PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Cappuccino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reijo Ruthman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cappuccino comes to the cage accompanied by I Shot the Sheriff. Ruthman has chosen Special Teamz - Get Down as his entrance music. Al Cappuccino has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cappuccino
vs
Ruthman

192 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Al Cappuccino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reijo Ruthman!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruthman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ruthman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cappuccino lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ruthman's sensitive parts.
Cappuccino throws a front kick that sends Ruthman stumbling back into the cage.
Cappuccino fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ruthman.
Ruthman looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Cappuccino moves into the clinch.
Cappuccino connects with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cappuccino obliges.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.

Cappuccino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Cappuccino rushes Ruthman and presses him up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cappuccino.
Cappuccino landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cappuccino crunches a lovely knee into Ruthman's ribcage.
Ruthman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cappuccino just leaning against Ruthman, taking a breather.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cappuccino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ruthman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cappuccino scores a nice knee to the body.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the body.
Cappuccino working Ruthman over with knees to the body.
Cappuccino has Ruthman pressed against the cage.
Ruthman has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cappuccino is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Ruthman gets control of Cappuccino's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ruthman will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Ruthman has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cappuccino can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cappuccino pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ruthman is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino controlling from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cappuccino trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ruthman trying to keep a closed guard but Cappuccino is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthman might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Cappuccino kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Ruthman is looking for a triangle but Cappuccino pushes his legs off easily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Cappuccino gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ruthman jumps guard but Cappuccino stands there with Ruthman around his waist. Ruthman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Cappuccino.

Cappuccino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ruthman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cappuccino.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino works over Ruthman's head and body with a nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cappuccino clinches.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.
Ruthman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cappuccino walks away with a smile on his face. Ruthman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Al Cappuccino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reijo Ruthman.
Ruthman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cappuccino counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruthman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cappuccino.
Ruthman misses with a body punch
and Cappuccino finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Cappuccino darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A jab lands there for Cappuccino.

Cappuccino closes the distance and clinches.
Cappuccino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cappuccino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cappuccino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruthman's face.
Cappuccino connects with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ruthman tries to pull guard but Cappuccino holds him up against the cage and eventually Ruthman drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Cappuccino dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cappuccino cracks a nice hook into Ruthman's ribs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruthman can do to turn this around?
Ruthman looks to land a left hand but Cappuccino moved out of range nicely.
Ruthman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cappuccino can pounce on him.

Cappuccino gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cappuccino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruthman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cappuccino scores with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino working Ruthman over with knees to the body.
Cappuccino scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body.
Cappuccino leaning his opponent against the cage.
Al Cappuccino has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ruthman fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cappuccino obliges.
Ruthman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cappuccino scores a nice knee to the body.
Cappuccino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruthman's face.
Cappuccino scores with a knee to the head.
Ruthman tries to pull guard but Cappuccino holds him up against the cage and eventually Ruthman drops back down to his feet.

Cappuccino breaks the clinch.
Ruthman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cappuccino finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Ruthman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cappuccino finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Cappuccino scores with the left hand. Ruthman knows he should have avoided that one.
Cappuccino scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino lands with a straight right. Ruthman didn't see that one coming.

Cappuccino rushes Ruthman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ruthman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Al Cappuccino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reijo Ruthman.
Come on Cappuccino - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Cappuccino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cappuccino tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ruthman counters with a nice body shot.
Ruthman throws a hook but Cappuccino avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Ruthman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cappuccino tries to clinch but Ruthman moves out of range.
Al Cappuccino is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruthman tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Cappuccino moves into the clinch.

Cappuccino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cappuccino chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino scores with a three punch combo!
Ruthman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cappuccino defends it nicely.

Cappuccino closes the distance and clinches.

Cappuccino breaks the clinch.
Cappuccino bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cappuccino scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ruthman throws a big shot that misses.
Ruthman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cappuccino. Cappuccino obviously looking to wear him down.
Cappuccino is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Cappuccino darts in and clinches Ruthman up against the cage.
Cappuccino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruthman's face.
Ruthman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cappuccino smiles and moves away.
Cappuccino tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruthman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino just misses with a punch to the body.
Cappuccino misses with a two punch combination.
Ruthman lands the left hand.
Cappuccino scores with a jab. Ruthman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cappuccino loads up on a big right hand but Ruthman slips the punch.
Ruthman misses the shot to the body.
Ruthman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruthman wants to clinch up but Cappuccino keeps it at a distance.
Ruthman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cappuccino counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cappuccino blocks a head kick by Ruthman.
Cappuccino buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ruthman is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Cappuccino moves away from the strike by Ruthman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Cappuccino dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Ruthman misses.
Ruthman throws a big shot that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino blocks a head kick by Ruthman.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Cappuccino moves into the clinch successfully.
Ruthman jumps guard but Cappuccino stands there with Ruthman around his waist. Ruthman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cappuccino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruthman's face.
Ruthman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cappuccino - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cappuccino lands a nice knee to the body.
Cappuccino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ruthman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruthman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cappuccino avoiding damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cappuccino landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cappuccino breaks from the clinch.
Ruthman throws a jab when Cappuccino was well out of range.
Cappuccino thuds a left hand into Ruthman's body.
A jab lands there for Cappuccino.
Ruthman tries to clinch but Cappuccino moves away
and Cappuccino counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino works Ruthman's body with a nice hook.
Cappuccino scores with the left hand. Ruthman knows he should have avoided that one.

Cappuccino has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ruthman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cappuccino walks away with a smile on his face. Ruthman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Cappuccino has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cappuccino scores a nice knee to the body.
Ruthman takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino crunches a lovely knee into Ruthman's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cappuccino unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cappuccino has Ruthman pushed against the cage.
Cappuccino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ruthman tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cappuccino just stands there and leans against the cage.
Al Cappuccino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reijo Ruthman.
Cappuccino prevents a takedown attempt there.

Cappuccino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruthman throws a lazy right hand but Cappuccino sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Cappuccino closes the distance and clinches.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino lands a good knee to the midsection. Ruthman won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cappuccino.
Cappuccino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
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!
Cappuccino landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthman is working for takedown but Cappuccino is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cappuccino stalling.
Cappuccino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ruthman avoids it.
Ruthman tries to pull guard but Cappuccino holds him up against the cage and eventually Ruthman drops back down to his feet.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the body.
Ruthman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ruthman - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino scores a nice knee to the body.
Ruthman avoiding damage as Cappuccino throws knees to the body.
Ruthman tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cappuccino just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ruthman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.
Ruthman avoiding damage as Cappuccino throws knees to the body.
Ruthman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cappuccino walks away with a smile on his face. Ruthman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ruthman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cappuccino counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ruthman's knee momentarily.
Reijo Ruthman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ruthman checks it well.
Cappuccino works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ruthman misses with an uppercut.
Cappuccino looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ruthman throws the left hand but Cappuccino avoids the punch easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ruthman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cappuccino.
Cappuccino lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cappuccino rushes Ruthman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ruthman is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cappuccino gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cappuccino scores a nice knee to the body.
Cappuccino landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ruthman jumps guard but Cappuccino stands there with Ruthman around his waist. Ruthman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Cappuccino manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Al Cappuccino showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cappuccino, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:24
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:24
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Cappuccino!