PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Risto Rytina (ranked 1505 p4p, 2612 weight class) and Bobby Minnagh (ranked 225 p4p, 351 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rytina
vs
Minnagh

190 cm
24
215
5 - 4 - 0

205 cm
25
220
7 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Risto Rytina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby Minnagh!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rytina lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Bobby Minnagh has been cut.
Rytina tries to clinch but Minnagh is having none of it.
Rytina throws a poor cross that misses
and Minnagh counters with a nice uppercut.
Rytina moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Rytina gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rytina blocks a body shot from Minnagh.
Minnagh tries a body shot but Rytina blocks it.

Minnagh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rytina wants to clinch
and Minnagh connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rytina connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rytina rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Minnagh counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rytina tries to clinch but Minnagh moves out of range.
Rytina scores with a jab to the head.
Minnagh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rytina.
Rytina checks the leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rytina.

Minnagh gets tackled into the cage by Rytina. Rytina maintains the clinch.
Rytina has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Minnagh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Minnagh with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rytina to score with a decent uppercut.
Minnagh feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rytinas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Minnagh lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rytina takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Minnagh takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rytina connects with a right hand. Minnagh shakes it off.

That has opened up Bobby Minnagh's cut even more.
Minnagh on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rytina misses the shot to the body.
Rytina tries to clinch up.
Minnagh lands a high kick!
Minnagh slips under a jab.
Rytina throws the left hand but Minnagh avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minnagh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rytina jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Minnagh tries a quick counter leg kick but Rytina is wise to it.
Rytina misses with a leg kick
and Minnagh counters with a nice uppercut.

Rytina moves into the clinch.
Minnagh can't break the clinch.
Rytina pushes Minnagh back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Minnagh has a couple of punches blocked by Rytina.
Minnagh tries to work over Rytina's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rytina.
Minnagh misses with a punch to the body.

Minnagh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rytina throws a right hand that misses
and Minnagh counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minnagh takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

The cut above Bobby Minnagh's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rytina on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
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!
Rytina throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Minnagh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Minnagh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rytina.
Rytina throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Minnagh to counter with a crisp jab.
Minnagh misses with a kick to the body.
Rytina throwing a counter right hand but Minnagh manages to avoid it.
Minnagh dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rytina. That did some damage!
Rytina waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Minnagh.
A jab from Rytina does it's job there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Risto Rytina will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bobby Minnagh's cut.
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.

Minnagh moves out of range of the strikes.
Rytina rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Minnagh counter with a right hand.
Rytina scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Rytina throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Minnagh has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Minnagh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rytina.
Minnagh misses with a lunging right hand
and Rytina counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Bobby Minnagh's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rytina rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Minnagh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rytina throws a leg kick that is checked
and Minnagh counters with a good, hard body kick but Rytina shrugs it off.
Rytina tries to clinch but Minnagh moves away
and Minnagh counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Rytina misses.
Minnagh tries a quick counter leg kick but Rytina is wise to it.
Rytina throws out a loose jab but Minnagh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rytina misses with a right hand
and Minnagh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rytina throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Minnagh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rytina lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rytina thumps Minnagh with a low kick.
Rytina misses with a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Minnagh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rytina tries to work over Minnagh's front leg with a kick but Minnagh checks it.
Minnagh let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Minnagh throws a low kick, looking for Rytina's leg but Rytina calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minnagh checks the leg kick nicely there.
Minnagh counters with a body kick.
Minnagh scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Minnagh attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Minnagh lands a slapping body shot.
Rytina throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rytina misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Minnagh counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Minnagh blocks a jab.
Rytina looks to clinch
and Minnagh counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rytina.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Risto Rytina!
During a confident post fight interview, Risto Rytina thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.