PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sigmar Paas (ranked 25197 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mukhtar Sirawazi (ranked 6048 p4p, 0 weight class). Paas comes to the cage accompanied by still pimpin. Mukhtar Sirawazi has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Paas
vs
Sirawazi

181 cm
23
163 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sigmar Paas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mukhtar Sirawazi!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paas misses with a takedown attempt - Sirawazi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Paas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Paas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sirawazi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sirawazi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paas wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paas moves in looking to clinch but Sirawazi pushes him off.
Paas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sirawazi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Paas lands a high kick!
Sirawazi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paas tries to counter with a takedown but Sirawazi is quick to defend against it.

Sirawazi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Paas is trying to stand.
Sirawazi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Paas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sirawazi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Paas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sirawazi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sirawazi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sirawazi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirawazi is thwarting Paas's attempts to control the position.
Sirawazi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sirawazi working Paas over with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sirawazi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sirawazi lands strikes from half guard.
Paas lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Sirawazi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Paas on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Paas tries to roll over but Sirawazi keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sirawazi trying to control the pace.
Sirawazi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paas has hold of Sirawazi's hands but Sirawazi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Paas is looking to improve his position.
Sirawazi working over Paas with some ground and pound. Paas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sirawazi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sirawazi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sirawazi 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.
Paas on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sirawazi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Paas is breathing heavily.
Sirawazi drops an elbow to the side of Paas's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Sirawazi there.
Ground and pound from Sirawazi.
Paas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Paas tries to get out of the position.
Sirawazi stalling.
Sirawazi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Paas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sirawazi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sirawazi tries to pass the half guard into mount. Paas knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Paas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sirawazi slips a nice elbow through Paas's hands, connecting with Paas's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mukhtar Sirawazi dominated that round.
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.

Paas shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sirawazi sprawls well. Sirawazi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Paas gets slowly back to his feet.

Sirawazi fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Paas to the ground. Sirawazi is now in Paas's guard.

Paas pushes Sirawazi off and gets back to his feet.
Paas shoots in and drives through. Sirawazi sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sirawazi looking to score a takedown here. Paas is defending well but Sirawazi drives through and ends up in Paas's guard.
Mukhtar Sirawazi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sirawazi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sirawazi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sirawazi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sirawazi wants to control from the top but Paas keeps moving.
Sirawazi scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paas keeping moving, preventing Sirawazi from controlling successfully.
Sirawazi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sirawazi distracts Paas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sirawazi landing some decent shots from guard.
Sirawazi working some strikes from top position.
Sirawazi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sirawazi connects with a couple of short punches.
Sirawazi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sirawazi with a nice head shot there.

Paas is rocked!
Sirawazi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Oh Paas is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sirawazi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sirawazi stands up over Paas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sirawazi loads up on a big left hand. Paas felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Sirawazi looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Paas can't hide his disappointment, as Sirawazi celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mukhtar Sirawazi!
The defeated Sigmar Paas had this to say: 'thanks for game. I learned from this.'.