PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sami Vasara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Bronze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Vasara
vs
Bronze

174 cm
31
163 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

200 cm
29
165 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sami Vasara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Bronze!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasara takes a swing at Bronze's ribcage but misses.
Vasara thows a body shot but no joy.
Vasara misses with a straight right.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Vasara enables Bronze to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Vasara manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Vasara trying to control the position here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bronze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bronze wants to control from the top but Vasara keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bronze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bronze postures up in Vasara's guard and throws a big left but Vasara blocks it.
Vasara working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bronze.
Bronze wants to pass the guard but Vasara is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bronze is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bronze throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronze pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vasara is keeping the position for now.
Bronze with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Vasara might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bronze lands a couple of digs.
Bronze prevents Vasara from getting back to his feet.
Bronze throwing strikes from guard but Vasara blocks nicely.
Bronze wants to pass the guard but Vasara is keeping the position.
Bronze cracks Vasara with a solid left hand.
Bronze landing with the ground and pound.
Bronze throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronze throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Vasara not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasara has control of Bronze's left arm, preventing Bronze from doing any damage.
Bronze trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bronze is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vasara working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bronze.
Bronze has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bronze's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bronze trying to control but Vasara is working from the bottom.
Bronze lands a couple of elbows.
Bronze works over Vasara with some ground and pound from guard.
Bronze in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vasara trying to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasara keeping moving, preventing Bronze from controlling successfully.
Bronze trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Vasara manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Bronze has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vasara can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vasara showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Vasara has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Vasara stopping the sweep attempt from Bronze.
Bronze is trying to control the position but Vasara postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bronze looking for subs off his back but Vasara has passed one foot through into half guard.
Vasara wants to stand up but Bronze is controlling the position.
Bronze is looking to improve his position.
Bronze is trying to stand.
Bronze is trying to get back to full guard.
Vasara seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Bronze is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasara not doing much here.
Bronze is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Bronze 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.

A clash of legs there as Bronze blocks the low kick.
Vasara cracks the inside of Bronze's front leg.
Bronze connects with a high kick.
Vasara tries to work over Bronze's front leg with a kick but Bronze checks it.
Vasara connects with an inside leg kick.
Bronze uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vasara.
Nice cross by Bronze.
Vasara looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bronze tries for a takedown but Vasara sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bronze cracks the inside of Vasara's front leg.
Vasara throws a head kick that misses.
Vasara checks a low kick from Bronze.
Vasara misses with a body kick.
Vasara looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bronze.
Bronze thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Vasara if he has to take too many more of those.
Bronze tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vasara was well out of range. Poor timing from Bronze.
Good leg kick by Vasara there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Bronze.
Vasara goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bronze lands with a nice combination. Vasara backs away looking to recover.
Vasara lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vasara takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vasara avoids the body shot from Bronze.
Bronze swings for the body but Vasara moves out of range.
Vasara doesn't manage to clinch there - Bronze circles away.

Bronze gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bronze blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vasara tries to stall but Bronze uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vasara misses with a knee to the head.
Bronze blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vasara is looking to break free of the clinch but Bronze has double underhooks.

Bronze manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vasara is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bronze.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasara has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bronze.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bronze misses with a combination
and Vasara counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bronze's knee momentarily.
Bronze uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vasara.

Bronze drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bronze passes into half guard.
Bronze thows a huge punch but Vasara dodges it nicely.
Bronze thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vasara's head.
Bronze missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bronze thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mr Bronze has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bronze wants to free his trapped foot but Vasara is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bronze throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronze thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vasara's head.
Vasara is looking to improve his position.
Bronze wants to control but Vasara is keeping him busy.
Bronze thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vasara's head.
Vasara keeping hold of Bronze's head, controlling as best he can.
Bronze tries to pass the half guard into mount. Vasara knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bronze thows a huge punch but Vasara dodges it nicely.
Bronze thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasara avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bronze.
Bronze is looking to take a break and control but Vasara is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bronze is pressing down on Vasara's thigh, looking to free his foot. Vasara is holding on for now.
Vasara avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bronze.
Bronze passes to full mount!
Bronze landing shots from mount.
Bronze has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Vasara's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bronze throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bronze is landing with some decent strikes but Vasara is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bronze looking to ground and pound but Vasara is blocking nicely.
Vasara avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bronze.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Bronze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

A solid leg kick lands there for Bronze.
Vasara fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bronze checks it well.
Vasara misses the shot to the body.
Vasara lands a nice looking body shot.
Vasara misses the shot to the body.
Vasara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Bronze fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vasara, pushing him back against the cage.
Bronze swings wildly with an uppercut but Vasara uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bronze creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vasara digs a right hand underneath Bronze's ribcage. Bronze let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bronze working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Vasara as Bronze tries to tie him up.
Vasara crunches a lovely knee into Bronze's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Bronze fails to land.
Bronze tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vasara.
Bronze scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bronze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bronze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bronze throws a punch but it's blocked by Vasara.
Vasara missing with knees to the body.
Vasara misses with a knee to the head.
Bronze lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bronze throws a punch but it's blocked by Vasara.
Bronze swings wildly with an uppercut but Vasara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bronze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vasara throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vasara.

Bronze pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bronze swings for the body but Vasara moves out of range.
Vasara takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bronze takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bronze lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasara throws a shot from downtown. Bronze moves away and avoids it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bronze.
Good exchange - Bronze coming out on top.
Bronze checks the leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronze tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bronze fails with a takedown attempt.
Sami Vasara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Bronze.
Vasara tries to land a front kick but Bronze steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vasara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vasara stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Vasara wants it to stay on the feet.
Bronze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bronze tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vasara is able to avoid easily.
Bronze jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bronze steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vasara.
Vasara throws a series of punches but Bronze avoids them all with ease.
Vasara misses the jab.
Vasara avoids the head kick by Bronze.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasara fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bronze.
Bronze shoots in but Vasara avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vasara feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bronze's calf.
A swing and a miss from Bronze.
Vasara pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sami Vasara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vasara finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Vasara tries to clinch up but Bronze circles away and keeps his distance.
Bronze will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vasara connects with an inside leg kick.
Vasara goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vasara lands a head kick!
Vasara displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bronze.
Bronze has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Vasara throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bronze.
Bronze thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Vasara if he has to take too many more of those.
Bronze staying out of range there.
Sami Vasara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mr Bronze is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasara throws a leg kick
and Bronze makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Vasara looks to throw the jab but Bronze is out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bronze throws out a powerful jab.
Vasara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bronze shoots in and drives through. Vasara sprawls well.
Bronze is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Vasara checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bronze misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Bronze closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Vasara's guard.
Bronze passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bronze is looking to take a break and control but Vasara is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mr Bronze.
I've got Bronze 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Bronze!
An out of breath and clearly excited Mr Bronze thanked GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).