PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lauri Pasanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Davies
vs
Pasanen

185 cm
20
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
188 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Organic Peak Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Scott Davies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lauri Pasanen!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Davies misses.
Davies is looking to clinch.
Davies tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pasanen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pasanen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Davies fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pasanen keeps the fight on the outside.
Davies misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Davies gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pasanen advances position into side control!
Pasanen working the head and body with strikes.
Pasanen moves into full mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pasanen with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Pasanen.
Pasanen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Davies is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Pasanen.
Davies is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Pasanen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pasanen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Davies is rocked!
Davies is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pasanen is working for a guillotine from mount but Davies frees his head quite easily.
Oh Davies is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pasanen lands with some strikes.
Pasanen scoring with strikes but Davies is staying in there.
Davies seems to have got his legs back now.
Pasanen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Davies is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Davies can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pasanen with a couple of short strikes.
Pasanen raining down shots from the mount!
Davies is in a horrible position here. Pasanen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Pasanen looking to secure an arm triangle but Davies defends it well.
Davies is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pasanen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pasanen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Davies swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Pasanen lands a nice shot to the head.
Pasanen working Davies over with strikes here.
Davies is bucking up trying to escape but Pasanen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pasanen lands a nice shot to the head.
Pasanen landing strikes, looking to finish!

Pasanen looking for a guillotine from mount but Davies is having none of it.
Pasanen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davies keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Pasanen working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Davies is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies tries to hold on but Pasanen pushes him away.
Pasanen lands a big shot there that rocks Davies but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pasanen lands with some strikes.
Pasanen avoids the attempt from Davies to control.
Pasanen raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Pasanen.
Davies throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pasanen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pasanen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Davies can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pasanen landing shots from mount.
Pasanen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pasanen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pasanen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pasanen with a couple of short strikes.
Pasanen dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pasanen lands a heavy elbow.
Pasanen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Davies takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pasanen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pasanen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Davies flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Pasanen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pasanen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Davies keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Davies in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Davies is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pasanen landing punches.
Pasanen landing punches.
Pasanen with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauri Pasanen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pasanen has Davies up against the cage in a clinch.
Davies prevents the takedown attempt.

Pasanen works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Davies looking for a sweep. Not yet Davies, not yet.
Pasanen landing some decent shots from guard.
Davies is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pasanen is controlling him.
Davies wants to sweep here but Pasanen controlling him for the moment.

Davies is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pasanen advances position into side control!
Pasanen in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Pasanen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Davies is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Davies is trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pasanen has hold of Davies's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Davies seems comfortable defending it but Pasanen has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Davies is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Davies is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Pasanen couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lauri Pasanen!