PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joey Crash (ranked 5533 p4p, 2727 weight class) and Cau Ryhein (ranked 469 p4p, 306 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crash
vs
Ryhein

175 cm
20
168
2 - 3 - 0

181 cm
21
157
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joey Crash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cau Ryhein!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Crash misses its intended target.
Crash checks a leg kick.
Ryhein moves out of range of the strikes.
Crash fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ryhein throws a leg kick but Crash sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ryhein is looking to slow Crash down with leg kicks.
Crash swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crash moves out of range as Ryhein throws a body kick.
Crash swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ryhein throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crash waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ryhein.
Crash defending well as Ryhein loads up on a big left hand.
Ryhein throws the kick towards the body but Crash avoids it.
Ryhein tries to clinch up but Crash circles away and keeps his distance.
Crash is looking to counter punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crash throws a series of punches but Ryhein avoids them all with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ryhein! But no joy.
Crash throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Crash throws a looping overhand right but Ryhein ducks down to avoid it.
Crash throws a shot from downtown. Ryhein moves away and avoids it.
Crash swinging wildly here.
Ryhein takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Crash jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ryhein throws an overhand right that lands on Crash's shoulder, as Crash tries to avoid the shot.
A punch combination from Crash misses.
Ryhein tries a quick counter leg kick but Crash is wise to it.
Crash thuds a left hand into Ryhein's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crash tries to move into range but Ryhein moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Crash misses with a looping left.
Crash throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crash connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crash will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crash loads up on a big right hand but Ryhein slips the punch.
Ryhein misses with a body kick.
Crash getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ryhein throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crash.
Ryhein dips to his left and cracks Crash with an uppercut!
Ryhein throws a leg kick but Crash moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryhein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crash was well out of range. Poor timing from Ryhein.
Ryhein scores with a crisp jab that stopped Crash in his tracks.
Crash scores with a nice strike.
Crash throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Ryhein to counter with a crisp jab.
Crash defending well as Ryhein loads up on a big left hand.
Crash blocks a low kick nicely.
Ryhein throws a big shot that misses.
Crash tests Ryhein's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ryhein throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crash slips a straight right by Ryhein.
Crash looks to land a right hand but Ryhein moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryhein throws a chopping leg kick but Crash manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A swing and a miss from Crash.
It seemed like Ryhein was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ryhein misses the shot to the body.
Crash moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crash throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ryhein throws a big counter head kick but Crash avoids it with no problem.
Crash uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ryhein has time to react.
Ryhein lands a jab.
A head kick misses from Ryhein.
Crash sizes up Ryhein with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A jab lands there for Crash.
Ryhein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crash is looking for a counter combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Crash dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Crash misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crash on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ryhein chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crash keeps the fight on the outside.
Crash misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ryhein on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Crash connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Crash drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crash changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ryhein looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Crash jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crash chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ryhein can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryhein misses with a series of wild punches.
Crash misses with a few strikes there.
Crash misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crash lands a two punch combo.
Ryhein scores with a spinning back kick!
Ryhein dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crash. That did some damage!
Joey Crash is winning the standup battle so far.
Crash looks to land a right hand but Ryhein moved out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ryhein.
Ryhein cracks Crash with an open hand slap.
Crash with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryhein throws a hook but Crash blocks it.
Crash lands a nice hook to Ryhein's body. Ryhein takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ryhein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crash.
Ryhein defending well as Crash loads up on a big left hand.
Ryhein flicks out a counter leg kick but Crash steps away.
Crash avoids the head kick by Ryhein.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ryhein.
Ryhein tries a head kick but it misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Crash misses its target.
The fighters circling - Crash throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ryhein swinging wildly here.
Crash misses with a looping right.
Ryhein loads up on a big right hand but Crash slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crash avoids the head kick by Ryhein.
Crash on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ryhein. Ryhein obviously looking to wear him down.
Ryhein dodges the punch combination from Crash.
Ryhein throws a nice looking combination but Crash bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crash lands with a right hand.
Ryhein on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ryhein takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Crash takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ryhein misses with the body kick
and Crash connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice jab there from Ryhein.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryhein defending well as Crash loads up on a big left hand.
Ryhein is looking for the big counter here.
Ryhein lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crash takes one to the side of the head.
Crash lands a nice looking body shot.
Ryhein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crash.
Ryhein slips under a jab.
Ryhein displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crash throws out the jab.
Ryhein looks to land a body kick but Crash moved away.
Crash swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ryhein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crash.
Crash takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Ryhein might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Crash has got the better of the exchanges.
Crash connects with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Joey Crash will probably get the nod.
That's time! Crash's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Crash cracks Ryhein with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Crash throws a jab when Ryhein was well out of range.
Ryhein looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Ryhein throws a right hand that misses
and Crash connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ryhein ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Crash.
Ryhein replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Crash blocks it well.
Ryhein slips under a jab from Crash.
Crash tries to bum rush Ryhein with a series of wild strikes but Ryhein uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ryhein was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Ryhein takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crash is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ryhein can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ryhein misses with a body shot.
Ryhein thumps Crash with a low kick.
Crash takes a swing at Ryhein's ribcage but misses.
Crash blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ryhein clinches up against the cage.
Ryhein doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crash gets through Ryhein's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ryhein has Crash pressed against the cage.
Crash lands with a right to the head.
Crash lands a shoulder strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Crash.
Ryhein misses with a punch to the body.

Crash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryhein bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Crash looks to land a left hand but Ryhein moved out of range nicely.
Ryhein was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Crash lands with a good body shot.
Crash lands a nice looking body shot.
Cau Ryhein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joey Crash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryhein throws a right hand that misses
and Crash counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crash on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ryhein throws a low kick but it's checked well by Crash.
It looked like Crash wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Crash's corner calls for a 1-2. Crash obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ryhein thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ryhein misses with a lunging right hand
and Crash cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crash wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ryhein misses with a wild combination.
Sloppy strikes from Crash. Those never looked like landing.
Ryhein looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Crash lands a nice hook to Ryhein's body. Ryhein takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryhein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crash.
Crash with a jab.
Crash fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ryhein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ryhein misses with a leg kick
and Crash counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A clash of legs there as Crash blocks the low kick.
Crash swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ryhein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crash.
Ryhein is looking to clinch but Crash is avoiding it.
Crash tries to bum rush Ryhein with a series of wild strikes but Ryhein uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ryhein moves away from the strike by Crash.
Ryhein connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crash misses with a straight right.
Ryhein looks for the body kick but Crash saw that one coming.
It looked like Crash wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Crash scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Crash moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ryhein tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Crash is able to avoid easily.
A little feinted left hand from Crash on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ryhein.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crash falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ryhein counters with a nice uppercut.
Ryhein throws a nice inside leg kick.
Crash is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ryhein defending well as Crash loads up on a big left hand.
Crash moves out of range as Ryhein strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Crash showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crash has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Crash!
Joey Crash seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.