick.
Fingers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saarinen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fingers takes a swing at Saarinen's ribcage but misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Saarinen!
Fingers will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Fingers throws out a loose jab but Saarinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fingers misses with a head kick.
Saarinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fingers.
Fingers is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Saarinen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Fingers tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Saarinen avoids the body shot from Fingers.
Good standup being displayed there by Fingers as he connects with a hook.
Fingers looks to land a combination but Saarinen avoids it well.
Fingers swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Saarinen counters with an inside leg kick.
Saarinen tries a low kick but Fingers avoids it.
Fingers smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fingers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Saarinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fingers. That did some damage!
Fingers motions for Saarinen to come forward. Fingers throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fingers throws a lazy head kick
and Saarinen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fingers's knee momentarily.
Saarinen misses with a kick to the body.
Fingers on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Saarinen. Saarinen obviously looking to wear him down.
Fingers swings widly with a right hand
and Saarinen counters with a leg kick.
Fingers takes a swing at Saarinen's ribcage but misses.
Fingers throws an overhand right that lands on Saarinen's shoulder, as Saarinen tries to avoid the shot.
Fingers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saarinen moves away.
Saarinen ducks under a wild hook from Fingers.
Fingers misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fingers looks to land a left hand but Saarinen moved out of range nicely.
Saarinen scores with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saarinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fingers misses with a double jab
and Saarinen counters with a big head kick but Fingers shrugs it off.
Fingers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fingers misses with an uppercut.
Fingers tries to work over Saarinen's front leg with a kick but Saarinen checks it.
Saarinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fingers jabs at Saarinen's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saarinen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Fingers throws a sloppy head kick
and Saarinen counters with a thumping low kick.
Fingers misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fingers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Saarinen walks into a stiff left hand from Fingers.
Fingers just misses with a punch to the body.
Fingers missing with a left hand there. Saarinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fingers misses the shot to the body.
Fingers throws a shot to the body.
Saarinen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Fingers if he has to take too many more of those.
Saarinen thuds his shin into the meat of Fingers's side.
Saarinen tries to clinch up.
Saarinen pushes Fingers away with a front kick.
Saarinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fingers.
Fingers throws a nice looking combination but Saarinen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fingers takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarinen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Saarinen tries to land a front kick but Fingers steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fingers just misses with a punch to the body.
Fingers throws a lazy head kick
and Saarinen counters with a leg kick.
Fingers scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fingers throws a sloppy body shot
and Saarinen counters with an outside leg kick.
Saarinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fingers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fingers takes a swing at Saarinen's ribcage but misses.
Fingers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saarinen.
Saarinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Saarinen tries to clinch but Fingers is having none of it.
Fingers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fingers throws a lazy uppercut
and Saarinen counters with a good low kick that Fingers was not able to check.
Saarinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fingers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fingers listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Saarinen tries to clinch up.
Fingers throws a body kick the misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fingers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saarinen looks for the body kick but Fingers saw that one coming.
Smelly Fingers is winning the standup battle so far.
Fingers misses the shot to the body.
Saarinen misses with a kick to the body.
Fingers lands a jab.
Fingers looks to land a right hand but Saarinen moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Fingers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saarinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fingers scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fingers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saarinen.
Saarinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saarinen avoids the body shot from Fingers.
Fingers checks a leg kick.
Saarinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saarinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Good work by Fingers as he checks the leg kick.
Saarinen walks into a straight right hand from Fingers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saarinen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fingers is looking to land body kicks.
Saarinen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Some bone on bone action there as Saarinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Saarinen darts in trying to clinch
and Fingers counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fingers misses the body punch
and Saarinen counters with a nice leg kick.
Fingers throws a hook to the side of Saarinen's head but Saarinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fingers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fingers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the body from Fingers misses
and Saarinen counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Smelly Fingers dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Saarinen connects with a solid leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Saarinen.
Fingers just misses with a punch to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Saarinen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Fingers has got the better of the exchanges.
Fingers loads up on a big right hand but Saarinen slips the punch.
Saarinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A big left from Fingers misses.
Fingers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saarinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Fingers.
Fingers throws a series of punches but Saarinen moves out of range.
Fingers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saarinen moves away.
Saarinen blocks a head kick by Fingers.
Fingers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Saarinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fingers scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fingers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fingers misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saarinen throws a low kick, looking for Fingers's leg but Fingers calmly moves out of range.
Fingers misses with an uppercut. Saarinen saw that one coming.
Fingers loads up on a big right hand but Saarinen slips the punch.
Fingers swings widly with a right hand
and Saarinen counters with an inside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Saarinen. Fingers shrugs it off though.
That kick from Saarinen tenderised Fingers's leg. Fingers is trying to keep his angry face on.
Saarinen avoids the body shot from Fingers.
Fingers misses with a lunging right hand
and Saarinen counters with a body kick that stops Fingers in his tracks momentarily.
Saarinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fingers 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fingers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saarinen.
Fingers scores with a nice right hand.
Fingers keeps the fight on the outside.
Saarinen moves away from the strike by Fingers.
Fingers looks to land a left hand but Saarinen moved out of range nicely.
Saarinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fingers lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saarinen tries to clinch there but Fingers circles away.
Saarinen scores with a nice body kick.
Saarinen lands a head kick. Fingers smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fingers with a nice cross.
Fingers swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fingers just misses with a punch to the body.
Saarinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fingers.
Saarinen avoids a kick to the body.
A solid body kick from Saarinen.
An inside leg kick from Saarinen misses.
Saarinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fingers.
Saarinen defending well as Fingers loads up on a big left hand.
Saarinen throws a wild body kick that Fingers sees coming a mile off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Saarinen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fingers has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fingers and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fingers's jab looks to have found its range, popping Saarinen under the eye.
A nice leg kick lands there from Saarinen.
Saarinen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fingers scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fingers lands a nice shot that snaps Saarinen's head back.
Fingers lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saarinen cracks the inside of Fingers's front leg.
Fingers throws a shot from downtown. Saarinen moves away and avoids it.
Fingers swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Saarinen.
Saarinen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Saarinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fingers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saarinen can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saarinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fingers swings widly with a right hand
and Saarinen counters with a good, hard body kick but Fingers shrugs it off.
Petri Saarinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fingers bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Smelly Fingers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fingers has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Smelly Fingers!
During a confident post fight interview, Smelly Fingers thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.