PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kakkos Salama (ranked 2423 p4p, 2661 weight class) and Keskikokoinen Kaveri (ranked 255 p4p, 285 weight class). Keskikokoinen Kaveri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Salama
vs
Kaveri

180 cm
23
192
5 - 1 - 0

181 cm
23
193
3 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kakkos Salama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keskikokoinen Kaveri!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kaveri drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Salama struggling a bit here.
Salama is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kaveri off and has taken his back!

Salama is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Kaveri has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Salama has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Kaveri turns into Salama and is now in his guard.

Salama escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kaveri gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kaveri drops back looking for a leg! Salama is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Salama manages to kick Kaveri off! Kaveri jumps back into Salama's guard.

Kaveri is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Kaveri avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kaveri is pushing down on Salama's leg trying to pass to half guard. Salama is fighting to maintain full guard but Kaveri has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Salama looking for submissions off his back.
Salama is looking to improve his position.

Kaveri is working for a kimura but Salama is defending it quite comfortably.

Salama actively working from the bottom here.

Kaveri looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Salama looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
My spies in LazyFighters Gym inform me that Kaveri has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

Salama is defending against the submission attempts here by Kaveri.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Kaveri seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Salama is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Keskikokoinen Kaveri!
Keskikokoinen Kaveri decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.