PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tigellinus Satanae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stone Hand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Satanae
vs
Hand

184 cm
18
229 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

201 cm
23
285 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tigellinus Satanae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stone Hand!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Hand misses the target.
Hand avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hand thows a body shot but no joy.
Hand will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hand throws a right and a left that Satanae avoids nicely.
Hand throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Hand, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Hand misses.
Satanae dodges the punch combination from Hand.
Hand throws a series of punches but Satanae moves out of range.
Satanae is looking to clinch.

Satanae rushes Hand and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hand tries to circle away but Satanae has him pinned against the cage.
Satanae with a knee to the head.
Satanae could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Satanae tries to land knees in the clinch but Hand avoids the damage to the body.
Satanae throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hand blocks it with crossed arms.
Satanae tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hand avoids it.
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hand is trying to break free.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satanae connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Stone Hand has been cut.
Satanae connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hand's face.
Hand wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Satanae has him pressed against the cage.
Satanae landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hand lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hand looks gassed!
Satanae landing knees to the head.
Satanae crunches a lovely knee into Hand's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hand looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satanae landing knees to the head.
Satanae landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Satanae landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Satanae connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hand's face.
Satanae with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Satanae connects with a knee to the head.
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hand lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hand lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Satanae with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Satanae putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hand in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Satanae scores with a knee to the head.
Hand takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hand takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Satanae obliges.
Satanae landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satanae lands a good knee to the midsection. Hand won't want to take too many of those.
Satanae utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Satanae lands a good knee to the midsection. Hand won't want to take too many of those.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satanae landing knees to the head.
Satanae connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Satanae.
Satanae connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hand's face.
Satanae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Satanae with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Satanae landing knees to the head.
Satanae scores a nice knee to the body.
Satanae working Hand over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satanae throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satanae lands a good knee to the midsection. Hand won't want to take too many of those.
Satanae landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Satanae.
Satanae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Satanae landing knees to the head.
Satanae crunches a lovely knee into Hand's ribcage.
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hand lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Satanae obliges.
Hand takes a knee right on the jaw!
Satanae crunches a lovely knee into Hand's ribcage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hand tries to break free but Satanae pushes him back against the cage.
Satanae crunches a lovely knee into Hand's ribcage.
Satanae lands a nice knee to the body.
Satanae connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hand's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tigellinus Satanae dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stone Hand's cut.
That's time! Satanae's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hand circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hand misses with a jab, cross combination.
Satanae wants to clinch.
Hand throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stone Hand is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Hand, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Hand does no damage.
Satanae moves in looking to clinch but Hand pushes him off.
Hand swinging wildly here.

Satanae moves into the clinch.
Hand is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satanae misses with a knee to the head.
Hand wants to break free but Satanae has control.
Satanae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tigellinus Satanae has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Satanae scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Satanae.
Hand takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Satanae.
Satanae with a knee to the head.
Satanae tries a knee to the head but Hand blocks it.
Satanae is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hand can do to turn this around?
Satanae crunches a lovely knee into Hand's ribcage.
Satanae landing knees to the body.
Satanae connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hand's face.
Satanae lands a knee to the body.
Satanae landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Satanae working Hand over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satanae landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Satanae landing knees to the head.
Hand takes a knee right on the jaw!
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satanae landing knees to the body.
Satanae connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hand's face.
Hand takes a knee to the side of the body.
Satanae working Hand over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Satanae.
Satanae connects with a knee to the head.
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hand lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Satanae landing knees to the body.
Satanae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Satanae tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hand looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Satanae lands a good knee to the midsection. Hand won't want to take too many of those.
Hand wants to get back to striking at distance but Satanae won't allow it.
Satanae landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Satanae obliges.
Satanae landing knees to the head.
Satanae putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hand in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Satanae lands a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Hand's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Satanae connects with a knee to the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Satanae here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Satanae with a knee to the head.
Satanae working Hand over with knees to the body.
Satanae landing knees to the body.
Satanae lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satanae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Satanae lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hand wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Satanae has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Satanae.
Satanae scores with a knee to the head.
Satanae putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hand in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hand takes a knee to the side of the body.
Satanae is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Satanae connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hand's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satanae scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Satanae.
Satanae landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Satanae is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tigellinus Satanae dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stone Hand's cut.
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!

Hand swinging wildly here.
Hand misses with a double jab.
Hand throws a series of punches but Satanae moves out of range.
Hand swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Satanae moves into range and clinches up with Hand.
Hand wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Satanae is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Satanae lands a good knee to the midsection. Hand won't want to take too many of those.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satanae landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hand takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Satanae lands a nice knee to the body.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satanae lands a knee to the body.
Satanae lands a nice knee to the body.
Satanae landing knees to the body.
Satanae with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Satanae.
Satanae landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Satanae with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Satanae lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Satanae.
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hand lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Satanae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satanae utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Satanae utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hand lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Satanae.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satanae landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Satanae lands a good knee to the midsection. Hand won't want to take too many of those.
Satanae crunches a lovely knee into Hand's ribcage.
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Satanae.
Satanae lands a knee to the head.
Satanae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Satanae is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Satanae is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Satanae.
Hand tries to circle away but Satanae has him pinned against the cage.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satanae lands a knee to the body.
Satanae crunches a lovely knee into Hand's ribcage.
Satanae with a knee to the head.
Satanae lands a nice knee to the body.
Satanae scores a nice knee to the body.
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Satanae obliges.
Satanae is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satanae scores a nice knee to the body.
Satanae with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satanae landing knees to the body.
Satanae connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hand's face.
Hand takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satanae lands a good knee to the midsection. Hand won't want to take too many of those.
Satanae crunches a lovely knee into Hand's ribcage.
Satanae lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Satanae.
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hand lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Satanae lands a knee to the body.
Hand wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hand lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Satanae connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hand's face.
Stone Hand has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A knee to the head by Satanae.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tigellinus Satanae showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Satanae, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tigellinus Satanae!