PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Reiska Pekka Retale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timofey Boyko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Retale comes into the arena with The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up blaring out of the sound system. Boyko has chosen Kamaedzitca - Колазварl as his entrance music. Reiska Pekka Retale has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pekka Retale
vs
Boyko

169 cm
20
154 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

174 cm
20
156 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reiska Pekka Retale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timofey Boyko!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Retale closes the distance and clinches.
Retale takes an elbow to the forehead.
Retale tries a body shot but Boyko blocks it.
Boyko lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Reiska Pekka Retale has been cut.
Boyko managing to block the knees to the body from Retale.
Retale avoiding damage as Boyko throws knees to the body.
Boyko lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Boyko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Retale's brow.
Retale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boyko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Retales head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boyko.
Retale blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boyko blocks an uppercut.
Boyko dodges an elbow strike from Retale.
Retale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Retale swings wildly with an uppercut but Boyko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boyko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Retale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boyko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Retale on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Retale.
Retale avoids a wild elbow strike from Boyko.
Retale avoiding damage.
Retale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boyko trying to land knees to the body.
Retale lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boyko backwards.
Boyko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Retale avoids it.

Retale's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boyko wants to clinch
and Boyko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boyko is looking to slow Retale down with leg kicks.
The fighters circle momentarily. Retale darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Retale lands a slapping body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Boyko misses.
Boyko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Retale misses with a hook.
Retale misses with a hook
and Boyko counters with a nice body kick.
Reiska Pekka Retale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boyko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Retale.
Boyko misses with a kick to the body.

Retale tries to keep at a distance but Boyko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Boyko blocks a body shot from Retale.
Retale slowing the pace effectively.
Retale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boyko's elbow.
Boyko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Retale looking to throw knees to the head but Boyko is blocking nicely.
Retale lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boyko backwards.
Retale avoids the elbow strike from Boyko, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Retale struggles to land a body shot inside as Boyko controls his hands.
Boyko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Retale's defenses.
Boyko misses with an elbow strike.
Retale takes an elbow to the forehead.
Retale lands a body shot.
Retale with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boyko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Retale takes an elbow to the temple.
Retale blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boyko.
Retale on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Retale avoiding damage as Boyko throws knees to the body.
Retale misses with an elbow strike.
Boyko misses with a punch on the inside.
Retale lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Retale lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Retale.
Retale swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Boyko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Retale has Boyko pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Boyko manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Retale missing with knees to the body.
Boyko misses with an elbow over the top.
Boyko tries to land knees in the clinch but Retale avoids the damage to the body.
Boyko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Retale lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Retale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boyko's elbow.
Boyko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Retale wants a takedown.
Boyko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Retale avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Timofey Boyko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Reiska Pekka Retale's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Boyko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Retale.
A bone on bone clash there as Retale blocks the leg kick.
Boyko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Retale lands with a nice body punch.
Retale with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Retale connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice body punch from Retale.
Boyko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Retale ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boyko moves away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Boyko.
Retale on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Boyko throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Retale misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Retale looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Boyko. No joy for Retale on that attempt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Boyko misses with an uppercut. Retale saw that one coming.
Boyko tries to close the distance and clinch but Retale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Retale tries to clinch but Boyko is having none of it.
Retale has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Boyko.
Boyko thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Retale if he has to take too many more of those.
Boyko looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Retale just misses with a punch to the body.
Boyko's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Retale connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Boyko scrambles back to his feet.
Boyko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Boyko throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Retale.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Retale stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Boyko.
Retale takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Retale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boyko.
A jab lands there for Retale.
Timofey Boyko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boyko tried to score with a low kick but Retale checks it.
Boyko ducks under a wild hook from Retale.
Boyko scores with a shot to the body.
Retale avoids the head kick by Boyko.
Boyko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Retale.
Retale swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boyko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Retale swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boyko throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Retale clinches.
Retale has a couple of punches blocked by Boyko.
Retale avoiding damage as Boyko throws knees to the body.
Boyko lands with a left to the head.
Retale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short uppercut from Retale.
A nice left hand lands by Retale.
Retale misses with some punches.
Retale misses with a body punch.
Retale has a couple of punches blocked by Boyko.
Retale blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Timofey Boyko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Retale is pushing Boyko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Retale trying to control the position but instead, Boyko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Retale into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Boyko.
Retale stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Retale taking a breather.
Boyko lands a damaging elbow.

Reiska Pekka Retale's cut is getting worse.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Boyko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Retale is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boyko is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boyko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Boyko tries to land knees in the clinch but Retale avoids the damage to the body.
Retale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boyko's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Reiska Pekka Retale will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Reiska Pekka Retale'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Boyko cracks the inside of Retale's front leg.
Boyko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Boyko finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Boyko will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Boyko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boyko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Retale misses the target.
A slow jab from Retale misses its intended target.
Boyko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Retale.
Retale checks a leg kick.
Boyko lands a nice looking kick to the body. Retale takes a step back to recover.
Boyko is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Retale looks to land a right hand but Boyko moved out of range.
Boyko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reiska Pekka Retale is winning the standup battle so far.
Boyko slips a jab from Retale.
Retale missing with a left hand there. Boyko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Retale misses.
Retale misses with an uppercut.
Retale checks the leg kick.

Retale clinches up with Boyko and pushes him back against the cage.
Retale misses with an elbow over the top.
Retale tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Retale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Boyko trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Boyko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Retale's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Retale on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boyko misses with an elbow strike.
Boyko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Retale avoids the elbow strike from Boyko, against the cage.
Retale takes an elbow to the temple.
Retale blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Retale.
Boyko trying to land knees to the body.
Retale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boyko's elbow.
Retale misses with the head strike.
Boyko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Retale just misses with a elbow thrown towards Boyko's brow.
Boyko lands an uppercut.
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!
Boyko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Retale backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boyko.
Boyko trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boyko throws an elbow that misses.
Boyko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Boyko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Retale is defending well for now.
Retale blocks the elbow strike.
Boyko tries to work over Retale's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Retale lands an elbow just above Boyko 's eye.
Retale misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Retale.
Boyko pushes off an throws an elbow but Retale leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Retale avoiding damage as Boyko throws knees to the body.
Boyko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Retale pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Retale landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Retale blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Retale avoids the elbow strike from Boyko, against the cage.
Boyko managing to block the knees to the body from Retale.
Retale landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boyko tries a body shot but Retale blocks it.
Nice body punch from Retale.
Boyko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Boyko blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Boyko throws an elbow but misses.
Retale lands with a right to the head.
Retale trying to land knees to the body.
Retale misses with a knee strike.
Retale misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boyko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Boyko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Retale goes for a takedown attempt but Boyko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Boyko closes the distance and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Reiska Pekka Retale.
I think Retale has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Reiska Pekka Retale!
Reiska Pekka Retale managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fight Day Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!), into his post fight interview.