PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pasi Pallihiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vaino St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pallihiki comes to the cage accompanied by Deadmau5 - Strobe. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pallihiki
vs
St Pierre

184 cm
19
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

182 cm
27
182 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pasi Pallihiki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vaino St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pallihiki.

Pallihiki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pallihiki prevents St Pierre from breaking the clinch.
Pallihiki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pallihiki taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
St Pierre tries to circle away but Pallihiki has him pinned against the cage.
St Pierre has had enough of the clinch but Pallihiki keeps him there for the moment.
St Pierre wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St Pierre tries to break free but Pallihiki pushes him back against the cage.

Pallihiki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pallihiki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Pallihiki scores a takedown into full mount!
Pallihiki sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pallihiki looking to control and managing it successfully.

Pallihiki goes for an armbar but he's not got it… St Pierre turns into him and now he's in Pallihiki's guard.
St Pierre would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pallihiki has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Pallihiki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pallihiki tries to strike from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pallihiki has his feet on St Pierre's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Pallihiki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Pierre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St Pierre slaps away a takedown attempt from Pallihiki, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pasi Pallihiki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
St Pierre leaves Pallihiki with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pallihiki checks a leg kick.
Pallihiki has a takedown stuffed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Pierre throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pallihiki.
St Pierre throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Pasi Pallihiki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pallihiki closes the distance and clinches.
Pallihiki tries to pull guard but St Pierre holds him up against the cage and eventually Pallihiki drops back down to his feet.
Pallihiki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Pallihiki pulls guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Pallihiki pushes St Pierre off and scrambles back to his feet.
Pallihiki dives in and grabs St Pierre's left leg, looking for a takedown. St Pierre pushes down on Pallihiki's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pasi Pallihiki 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.

Pallihiki shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. St Pierre defends it nicely.
Pasi Pallihiki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Pallihiki gets a double leg takedown into St Pierre's guard.

Pallihiki gets to his feet. St Pierre looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
St Pierre turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pallihiki tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Pallihiki shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. St Pierre is trying to defend but Pallihiki finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Pallihiki content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Pasi Pallihiki.

Pallihiki closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pallihiki trying to pass the guard but St Pierre defending well.
St Pierre looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pallihiki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
St Pierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pallihiki seems to be looking for submissions.
Pallihiki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed St Pierre's head.
Pallihiki has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Pallihiki looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pallihiki takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pasi Pallihiki dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Donk. St Pierre catches Pallihiki right on the button with a cross.

Pallihiki looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Pallihiki stands up from guard. Let's bang!
St Pierre displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pallihiki.
Pallihiki avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
St Pierre is looking to chop away at Pallihiki's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pallihiki shoots in but no luck this time.
St Pierre looks to land a body kick but Pallihiki moved away.
St Pierre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pallihiki. That did some damage!
No joy there for Pallihiki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pallihiki misses with a takedown attempt - St Pierre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pasi Pallihiki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and St Pierre wants it to stay on the feet.
St Pierre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Pierre tries to score with a low kick but Pallihiki moves his leg out of the way.
Pallihiki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pallihiki stuns St Pierre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pallihiki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts St Pierre as he jumps to the side.
St Pierre feints and then cracks Pallihiki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pallihiki down.
St Pierre attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
St Pierre avoids the body shot from Pallihiki.
Pallihiki blocks a leg kick.
St Pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from Pallihiki. Pallihiki gets slowly back to his feet.
St Pierre scores with a head kick. Pallihiki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Vaino St Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by St Pierre.

Pallihiki feints and as St Pierre raises his hands in defense, Pallihiki changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pallihiki advances to half guard.
Pallihiki throwing shots but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
Nice strikes from Pallihiki there.
St Pierre is trying to stand up here but Pallihiki is controlling him well.
Pallihiki performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is in trouble now - Pallihiki has advanced to mount!
Vaino St Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pallihiki controlling from the full mount.
Pasi Pallihiki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pasi Pallihiki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pallihiki, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pasi Pallihiki!
An intense looking Pasi Pallihiki took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'DO YOU KNOW HOW MY BALLS ARE SMELLING ??'.