PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Smack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riddick Riddler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smack
vs
Riddler

185 cm
19
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Smack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Riddick Riddler!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riddler misses with a few strikes there.
Riddler throws a leg kick but Smack moved away.

Smack closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Riddler avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Smack.
Riddler is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Smack is controlling him well.
Riddler regains half guard, as Smack was trying to land strikes.
Smack throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Smack throwing shots but Riddler is blocking nicely.
Smack not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Riddler manages to get to full guard.
Smack missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Riddler wants to sweep but no luck.
Riddler seems keen to control Smack's posture.
Smack prevents Riddler from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smack throws and elbow that misses. Riddler uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Smack's guard. Nice move by Riddler!
Smack is striking but Riddler is not phased and passes to half guard.
Smack is looking to get back to full guard here but Riddler has managed to pass to side control instead.
Smack on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Smack tries to get out of the position.
Smack swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Smack throwing hammer fists to the chest of Riddler. What's that going to do exactly?
Riddler trying to control but Smack is having none of it.
Smack throwing hammer fists to the chest of Riddler. What's that going to do exactly?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Smack is looking to improve his position but Riddler isn't that keen on the idea.
Riddler tries to control but Smack wriggling away.
Smack is trying to reverse the position but instead Riddler has taken his back - oops!
Riddler keeps control of the position as Smack tries to break free.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Riddler's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Riddler keeps control of the position as Smack tries to break free.
Smack is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riddler wants to control but Smack is keeping busy.
Smack tries to escape but Riddler has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smack tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Smack swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Riddler looking to control and managing it successfully.
Riddler trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Riddler manages to capitalize on a mistake by Smack to take his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Smack tries to break free.
Good control from Riddler.
Riddler has the hooks in. Smack is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Smack prevents Riddler from getting a body triangle.
Riddler is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
I really don't envy Smack right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riddick Riddler dominated that round.
That's time! Smack's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A combination from Riddler does no damage.
Riddler throws a nice looking combination but Smack bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Riddler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riddler throws a combination. Smack tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Riddler tries to clinch there but Smack circles away.
Riddler swinging wilding here.
Riddler throws a low kick but it's checked well by Smack.

Smack scores a takedown into full mount!
Riddler is desperately trying to improve his position but Smack has a good base and remains in mount.
Smack scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Smack in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The referee warns Riddler that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riddler is looking to get to half guard.
Riddler wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddler keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Smack punishing his opponent with strikes.
Riddler can't escape the position.
Smack working Riddler over with strikes here.
Smack fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smack with shots to the head and body - Riddler looks very uncomfortable down there.
Smack lands with some strikes.
Riddler really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Smack is landing with some decent strikes but Riddler is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Smack breaks from Riddler's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smack lands a nice shot to the head.
Riddler is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Smack thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Riddler squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Smack looking to ground and pound but Riddler is blocking nicely.
Riddler holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Smack tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Smack throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Smack throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Smack throwing strikes here but Riddler is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Smack there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Riddler is trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smack putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Riddler slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Smack not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Smack 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.
Riddler wants to control but Smack is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Smack lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Riddler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Riddler is doing well to control the position and prevent Smack from advancing to side control.
Riddler has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smack is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smack shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Riddler as he jumps to the side.
Smack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riddler throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Riddler throws a nice looking combination but Smack bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Riddler darts in and clinches Smack up against the cage.
Smack has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Riddler avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Riddler.
Riddler avoiding damage.
Smack is trying to drag Riddler to the mat but Riddler just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Smack. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riddler lands a good knee to the midsection. Smack won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Smack dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Smack shoots in for a double leg but Riddler sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Riddler tries to clinch but Smack is having none of it.
Smack keeps the fight on the outside.
Riddler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riddler moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Jason Smack has been cut.
Riddler misses with a double jab.
Riddler doesn't manage to clinch there - Smack circles away.
Riddler misses with a series of wild punches.

Smack scores with a takedown into Riddler's guard.
Riddler wants to stand up but Smack is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smack landing with the ground and pound.
Riddler has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smack working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smack throws and elbow that misses. Riddler uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Smack's guard. Nice move by Riddler!
Smack throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Riddler has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Smack is proving hard to escape from.
Smack doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Smack keeping moving, preventing Riddler from controlling successfully.
Smack trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Riddler lands a jab-cross combination.
Smack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smack looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Smack slips a jab and a cross from Riddler.
Smack avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smack fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Smack. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riddler misses with a series of wild punches.
Smack looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice takedown defense from Riddler. No joy for Smack on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddler scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Riddler motions for Smack to come forward. Riddler throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Smack shoots for a double leg takedown but Riddler sprawls well. He's pushed Smack's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Riddler misses with a wild combination.
Smack showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riddler.
Riddler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riddler moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jason Smack is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Riddler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smack.
Smack avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smack shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Riddler sprawls well. Riddler wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smack gets slowly back to his feet.
Riddler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smack fails with a takedown attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smack goes for a takedown in the clinch but Riddler prevents it.
Riddler prevents a takedown attempt there.
Riddler lands a left hand.

Riddler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riddick Riddler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riddler misses with the combination.
Riddler is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Riddler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Riddler throws a series of punches but Smack moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Riddick Riddler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Riddler has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Riddick Riddler!