PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Armas Ruutana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fellacio Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruutana comes to the ring accompanied by Ennio Morricone - Man With A Harmonica. Armas Ruutana could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Fellacio Sanchez's chin.

Ruutana
vs
Sanchez

174 cm
24
156 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

166 cm
23
157 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armas Ruutana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fellacio Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Ruutana misses its intended target.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Ruutana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruutana.
Sanchez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ruutana doesn't seem bothered though.
Ruutana tries for a takedown but Sanchez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Ruutana misses its intended target.
Sanchez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ruutana counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ruutana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruutana lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sanchez throws a hook but Ruutana avoids it easily.
Ruutana fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sanchez checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana avoids a kick to the body.
Ruutana moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ruutana throws a hook to the side of Sanchez's head but Sanchez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Ruutana saw that one coming.
Sanchez misses with a body punch
and Ruutana counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ruutana looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ruutana tries for a takedown but Sanchez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sanchez throws a poor cross that misses
and Ruutana counters with a good low kick that Sanchez was not able to check.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A low kick from Sanchez misses
and Ruutana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ruutana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Ruutana looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ruutana shoots in and drives through. Sanchez sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armas Ruutana. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruutana moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armas Ruutana dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Ruutana loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
Sanchez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruutana.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanchez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ruutana dives in and scores a takedown into Sanchez's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutana preventing the sweep.
Ruutana postures up in Sanchez's guard and throws a big left but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez wants to stand and escape but Ruutana is having none of it.
Ruutana stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sanchez swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Ruutana drops back looking for a leg! Sanchez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sanchez manages to kick Ruutana off! Ruutana jumps back into Sanchez's guard.
Ruutana trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Ruutana throws a big right hand that misses.
Ruutana works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Ruutana is looking for a kimura but Sanchez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ruutana to get the leverage.
Sanchez won't allow Ruutana to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ruutana 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.
Sanchez trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Ruutana manages to pass to mount!
Sanchez is squirming around, avoiding Ruutana's attempts to control the action.
Sanchez regains half guard.
Sanchez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sanchez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sanchez is trying to get back to full guard.
Ruutana is thwarting Sanchez's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sanchez.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ruutana's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanchez has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sanchez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ruutana showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ruutana lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ruutana stops Sanchez from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanchez is keeping the position for now.
Ruutana wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Ruutana from controlling successfully.
Ruutana prevents Sanchez from getting back to his feet.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Ruutana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armas Ruutana 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. This is the final round!

Sanchez avoids the body shot from Ruutana.
Sanchez leaves Ruutana with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ruutana throws a leg kick
and Sanchez counters with a nice leg kick.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Ruutana counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez thows a leg kick but Ruutana checks it

and Ruutana counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sanchez!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Ruutana.
Sanchez wants to hold on but Ruutana pushes him away.
Ruutana throws some wild stikes that Sanchez manages to avoid easily.
Ruutana thowing shots but they're missing.
Ruutana can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sanchez is looking to escape.
Sanchez is desperately trying to improve his position but Ruutana has a good base and remains in mount.
Ruutana lands a nice shot to the head.
Sanchez gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ruutana is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sanchez is just riding it out for now. Ruutana eventually gives up the hold.
Ruutana tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sanchez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nice strikes from Ruutana there.
Ruutana wants to free his trapped foot but Sanchez is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but Ruutana has control of the leg.

Ruutana looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sanchez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ruutana is working away from the top position though.
Fellacio Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanchez keeps working.
Sanchez is trying to control but can't.
Armas Ruutana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ruutana is controlling the pace.
Ruutana thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Sanchez to regain full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sanchez is adopting a defensive guard.
Ruutana wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ruutana loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
Sanchez misses with a body shot

and Ruutana counters with a single leg into guard. Sanchez didn't expect that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Armas Ruutana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ruutana has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Armas Ruutana!