PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sami Kolari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rorst Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Buttons as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kolari
vs
Gracie

173 cm
25
155 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

173 cm
22
155 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Kolari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rorst Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie misses with a series of wild punches.
Kolari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Kolari feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Kolari postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kolari throwing strikes from guard but Gracie blocks nicely.
Kolari throws a strike but Gracie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Gracie 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie trying to control but Kolari is working from the bottom.
Gracie has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kolari is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to advance position but Kolari has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Kolari moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Gracie has worked his arm free - good work by Gracie!

Kolari tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
You can see the frustration on Gracie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Kolari working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kolari is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gracie knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Kolari cracks Gracie with a big right hand but Gracie just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kolari in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Kolari scoring with punches from side control.
Kolari 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kolari working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The referee asks Kolari politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Kolari prefers to stall for the moment though.
Gracie is trying to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here.

Kolari thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kolari moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kolari lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gracie is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Gracie sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Kolari is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gracie defends it well.
Kolari missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kolari is looking to advance position but Gracie won't allow it.
Gracie is trying to stand back up but Kolari is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sami Kolari dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gracie misses with a hook. Kolari ducked under it nicely.
Gracie scores with a decent looking hook.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Kolari avoids them all with ease.
Kolari dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!

Kolari decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kolari is thwarting Gracie's attempts to control the position.
Kolari is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Kolari is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kolari thows a huge punch but Gracie dodges it nicely.
Kolari missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie taking some punishment here, with Kolari in his half guard.
Kolari 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.
Kolari trying to control from half guard but Gracie is working away.
Gracie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Kolari throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kolari lands a nice short elbow.
Kolari content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Gracie wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kolari throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Kolari seems to be working for a kimura but Gracie defends the submission attempt.
Kolari content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Kolari is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie is trying to stand back up but Kolari is controlling him
Kolari wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Kolari is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is defending against the submission attempts here by Kolari.

Kolari is looking for a kimura but Gracie is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kolari to get the leverage.
Gracie is refusing to be controlled, as Kolari sits in half guard.
Kolari lands with a punch from half guard.
Gracie is concentrating on defense, preventing Kolari from advancing position.
Gracie scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Kolari manages to mount him!
Gracie wants to hold on but Kolari pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kolari swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Gracie is now in Kolari's guard. A big mistake from Kolari there, giving up the dominant position!
Kolari is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Kolari is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Gracie content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Kolari has locked up a guillotine! Kolari's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Gracie is holding on here and Kolari must be using up a lot of energy. Gracie has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Kolari gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Sami Kolari!