PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Memphis Klaspinowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Ritter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blake Ritter will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Klaspinowski
vs
Ritter

190 cm
22
225 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
23
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Memphis Klaspinowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blake Ritter!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Klaspinowski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ritter, pushing him back against the ropes.

Klaspinowski has picked Ritter up - he's going for a ride! Klaspinowski dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ritter wants to improve his position but Klaspinowski is controlling well.
Klaspinowski scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ritter tries to get to full guard but Klaspinowski has control of the leg.
Ritter on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ritter misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ritter gets back to full guard.
Klaspinowski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Ritter has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Klaspinowski can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Klaspinowski is looking to work some ground and pound but Ritter has wrist control.
Klaspinowski lands a couple of elbows.
Ritter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ritter lands a decent shot there.

Ritter is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ritter is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritter lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Klaspinowski!
Klaspinowski keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ritter won't let Klaspinowski get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Ritter landing strikes from the mount and Klaspinowski is in trouble!
Klaspinowski is trying to stand up.

Ritter is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Klaspinowski has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Klaspinowski!
Ritter bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Klaspinowski's guard.
Ritter throwing strikes but missing.
Klaspinowski wants to get back to his feet but Ritter is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritter trying to control but Klaspinowski is working from the bottom.
Klaspinowski is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ritter is controlling him.
Ritter lands a couple of elbows.
Ritter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Klaspinowski has his feet on Ritter's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ritter.
Ritter blocks a leg kick.

Ritter closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Klaspinowski is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klaspinowski takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Klaspinowski pushes Ritter away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Ritter gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Ritter lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Klaspinowski down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klaspinowski is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ritter connects with a decent elbow.
Ritter landing strikes.
Ritter cracks Klaspinowski with a big elbow.
Ritter scores with a couple of short elbows.
Klaspinowski is trying to control Ritter's posture but Ritter avoids it.
Klaspinowski on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Klaspinowski is trying to get back to half guard.
Ritter working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ritter trying to control the position but Klaspinowski is working away.
Klaspinowski taking punishment in the form of punches.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ritter grinds an elbow into Klaspinowski's temple.
Ritter lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ritter working the head and body with strikes.
Klaspinowski is looking to regain half guard here but Ritter keeps moving and retains side control.
Klaspinowski struggling a bit here.
Klaspinowski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ritter on the ground.
Klaspinowski is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ritter connects with a decent elbow.
Ritter works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Ritter working the head and body with strikes.
Ritter works to advance to full mount. Klaspinowski defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Klaspinowski is in a horrible position here. Ritter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klaspinowski is squirming around, avoiding Ritter's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ritter landing strikes from the mount.

Ritter working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Klaspinowski is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blake Ritter dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ritter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Klaspinowski circles away.
Klaspinowski lands with a nice combination. Ritter backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Blake Ritter has been cut.
Klaspinowski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Klaspinowski closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ritter to the mat! Ritter manages to get full guard.
Klaspinowski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ritter striking from the bottom here.
Ritter tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Ritter throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ritter has momentary wrist control but Klaspinowski slips an elbow through the middle.
Klaspinowski scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ritter can't keep his opponent in guard - Klaspinowski advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Klaspinowski lands a nice short elbow.
Klaspinowski 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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritter tries to get to full guard but Klaspinowski has control of the leg.

Ritter looking for submissions off his back.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Klaspinowski connects with a nice short shot to Ritter's temple.
Klaspinowski drops an elbow to the side of Ritter's head.
Klaspinowski lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Klaspinowski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ritter missing with punches from the bottom.
Klaspinowski working over Ritter with some ground and pound. Ritter looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Klaspinowski thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ritter's head.
Ritter is looking to control Klaspinowski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ritter avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Klaspinowski lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Klaspinowski throwing shots but Ritter is blocking nicely.
Ritter flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ritter circles away from the clinch attempt.

Klaspinowski drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ritter is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Klaspinowski's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Klaspinowski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Klaspinowski seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Ritter trying to control here.
Ritter regains full guard. Nicely done.

Ritter has his foot on Klaspinowski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Klaspinowski works his way back into a safe position though.
Klaspinowski trying to control but Ritter is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klaspinowski stopping the sweep attempt from Ritter.
Klaspinowski is working Ritter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ritter will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Klaspinowski thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Ritter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ritter keeping moving, preventing Klaspinowski from controlling successfully.
Klaspinowski wants to pass the guard but Ritter is keeping the position.
Ritter is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Klaspinowski is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ritter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ritter is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Klaspinowski is not content to let Ritter control the position.
Klaspinowski trying to control here.
Ritter tries to pass to full mount but Klaspinowski defends it.
Ritter is keen to just control but Klaspinowski is a slippery customer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ritter wants to work for an arm triangle but Klaspinowski is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Klaspinowski regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ritter.
Klaspinowski wants to stand but Ritter is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Memphis Klaspinowski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Blake Ritter's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ritter closes the distance and clinches up with Klaspinowski, looking for a takedown. Ritter pushes Klaspinowski against the ropes but Klaspinowski circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Memphis Klaspinowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klaspinowski misses with a double jab

and Ritter decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Klaspinowski's guard.
Klaspinowski looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ritter wants to pass the guard but Klaspinowski is keeping the position.
Ritter wants to control from the top but Klaspinowski keeps moving.
Ritter is looking to work some ground and pound but Klaspinowski has wrist control.
Klaspinowski thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Ritter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Klaspinowski working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Klaspinowski wants to get back to his feet but Ritter is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ritter defending well as Klaspinowski loads up on a big left hand.
Ritter tries for a takedown but Klaspinowski circles away easily
and Klaspinowski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A jab from Klaspinowski does it's job there.
Klaspinowski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ritter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Klaspinowski throws out the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Ritter blocks the leg kick.
Ritter misses with a takedown attempt
and Klaspinowski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Memphis Klaspinowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blake Ritter.
Klaspinowski throws a combination that misses

and Ritter counters with a single leg into guard. Klaspinowski didn't expect that.
Klaspinowski looking for a sweep. Not yet Klaspinowski, not yet.
Ritter postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Klaspinowski scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Ritter is trying hard to land a takedown here. Klaspinowski sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice defenses there by Ritter.
Ritter has a takedown stuffed.
Memphis Klaspinowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danga de danga de dang - Klaspinowski scores with a four punch combination!
Klaspinowski misses with an uppercut.
Klaspinowski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ritter.
Klaspinowski throws a lazy right hand but Ritter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ritter tries for a takedown but Klaspinowski circles away easily
and Ritter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klaspinowski attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ritter moves out of range of the leg kick from Klaspinowski.
Ritter moves out of range of the strikes.
Ritter with a poor takedown
and Klaspinowski counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ritter is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ritter fails with a takedown attempt.
Klaspinowski looks to score with a jab to the body but Ritter is just out of range.
Ritter gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Klaspinowski counters with a series of strikes. Ritter will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ritter moves away from the strike by Klaspinowski.
Klaspinowski misses with a takedown attempt

and Ritter counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klaspinowski trying to control the position.
Ritter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Klaspinowski is keeping the position for now.
Ritter is working Klaspinowski over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ritter won't allow Klaspinowski to sweep him here.
Ritter working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Klaspinowski's head.
Klaspinowski is trying to keep Ritter in close.
Ritter works over Klaspinowski with some ground and pound from guard.
Ritter lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ritter shoots and misses
and Klaspinowski counters with a stiff right hand.

Klaspinowski feints and as Ritter raises his hands in defense, Klaspinowski changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Klaspinowski tries to free his leg and advance position but Ritter is retaining full guard.
Klaspinowski is working hard here to advance position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Blake Ritter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ritter 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blake Ritter!