PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Aerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taisto Sinisalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sinisalo has chosen Jos rakastat as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aerts
vs
Sinisalo

192 cm
33
240 lbs
28 - 22 - 0

210 cm
31
288 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 28 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter Aerts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Taisto Sinisalo!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinisalo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Aerts cracks Sinisalo with a good jab.
Aerts lands a glancing blow to the side of Sinisalo's head.
Sloppy strikes from Aerts. Those never looked like landing.
Aerts throws a wild body kick that Sinisalo sees coming a mile off.

Sinisalo moves into the clinch.
Aerts misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sinisalo.
Sinisalo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aerts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Taisto Sinisalo has been cut.
Aerts trying to land knees to the body.

Sinisalo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Sinisalo working for a triangle but Aerts defends it easily.

Sinisalo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sinisalo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Aerts wants to control from the top but Sinisalo keeps moving.
Sinisalo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Sinisalo has his foot on Aerts's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aerts works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinisalo pulls Aerts in to control the position.
Sinisalo working a defensive guard here.

Sinisalo is looking for a triangle but Aerts pushes his legs off easily.

Sinisalo looking for a guillotine here but Aerts defends easily.

Sinisalo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sinisalo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Sinisalo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Sinisalo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sinisalo working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sinisalo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Aerts preventing the sweep.
Aerts might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sinisalo trying to keep a closed guard but Aerts is proving a slippery customer.

Sinisalo working for a triangle but Aerts defends it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aerts wants to control from the top but Sinisalo keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taisto Sinisalo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taisto Sinisalo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Aerts fails to land with a series of punches.

Sinisalo has closed the distance and engaged Aerts in a clinch.
Sinisalo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Aerts just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've been informed that Sinisalo has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sinisalo fails to pull guard.
I was talking to Aerts's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sinisalo fails to pull guard.
Peter Aerts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taisto Sinisalo.
Aerts prevents the takedown attempt.
Sinisalo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Aerts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Aerts throws an elbow but it misses.
Sinisalo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sinisalo can't get the takedown.
A short uppercut from Aerts.
Sinisalo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Aerts smiles and moves away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sinisalo.
Sinisalo is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinisalo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Aerts scores with a hook.
Aerts scores with a body shot.
Jab by Aerts.
Aerts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aerts lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Aerts.
Sinisalo slips under a jab from Aerts.
Sinisalo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Sinisalo is rocked!
and Aerts counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Sinisalo! He's just covering up as Aerts starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Aerts!
After winning the bout, Peter Aerts thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.