PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reima Maansiirto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Rains (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maansiirto comes to the cage accompanied by Enya - Boadicea (Hardstyle Remix). Rains has chosen Thunder & Lightning as his entrance music. Reima Maansiirto has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Maansiirto
vs
Rains

168 cm
26
162 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

169 cm
21
166 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Vicious Apparel
GTi - MTG - New Stock !!

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Reima Maansiirto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vic Rains!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rains throws out a loose jab but Maansiirto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Rains.
Vic Rains seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maansiirto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rains.
Rains moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rains looks to score with a jab to the body but Maansiirto is just out of range.
Rains fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Maansiirto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rains thows a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Rains misses its intended target.

Maansiirto closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Maansiirto lands in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maansiirto trying to control the position from guard on top but Rains is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rains working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maansiirto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maansiirto trying to control but Rains is working from the bottom.
Rains pulls Maansiirto in to control the position.
Maansiirto prevents Rains from getting back to his feet.
Maansiirto trying to control the position from guard on top but Rains is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maansiirto prevents Rains from getting back to his feet.
Maansiirto trying to control the position from guard on top but Rains is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rains throws a series of punches but Maansiirto avoids them all with ease.
Rains misses with a looping left.
Rains jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Maansiirto fails with the takedown.
Maansiirto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Maansiirto avoids a punch combination nicely.

Maansiirto closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Maansiirto is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Maansiirto trying to control the action but Rains is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maansiirto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rains makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rains.

Rains has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Maansiirto off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Rains throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rains missing with a left hand there. Maansiirto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maansiirto shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rains defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reima Maansiirto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maansiirto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rains as he jumps to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rains cracks Maansiirto with a right hand to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Rains misses.
Rains misses with a straight left.
Rains misses the shot to the body.
Maansiirto shoots in and drives through. Rains sprawls well.
Rains defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Maansiirto.
Maansiirto shoots in looking for a takedown. Rains tries to sprawl out of it but Maansiirto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rains manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rains scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maansiirto looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rains is fending him off so far but Maansiirto persists. Nope, Rains circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vic Rains dominated that 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.

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Maansiirto is defended easily by Rains.
Reima Maansiirto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rains throws a nice looking combination but Maansiirto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maansiirto checks a leg kick nicely.
Rains swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maansiirto ducks right into an uppercut from Rains.
Rains throws a nice looking combination but Maansiirto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rains scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Maansiirto doesn't seem bothered though.
Rains misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maansiirto. Rains does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maansiirto blocks a jab.
Rains misses with a wild body shot.
Rains moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maansiirto throws a leg kick
letting Rains counter with a right hand.
Maansiirto changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rains tries to avoid it but Maansiirto manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rains to the ground. Rains escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Maansiirto is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rains sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reima Maansiirto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rains connects with a good right hand that stumbles Maansiirto. Maansiirto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rains connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rains is looking to slow Maansiirto down with leg kicks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maansiirto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rains throws a lazy right hand but Maansiirto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maansiirto swinging wildly here.
Rains lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maansiirto circles away quickly and effectively.
Rains throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maansiirto on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rains scores with a one two! Maansiirto had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Maansiirto is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maansiirto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rains.
Oh Maansiirto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maansiirto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rains.
Rains swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Maansiirto counters with a two punch combo.
Maansiirto seems to have got his legs back now.
Rains swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rains missing with a left hand there. Maansiirto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rains throws a right hand that Maansiirto ducks under and follows up with a left that Maansiirto also avoids with ease.
Maansiirto takes one to the side of the head.
Maansiirto misses with a takedown
and Rains counters with an inside leg kick.
Rains throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rains looks to throw the jab but Maansiirto is out of range.
Rains bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Maansiirto's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rains connects with a good right hand that stumbles Maansiirto. Maansiirto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rains connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Maansiirto's hands.
Rains works the jab nicely.
Rains misses with a body shot.
Rains misses with an uppercut. Maansiirto saw that one coming.
Vic Rains is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rains tries to work over Maansiirto's front leg with a kick but Maansiirto checks it.
Maansiirto misses with a series of wild punches.
Vic Rains seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rains throws a jab when Maansiirto was well out of range.
Maansiirto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Rains throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maansiirto moves out of range of the strikes.
Rains lands with an uppercut that bounces Maansiirto off the cage and back into rage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maansiirto shoots for a takedown but Rains saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rains fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Maansiirto with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rains counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rains misses with a hook. Maansiirto ducked under it nicely.
Rains's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rains duly obliges.
Rains blocks a low kick nicely.
Rains moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maansiirto shoots for a double leg takedown but Rains sprawls well. He's pushed Maansiirto's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rains lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maansiirto circles away quickly and effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maansiirto closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Maansiirto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rains.
Maansiirto moves out of range as Rains strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vic Rains showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Rains stuffs the takedown attempt from Maansiirto. Maansiirto gets slowly back to his feet.
Rains keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rains swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maansiirto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rains ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rains misses with a double jab
and Maansiirto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rains scores with a nice strike.
Maansiirto shoots in looking for a takedown. Rains tries to sprawl out of it but Maansiirto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rains manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Maansiirto looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Maansiirto throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rains defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Maansiirto.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reima Maansiirto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maansiirto shoots in for a takedown but Rains shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rains falls off balance throwing a combination
and Maansiirto counters with a one-two to the body.
Rains will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maansiirto gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Rains counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rains lands a jab to the nose.
Rains pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maansiirto misses with a takedown attempt - Rains sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Maansiirto walks into a jab.
Rains misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rains pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice takedown defense from Rains. No joy for Maansiirto on that attempt.
Rains throws a hook but Maansiirto avoids it easily.
Maansiirto on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rains thuds a left hand into Maansiirto's body.
Maansiirto slips under a jab from Rains.
Rains lands a slapping body shot.
Rains throws a hook but Maansiirto avoids it easily.
Rains throws a hook but Maansiirto blocks it.
Rains lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rains misses with a leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Maansiirto or perhaps it was just good defense by Rains which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Maansiirto or perhaps it was just good defense by Rains which made him look bad.
Rains swings for the body but Maansiirto moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Rains.
Rains looks to throw the jab but Maansiirto is out of range.
Maansiirto moves out of range as Rains strikes.
Rains looks to land a body kick but Maansiirto moved away.
Rains lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Maansiirto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rains misses with a wild body shot.
Rains has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rains throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reima Maansiirto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vic Rains is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rains lands with a cross.
Rains swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Maansiirto counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rains keeping full guard, as Maansiirto tries to pass.
Maansiirto wants to control from the top but Rains keeps moving.
Rains preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rains has his hands on Maansiirto's head, controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vic Rains comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rains winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vic Rains!