PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Rahman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reiska Pekka Retale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rahman's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Piss up a Rope. The crowd seem to be enjoying Retale's choice of entrance music: The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rahman
vs
Pekka Retale

172 cm
27
155 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

169 cm
21
154 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Granite chin

Wolfpack Threadz

Perkele!
Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Rahman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reiska Pekka Retale!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Retale throws out a loose jab but Rahman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Retale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rahman.
Retale lands an overhand right.
Rahman throws a nice looking combination but Retale bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rahman throws a combination. Retale tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Reiska Pekka Retale has been cut.

Retale moves into the clinch successfully.
Retale crunches a lovely knee into Rahman's ribcage.
Retale prevents a body shot from Rahman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Retale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rahman's defenses.
Retale working Rahman over with knees to the body.
Retale lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rahman blocks a body shot from Retale.
Retale keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rahman's efforts to push away.
Retale using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rahman is breathing heavily.
Retale lands a body shot in the clinch.
Retale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Retale works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rahman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Retale working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Retale lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Retale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rahman's elbow.

Retale tightens his grip and picks Rahman up, before dumping him to the ground. Rahman manages to land in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rahman can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Retale controls the pace.
Retale trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Retale controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Retale stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rahman swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Reiska Pekka Retale was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rahman slips a jab from Retale.
Rahman looks to throw the jab but Retale is out of range.

Rahman gets caught napping as Retale dives in and scores a takedown. Rahman manages to retain guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Retale controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Retale throwing strikes from guard but Rahman blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahman is trying to keep Retale in close.
Retale trying to control but Rahman is working from the bottom.
Retale slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Retale throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Retale throws an overhand right that lands on Rahman's shoulder, as Rahman tries to avoid the shot.
Rahman misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Retale drives through and clinches with Rahman against the cage.
Rahman tries to break the clinch but Retale is controlling the position.
Rahman letting Retale take a breather here.
Retale has Rahman pressed against the cage, preventing Rahman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Retale lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Retale tries to work over Rahman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rahman has a couple of punches blocked by Retale.
Retale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Retale lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rahman is trying to break the clinch but Retale has him pressed against the cage.
Retale doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Retale gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Retale dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Retale misses with some punches.
Retale lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reiska Pekka Retale dominated that round.
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.

Retale connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rahman momentarily.
Nice shot by Retale.
Rahman slips under a jab from Retale.

Retale rushes Rahman and presses him up against the cage.
Rahman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Rahman manages to break the clinch.
Retale tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rahman sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Retale somewhat.

Retale bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Rahman is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rahman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rahman tries to get out of the position.
Rahman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Retale wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Retale throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Retale misses with the ground and pound.
Rahman stops Retale from passing to mount.
Retale wants to control but Rahman is keeping him busy.

Retale tries for a kimura but Rahman is defending well.
Rahman prevents Retale from improving position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahman parries the strikes from Retale easily there. Retale is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Rahman to escape.
Retale with the ground and pound but Rahman regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Rahman works his way to full guard. Good work.
Retale postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rahman trying to keep a closed guard but Retale is proving a slippery customer.
Rahman keeping full guard, as Retale tries to pass.
Retale postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahman keeping moving, preventing Retale from controlling successfully.
Retale controlling from the top position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Retale throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rahman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A left lands for Retale.
Retale connects with a body shot that sends Rahman's belly button to the back.
Retale has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big left from Retale misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Retale shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rahman's guard.
Retale throwing strikes but missing.
Rahman keeping moving, preventing Retale from controlling successfully.
Retale has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Retale with a flurry of punches that miss.
Retale wants to control from the top but Rahman keeps moving.
Rahman can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Retale controls the pace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Retale wants to control from the top but Rahman keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reiska Pekka Retale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Reiska Pekka Retale's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Retale looks to throw the jab but Rahman is out of range.
Rahman throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Retale misses with a wild body shot.
Retale fails in his attempt to clinch.
Retale wants to clinch.
Nice jab there from Retale.
Rahman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carlos Rahman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rahman takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Retale slips under a jab from Rahman.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Retale closes the distance and clinches.

Rahman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rahman swats away the attempt to clinch by Retale.
Rahman misses with a wild combination.
Reiska Pekka Retale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Retale moves out of range as Rahman strikes.
Rahman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Retale stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rahman ducks under a wild hook from Retale.
Rahman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Retale lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Retale clinches up with Rahman and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahman is trying to force a seperation but Retale has the dominant position.
Rahman tries to break the clinch but Retale is controlling the position.
Retale just leaning against Rahman, taking a breather.
Retale missing with knees to the body.
Rahman blocks a body shot from Retale.
Retale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Retale is working for takedown but Rahman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Retale misses with an elbow strike.
Retale lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rahman throws a punch but it's blocked by Retale.
Rahman managing to block the knees to the body from Retale.
Retale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Retale unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rahman struggles to land a body shot inside as Retale controls his hands.
Rahman tries to stall but Retale uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Retale lands a nice elbow.
Rahman is trying to break the clinch but Retale is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rahman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Rahman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Retale.
Retale throws a jab but it's blocked by Rahman.
Reiska Pekka Retale seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rahman misses with an uppercut.
Rahman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Retale makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Retale ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Retale tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rahman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Retale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rahman.
Rahman lands a nice shot to the body.
Rahman throws a lazy right hand but Retale sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rahman has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Retale fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rahman manages to avoid it.
Retale tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rahman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Retale swinging wildly here.
Retale jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rahman scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rahman misses with a hook.
Retale misses the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rahman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Retale.
Retale on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rahman misses with an uppercut. Retale saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reiska Pekka Retale really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reiska Pekka Retale'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.

Retale defending well as Rahman loads up on a big left hand.
Retale drops his hands momentarily and Rahman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Retale falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rahman counters with a two punch combo.
Rahman misses with a lunging right hand

and Retale counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Retale.
Rahman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Retale.
Retale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rahman's elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rahman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Retale as the two fighters clinch.
Rahman looking to stall.
Retale looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rahman stalling in the clinch but Retale improves position.
Retale swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Retale prevents Rahman from breaking the clinch.
Rahman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reiska Pekka Retale seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Retale scores with a knee to the head.

Retale has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Rahman regains guard immediately.
Retale is looking to work some ground and pound but Rahman has wrist control.
Rahman is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Retale is controlling him.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahman has momentary wrist control but Retale slips an elbow through the middle.
Retale wants to control from the top but Rahman keeps moving.
Retale postures up and lands a big shot to Rahman's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Retale looking to sit in guard and control but Rahman gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Reiska Pekka Retale has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rahman trying to control the position from guard on top but Retale is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Retale is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rahman is aware though and is defending well.
Rahman controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Retale controls Rahman momentarily but Rahman frees himself.
Rahman preventing the sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Carlos Rahman wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A jab from Retale misses.
Retale misses with a hook
and Rahman counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reiska Pekka Retale dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Reiska Pekka Retale's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Rahman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Retale lands a jab.
A jab from Retale misses.
Rahman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Retale uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rahman.
Retale misses with a wild body shot.
Retale tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rahman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Retale on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rahman throws a hook to the side of Retale's head but Retale sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab from Retale.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Retale forces Rahman back against the cage and clinches.
Retale lands with a short shot to the head.
Rahman is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Retale lands an elbow inside that Rahman shrugs off.

Rahman is rocked!
Retale lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Rahman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Retale utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Retale lands an elbow that stopped Rahman in his tracks for a moment.
Rahman working hard to break the clinch.

Rahman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rahman swinging wildly here.
Rahman thuds his right hand into Retale's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahman avoids the body shot from Retale.
Rahman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rahman seems to have got his legs back now.
A looping hook to the body misses from Retale. Rahman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rahman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rahman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Retale.
Retale misses with a wild body shot.
Rahman walks into a jab.
Retale pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rahman looks to land a left hand but Retale moved out of range nicely.
Rahman misses with an uppercut.
Retale lands a right hook to the body.
Carlos Rahman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahman misses with the combination.
Rahman slips a jab from Retale.

Retale closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Reiska Pekka Retale is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A short right from Retale.
Rahman blocks a body shot from Retale.
Rahman is trying to break the clinch but Retale has him pressed against the cage.
Retale presses Rahman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rahman misses with the head strike.
Rahman tries to circle away but Retale has him pinned against the cage.
Retale gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rahman throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Retale blocking some punches.
Retale landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Retale.
Rahman is looking to break free of the clinch but Retale has double underhooks.
Rahman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Retale gets through Rahman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Retale blocking some punches.
Retale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rahman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Retale's elbow.
Retale lands with a light punch inside.
Rahman has a couple of punches blocked by Retale.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short left from Rahman.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Rahman is fighting off a takedown attempt but Retale is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Rahman to the mat. Rahman regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Retale working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reiska Pekka Retale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Retale 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 45:50
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 45:50
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reiska Pekka Retale!
Reiska Pekka Retale is the new featherweight champion!
After the big win, Reiska Pekka Retale made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Perkele! and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.