PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Munster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Per Saukko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Munster
vs
Saukko

180 cm
34
262 lbs
30 - 13 - 0

192 cm
37
272 lbs
31 - 17 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Meet the Future

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 30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeff Munster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Per Saukko!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munster bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saukko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Munster takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sloppy strikes from Saukko. Those never looked like landing.
Saukko fails to land the takedown.
Saukko wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Saukko lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Jeff Munster has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Munster tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saukko swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Munster shoots in and bounces Saukko off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Munster avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Munster got a little sloppy there for a moment and Saukko has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Munster has managed to get both his arms back between Saukko's legs - danger averted.
Munster throwing strikes but missing.
Munster loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munster preventing the sweep.

Saukko is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Munster defends well.
Munster stopping the sweep attempt from Saukko.
Munster loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Saukko throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Munster escapes and throws Saukko's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Saukko felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Munster lands a decent elbow from side control.
Saukko parries the strikes from Munster easily there. Munster is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Saukko to escape.
Saukko is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saukko is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Munster scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saukko managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Munster.
Saukko manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Munster blocking the ground and pound attempt from Saukko.
Saukko slows the pace down in half guard.
Munster 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.
Munster tries to roll over but Saukko keeps him under control.
Saukko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Munster with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Saukko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Saukko prevents Munster from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munster wants to get back to full guard.
Saukko seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Munster does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Saukko missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Saukko thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Munster makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Munster.
Saukko stops Munster from standing up.
Saukko throws an elbow that misses. Munster uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Saukko's guard. Nice move by Munster!
Munster looking to sit in guard and control but Saukko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Munster keeping moving, preventing Saukko from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saukko tries to free his leg and advance position but Munster is retaining full guard.
Munster might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Munster controls Saukko momentarily but Saukko frees himself.
Munster wants to sweep here but Saukko controlling him for the moment.
Saukko passes Munster's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Munster is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Per Saukko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Munster's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Saukko lands with a good body shot.
Saukko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Munster gets a double leg takedown into Saukko's guard.
Saukko is trying to control the position but Munster postures up.
Munster with a nice head shot there.
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!
Saukko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Saukko can't keep his opponent in guard - Munster advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Munster thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Saukko works his way to full guard. Good work.
Munster stands up over Saukko, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Saukko keeping moving, preventing Munster from controlling successfully.
Munster is working Saukko over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Munster preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munster works over Saukko with some ground and pound from guard.
Saukko is trying to keep Munster in close.

Saukko throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Saukko looking for a sweep. Not yet Saukko, not yet.

Saukko is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Munster defends well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Saukko is looking for a triangle but Munster pushes his legs off easily.

Saukko looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Saukko working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Munster.
Munster stands up over Saukko, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Munster trying to control the position from guard on top but Saukko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Saukko throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Saukko throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Munster trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Saukko looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Saukko is looking for a triangle here but Munster uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Munster scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saukko tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Munster wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Munster lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Saukko down.
Munster working the head with strikes.
Munster lands an elbow.
Saukko gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Munster is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Munster lands a nice short elbow.
Jeff Munster overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Munster wants to pass the guard but Saukko is defending well.
Munster prevents Saukko from improving his position.
Saukko is trying to control but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munster takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Saukko wants to improve his position but Munster is controlling well.
Munster lands strikes from half guard.
Munster is keen to just control but Saukko is a slippery customer.
Munster scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Saukko is looking to improve his position.
Munster is looking to take a break and control but Saukko 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!
Munster looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Saukko with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Munster lands with a punch from half guard.
Munster wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saukko keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Munster dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Munster's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice jab there from Saukko.
Munster tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saukko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saukko misses with a hook

and Munster counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Saukko's guard now.
Munster is in close to Saukko's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Saukko keeping moving, preventing Munster from controlling successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Munster throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saukko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Munster throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saukko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Saukko is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Munster is aware though and is defending well.
Saukko keeping moving, preventing Munster from controlling successfully.
Saukko looking for a sweep. Not yet Saukko, not yet.
Munster working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saukko is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Munster sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Saukko's guard.
Munster seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Munster looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Saukko gets back to full guard.
Saukko keeping moving, preventing Munster from controlling successfully.

Saukko throws his legs up looking for a submission but Munster uses it to pass to side control.
Saukko is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Munster connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Saukko some visible discomfort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Munster working the body and head with strikes.
Saukko tries to improve position but can't.
Munster lands a decent elbow from side control.
Saukko manages to work his way to half guard, despite Munster's best efforts.
Saukko trying to control but Munster postures up.
Saukko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Munster 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.
Munster wants to control but Saukko is keeping him busy.
Munster lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Munster landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munster missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Saukko wants to improve his position but Munster is controlling well.
Saukko manages to get to full guard.
Munster throwing strikes but missing.
Munster scoring with some ground and pound.
Munster postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Munster throwing strikes but missing.
Munster is looking to work some ground and pound but Saukko has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munster is looking to work some ground and pound but Saukko has wrist control.
Munster landing with the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Munster throwing strikes but missing.

Saukko throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Munster working some strikes from top position.
Munster throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saukko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Munster connects with a couple of short punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Munster showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Munster has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Munster!
Jeff Munster opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.