PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henrik Sigurdsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikko Leskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leskinen has chosen Imagine Dragons - Radioactive as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sigurdsson
vs
Leskinen

193 cm
25
270 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Steel Penn's All 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henrik Sigurdsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikko Leskinen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leskinen wants to land a leg kick but Sigurdsson is out of range.
Leskinen misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Sigurdsson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Leskinen's guard now.
Leskinen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Leskinen striking off his back but it's not causing Sigurdsson any problems.
Sigurdsson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sigurdsson throws a big right hand that misses.
Leskinen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sigurdsson postures up in Leskinen's guard and throws a big left but Leskinen blocks it.
Leskinen trying to control the position.
Sigurdsson pushes down on Leskinen's leg and manages to get into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sigurdsson throwing shots but Leskinen is blocking nicely.
Leskinen is refusing to be controlled, as Sigurdsson sits in half guard.
Sigurdsson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Leskinen is trying to get back to full guard.
Sigurdsson trying to control the action but Leskinen is working from the bottom.
Leskinen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigurdsson throwing shots but Leskinen is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leskinen tries to get to full guard but Sigurdsson has control of the leg.
Sigurdsson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sigurdsson 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.
Sigurdsson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Leskinen wants to control but Sigurdsson is keeping busy.
Sigurdsson is trying to control the action in half guard but Leskinen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Leskinen is trying to get back to full guard.
Sigurdsson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Leskinen wants to control but Sigurdsson is keeping busy.
Sigurdsson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leskinen flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sigurdsson lands a nice short elbow.

Leskinen is defending against the submission attempts here by Sigurdsson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sigurdsson wants to control but Leskinen is keeping him busy.
Leskinen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Leskinen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sigurdsson is one step ahead there.
Sigurdsson throws a big right hand that misses.
Leskinen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sigurdsson throws an elbow that misses. Leskinen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sigurdsson's guard. Nice move by Leskinen!
Leskinen works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigurdsson trying to control but Leskinen postures up.
Leskinen trying to pass the guard but Sigurdsson defending well.
Leskinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Leskinen thows a huge punch but Sigurdsson dodges it nicely.
Sigurdsson tries to get to full guard but Leskinen has control of the leg.
Sigurdsson trying to control from the bottom.
Leskinen trying to control the action but Sigurdsson is working from the bottom.
Sigurdsson is controlling Leskinen's trapped leg to prevent Leskinen from advancing to side control.
Leskinen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sigurdsson 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.
Leskinen lands strikes from half guard.
Leskinen thows a huge punch but Sigurdsson dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sigurdsson looking for submissions off his back.
Still in half guard, Leskinen seems content to control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leskinen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sigurdsson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sigurdsson wants to control but Leskinen is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Leskinen 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.
Leskinen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leskinen working the head and body with strikes.
Sigurdsson wants to sweep but Leskinen has passed to side control!
Leskinen is chipping away with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Henrik Sigurdsson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Leskinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Sigurdsson misses.
Leskinen shoots in but Sigurdsson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sigurdsson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leskinen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sigurdsson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Leskinen.
Leskinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sigurdsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leskinen takes a swing at Sigurdsson's ribcage but misses.
Leskinen misses with a body punch

and Sigurdsson counters with a single leg into guard. Leskinen didn't expect that.
Leskinen keeping moving, preventing Sigurdsson from controlling successfully.
Sigurdsson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Leskinen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sigurdsson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sigurdsson trying to control but Leskinen is working from the bottom.
Sigurdsson throws a big right hand that misses.
Leskinen trying to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Leskinen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Leskinen striking off his back.
Sigurdsson chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Leskinen trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Leskinen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sigurdsson.
Sigurdsson trying to control but Leskinen is working from the bottom.

Leskinen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sigurdsson throws a big right hand that misses.
Henrik Sigurdsson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sigurdsson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Leskinen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sigurdsson looking to sit in guard and control but Leskinen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sigurdsson seems keen to control Leskinen's posture.
Leskinen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Leskinen working some strikes from top position.

It looks like Henrik Sigurdsson has been cut.
Leskinen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sigurdsson managing to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigurdsson wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Leskinen is now in half guard.
Sigurdsson is looking for a sweep. Leskinen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Leskinen working the head and body with strikes.
Sigurdsson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sigurdsson is trying to control but can't.
Sigurdsson tries to get to full guard but Leskinen has control of the leg.
Leskinen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sigurdsson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sigurdsson gets back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leskinen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sigurdsson wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Leskinen is now in half guard.

Leskinen is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leskinen works his foot free and advances to mount.
Leskinen scoring with strikes but Sigurdsson is staying in there.

Henrik Sigurdsson's cut is getting worse.
Leskinen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Jeez, Henrik Sigurdsson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Henrik Sigurdsson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mikko Leskinen!
Mikko Leskinen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.