PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Saku Sammakko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Torsten Ostergaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sammakko's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Saku Sammakko. Ostergaard has chosen Bad Street, Atlanta, GA as his entrance music. Torsten Ostergaard acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Sammakko
vs
Ostergaard

171 cm
30
168 lbs
20 - 15 - 0

183 cm
26
165 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite 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 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saku Sammakko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Torsten Ostergaard!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ostergaard lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ostergaard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sammakko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ostergaard misses the shot to the body.
Ostergaard scores with a nice strike.
Sammakko tries to clinch but Ostergaard moves out of range.
Ostergaard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sammakko is able to avoid easily.

Sammakko moves into the clinch.
Ostergaard has a couple of punches blocked by Sammakko.
Sammakko swings wildly with an uppercut but Ostergaard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sammakko misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sammakko throws an elbow but misses.
Ostergaard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sammakko works on Ostergaard's body with a couple of short punches.
Sammakko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A shot in the inside from Sammakko.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Sammakko.
Sammakko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ostergaard avoids it.
Ostergaard is trying to force a seperation but Sammakko has the dominant position.
Ostergaard lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sammakko lands a hook that snaps the head of Ostergaard backwards.
Ostergaard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sammakko's elbow.
Ostergaard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sammakko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ostergaard wants to get back to striking at distance but Sammakko won't allow it.
Ostergaard tries to work over Sammakko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sammakko is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sammakko lands an elbow that stopped Ostergaard in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Torsten Ostergaard has been cut.
Ostergaard blocks an elbow strike from Sammakko.
Sammakko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sammakko fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sammakko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ostergaard's brow.
Ostergaard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ostergaard tries a body shot but Sammakko blocks it.
Ostergaard blocks an uppercut.
Sammakko has a couple of punches blocked by Ostergaard.
Sammakko can't find room to land a body shot as Ostergaard controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ostergaard pushes Sammakko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Sammakko throws an elbow but misses.
Ostergaard tries a body shot but Sammakko blocks it.
Sammakko misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ostergaard - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ostergaard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sammakko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sammakko throws an elbow that misses.
Ostergaard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sammakko tries a body shot but Ostergaard blocks it.
Sammakko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ostergaard's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ostergaard.
Sammakko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ostergaard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sammakko prevents a body shot from Ostergaard.
Sammakko throws a head punch that misses.
Ostergaard misses with a punch on the inside.
Ostergaard lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ostergaard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ostergaard will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sammakko up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sammakko throws an elbow but misses.
Ostergaard blocks an uppercut.
Ostergaard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sammakko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ostergaard gets underhooks to prevent Sammakko's takedown attempt.
Nice elbow from Ostergaard.
Sammakko is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ostergaard is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saku Sammakko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ostergaard lands with a left to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Ostergaard.
Ostergaard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sammakko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sammakko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sammakko working Ostergaard over with knees to the body.
Sammakko lands an elbow inside that Ostergaard shrugs off.
Sammakko lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ostergaard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sammakko avoids it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ostergaard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sammakko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sammakko lands an elbow just above Ostergaard 's eye.
Sammakko lands with a light punch inside.
Ostergaard dodges an elbow strike from Sammakko.
Sammakko lands a damaging elbow.
Sammakko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ostergaard's defenses.
Ostergaard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sammakko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ostergaard.
Sammakko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ostergaard taking a breather.
Sammakko misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saku Sammakko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Torsten Ostergaard's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sammakko blocks a head kick by Ostergaard.
Ostergaard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sammakko was well out of range. Poor timing from Ostergaard.
Sammakko is looking to clinch but Ostergaard is avoiding it.
Ostergaard moves out of range of the strikes.
Sammakko throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ostergaard.
Sammakko tries to clinch up but Ostergaard circles away and keeps his distance.
Sammakko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ostergaard cracks the inside of Sammakko's front leg.
Sammakko connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sammakko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ostergaard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ostergaard swings for the body but Sammakko moves out of range.
Sammakko moves out of range as Ostergaard throws a body kick.
Sammakko just misses with a punch to the body.
Sammakko on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ostergaard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ostergaard misses with a body shot.
Sammakko tries a head kick but it misses.
Sammakko throws a lazy right hand but Ostergaard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Torsten Ostergaard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sammakko scores with a nice head shot.
Ostergaard lands with a right hand.
Ostergaard with a jab.
A punch combination from Sammakko misses.
Ostergaard throws a jab but it's blocked by Sammakko.
Sammakko shoots for a takedown but Ostergaard saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sammakko misses with a straight left.
Sammakko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sammakko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sammakko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sammakko thows a body shot but no joy.
Ostergaard throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ostergaard cracks a nice hook into Sammakko's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ostergaard throws a low kick, looking for Sammakko's leg but Sammakko calmly moves out of range.
Torsten Ostergaard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ostergaard throws a series of punches but Sammakko moves out of range.
Ostergaard has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sammakko checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ostergaard tests Sammakko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ostergaard fails to land with a series of punches.
Sammakko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sammakko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sammakko takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sammakko swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ostergaard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sammakko circles away quickly and effectively.

Sammakko darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Sammakko wants to work for an arm triangle but Ostergaard is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sammakko looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Sammakko seems to be looking for submissions.
Ostergaard won't allow Sammakko to pass to mount.
Ostergaard makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ostergaard.
Ostergaard is trying to keep Sammakko in close.
Ostergaard keeping moving, preventing Sammakko from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sammakko stopping the sweep attempt from Ostergaard.
Sammakko looking to pass the guard.
Sammakko wants to control from the top but Ostergaard keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Saku Sammakko.
Nice defenses there by Sammakko.
Torsten Ostergaard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ostergaard connects with a nice looking jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ostergaard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sammakko was well out of range. Poor timing from Ostergaard.
Ostergaard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sammakko's head backwards.
Sammakko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ostergaard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Torsten Ostergaard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Torsten Ostergaard's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ostergaard scores with a three punch combo!
A head kick misses from Ostergaard.
Sammakko swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Ostergaard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sammakko throws a hook but Ostergaard blocks it.
Sammakko throws a chopping leg kick but Ostergaard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sammakko cracks Ostergaard with a good jab.
Sammakko misses with an uppercut.
Ostergaard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sammakko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Sammakko misses.
Sammakko throws a jab when Ostergaard was well out of range.
Nice cross by Sammakko.
Sammakko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sammakko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ostergaard.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ostergaard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sammakko lands an overhand right.
Ostergaard misses with a body shot.
Sammakko misses with a straight left.
Sammakko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ostergaard to score with a decent uppercut.
Sammakko shoots in and drives through. Ostergaard sprawls well.
Ostergaard thows a body shot but no joy.
Ostergaard scores with a spinning back kick!

Sammakko drives through and clinches with Ostergaard against the cage.
Sammakko throws a head punch that misses.
Ostergaard lands with a light punch inside.
Knees to the body from Sammakko.
Sammakko throws an elbow but it misses.
Ostergaard struggles to land a body shot inside as Sammakko controls his hands.
Ostergaard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sammakko misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ostergaard takes an elbow to the temple.
Sammakko throws a head punch that misses.
Ostergaard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ostergaard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ostergaard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ostergaard lands a right hand.
Sammakko is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ostergaard is defending well.
A hook to the body from Sammakko.
Sammakko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sammakko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ostergaard blocks it with crossed arms.
Ostergaard lands an elbow inside that Sammakko shrugs off.
Ostergaard misses with a body punch.
Sammakko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ostergaard blocks an elbow strike from Sammakko.
Ostergaard lands a hook that snaps the head of Sammakko backwards.
Ostergaard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ostergaard struggles to land a body shot inside as Sammakko controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ostergaard has Sammakko pressed against the cage.
Ostergaard trying to stall but Sammakko improves his position.
Ostergaard tries to throw a body punch but Sammakko avoids it by throwing Ostergaard back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ostergaard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sammakko lands a damaging elbow.
Ostergaard is stalling here.
Sammakko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sammakko.
Sammakko gets through Ostergaard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sammakko prevents a body shot from Ostergaard.
Sammakko throws an elbow that misses.
Sammakko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ostergaard avoids it.
Saku Sammakko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ostergaard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sammakko backwards.
Ostergaard avoids the elbow strike from Sammakko, against the cage.
Ostergaard lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sammakko misses with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Sammakko.
Sammakko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sammakko has a couple of punches blocked by Ostergaard.
Ostergaard lands an uppercut.
Sammakko lands a hook that snaps the head of Ostergaard backwards.
Sammakko throws a head punch that misses.
Ostergaard blocks an elbow strike.
A short left from Ostergaard.
Sammakko tries to pull guard but Ostergaard holds him up against the cage and eventually Sammakko drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saku Sammakko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ostergaard avoids a wild elbow strike from Sammakko.

Sammakko gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Ostergaard looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ostergaard is trying to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Saku Sammakko.
I think Sammakko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!