PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ceino Rey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Olsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ceino Rey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rey
vs
Olsson

181 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

185 cm
23
192 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ceino Rey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lars Olsson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olsson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Olsson throws a head kick that misses.
Olsson lands a nice looking body kick.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Olsson.
Olsson wants to clinch up but Rey keeps it at a distance.
Olsson throws the kick towards the body but Rey avoids it.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olsson connects with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Olsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Olsson wants to clinch up but Rey keeps it at a distance.
Olsson scores with a push kick.
Olsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olsson wants to clinch up but Rey keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Olsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rey is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsson moves in looking to clinch but Rey pushes him off.
Olsson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Ceino Rey has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Olsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey moves out of range.
Olsson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rey's head.
Olsson moves in looking to clinch but Rey pushes him off.
Olsson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rey's calf.
Olsson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rey will feel that in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olsson lands a nice looking body kick.
A solid body kick from Olsson.
Olsson throws a front kick that sends Rey stumbling back into the cage.
Olsson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Olsson lands with a nice body kick.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsson throws a head kick that Rey semi-blocks.
A good leg kick by Olsson.
Olsson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Olsson fakes the leg kick and cracks Rey in the body.
Olsson scores with a head kick.
Olsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rey has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Olsson.
Olsson lands a front kick.
Olsson lands with a slapping head kick.
Olsson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rey has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Olsson.
Olsson thumps Rey with a low kick.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsson lands with a kick to the temple. Rey shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Olsson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olsson moves in looking to clinch but Rey pushes him off.
Olsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Olsson lands with a slapping head kick.
Olsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olsson delivers a nice body kick.
Good leg kick by Olsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Olsson throws a head kick that half lands.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rey. That did some damage!
Rey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rey will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Olsson lands a big head kick that sends Rey tumbling to the mat! Olsson takes a step backwards and waves Rey back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Rey is rocked!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rey crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Olsson - the referee stops the clock and Rey gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Olsson. Rey manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rey stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Olsson.
Olsson throws a leg kick which misses Rey's front leg but catches the back leg as Rey tries to avoid it.
Olsson cracks the inside of Rey's front leg.
Rey takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Olsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ceino Rey's cut.
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.

The fight stays on the outside here - Olsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olsson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rey is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Olsson tries to clinch there but Rey circles away.
Rey throws a front kick aimed at Olsson's knee but Olsson avoids it well.
Rey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Olsson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rey swats away the attempt to clinch by Olsson.
Rey takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Olsson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rey takes a step back to recover.
Crunch! Olsson slams his shin into Rey's torso.
Olsson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsson wants to clinch.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Olsson feints and then cracks Rey's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rey down.
Olsson cracks the inside of Rey's front leg.
Olsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Olsson scores with a leg kick.
Rey chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Olsson can pounce on him.
Olsson thumps Rey with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Olsson - that will leave a mark!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsson lands a high kick!

Ceino Rey's cut is getting worse.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Olsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Olsson throws a leg kick which misses Rey's front leg but catches the back leg as Rey tries to avoid it.
Rey moves out of range of the body kick.
Olsson lands with a nice body kick.
Olsson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rey might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rey walks forward, straight into a front kick from Olsson.
Olsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lars Olsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson thumps Rey with a low kick.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey is having none of it.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Olsson.
Olsson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rey takes a step back to recover.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lars Olsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rey takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Olsson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rey takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rey stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Olsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsson wants to clinch up but Rey keeps it at a distance.
Rey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters circling a little - Olsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Olsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Olsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Olsson lands a front kick.
Olsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Olsson lands a head kick. Rey smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Olsson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rey if he has to take too many more of those.
Olsson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Olsson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Olsson scores with a push kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Olsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ceino Rey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Olsson lands a big head kick that sends Rey tumbling to the mat! Olsson takes a step backwards and waves Rey back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Rey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rey takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rey seems to have got his legs back now.
Olsson lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rey. That did some damage!
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olsson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Olsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.
Crunch! Olsson slams his shin into Rey's torso.
Olsson misses with a kick to the body.
Olsson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rey chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Olsson can pounce on him.
Olsson throws a nice head kick!
Olsson keeps Rey at a distance using the push kick.
Olsson throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsson tries to clinch there but Rey circles away.
Olsson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rey sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rey takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Both fighters circling a little - Olsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rey sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Olsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olsson thows a body kick. Rey tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Olsson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rey takes a step back to recover.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey moves out of range.
Olsson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rey's head.

Ceino Rey's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nice body kick from Olsson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Olsson misses with a body kick.
Olsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.
Olsson looks to land a body kick but Rey moved away.
Olsson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rey if he has to take too many more of those.
A thudding body kick lands there by Olsson!
Olsson scores with a spinning back kick!
Rey avoids a kick to the body.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Olsson tries to clinch up but Rey circles away and keeps his distance.
Olsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Olsson throws a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson lands a head kick. Rey smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Olsson throws a leg kick which misses Rey's front leg but catches the back leg as Rey tries to avoid it.
Olsson feints and then cracks Rey's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rey down.
Rey takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Olsson is looking to clinch but Rey is avoiding it.
Olsson throws the kick towards the body but Rey avoids it.
Olsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Olsson pushes Rey away with a front kick.
Rey steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Olsson. That one must have hurt.
Rey takes a kick to the side of the head.
Both fighters circling a little - Olsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Olsson thuds his shin into the meat of Rey's side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsson keeps Rey at a distance using the push kick.
Rey moves out of range as Olsson throws a body kick.
Rey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Olsson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Olsson pushes Rey away with a front kick.
Good leg kick by Olsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Olsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Olsson pushes Rey away with a front kick.
Olsson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rey will feel that in the morning.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Olsson really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ceino Rey's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Olsson is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Olsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olsson lands a front kick.
Olsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsson keeps Rey at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olsson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Olsson is looking to clinch but Rey is avoiding it.
Olsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Crunch! Olsson slams his shin into Rey's torso.
Olsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Olsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Olsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olsson wants to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Olsson.
A slapping leg kick lands for Olsson.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olsson lands a high kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rey walks forward, straight into a front kick from Olsson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsson lands a head kick!
Olsson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rey steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Olsson. That one must have hurt.
Olsson thows a body kick. Rey tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nice body kick there by Olsson.
Olsson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rey's head.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Olsson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rey's calf.
Olsson is looking to clinch but Rey is avoiding it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Olsson.
Olsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Olsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson lands with a slapping head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Olsson.
Olsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey moves out of range.
Olsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Olsson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rey will feel that in the morning.
Olsson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Olsson throws a front kick that sends Rey stumbling back into the cage.
Rey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
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!
Rey blocks a head kick by Olsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsson fakes the leg kick and cracks Rey in the body.
Olsson lands with a kick to the temple. Rey shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A chopping leg kick lands by Olsson.
Rey takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Olsson - that will leave a mark!
Olsson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rey.

Jeez, Ceino Rey's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A head kick from Olsson lands but Rey takes it in his stride.
Olsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.
Olsson lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Olsson connects with a solid leg kick.
Olsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rey's sensitive parts.
Olsson lands a head kick. Rey smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Olsson dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Ceino Rey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A solid leg kick lands there for Olsson.
Olsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Olsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Olsson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Olsson scores with a nice body kick.
Rey takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Olsson delivers a nice body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Olsson.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Olsson lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Olsson looks for the body kick but Rey saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Olsson. That's going to slow Rey down.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olsson keeps Rey at a distance using the push kick.
Olsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olsson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Olsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Olsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olsson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Olsson scores with a leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Olsson. Rey shrugs it off though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olsson is looking to clinch.
A solid body kick from Olsson.
Olsson misses with a body kick.
Olsson scores with a push kick.
Rey swats away the attempt to clinch by Olsson.
Olsson is looking to slow Rey down with leg kicks.
Olsson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Olsson looks to land a body kick but Rey moved away.
Olsson thumps Rey with a low kick.
Olsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Olsson lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Olsson.
Olsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
A slapping body kick lands there for Olsson.
Rey on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Olsson. Olsson obviously looking to wear him down.
Rey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rey walks forward, straight into a front kick from Olsson.
Olsson lands a nice looking body kick.
Olsson lands a nice looking body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rey steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Olsson. That one must have hurt.
Rey takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Olsson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Olsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rey's sensitive parts.
Nice body kick from Olsson.
Olsson wants to clinch.
Olsson lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rey on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Olsson slips under a jab.
Ceino Rey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lars Olsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Olsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rey. That did some damage!

And that's the end of the fight!
Lars Olsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Olsson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 40:50
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 40:50
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 40:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lars Olsson!