PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Reiska Pekka Retale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Tapout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Retale's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up. Tapout has chosen Runaway as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pekka Retale
vs
Tapout

169 cm
22
154 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
142 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reiska Pekka Retale!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Tapout!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Retale paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Retale gets a clinch.
Retale working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Come on Retale - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tapout is trying to break free.
Retale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tapout's defenses.

It looks like Tommy Tapout has been cut.
Retale scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Retale lands a left hand.
Retale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A body shot lands from Retale.
Retale throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tapout blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Retale.
Retale lands with a short shot to the head.
Retale landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Retale crunches a lovely knee into Tapout's ribcage.
A body shot lands from Retale.
Retale prevents Tapout from breaking the clinch.
Retale lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Retale with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Retale lands a body punch in the clinch.
Retale lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tapout wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tapout is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tapout jumps guard but Retale stands there with Tapout around his waist. Tapout gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Retale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tapout looks gassed!
Retale lands an elbow inside.
Retale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tapout's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Retale landing knees to the body.
Retale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tapout's defenses.

That has opened up Tommy Tapout's cut even more.
A right handed body shot lands from Retale.
A nice left hand lands by Retale.
Retale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Retale lands a nice uppercut.

Tapout is rocked!
Retale is working Tapout over against the cage.
Tapout is still on wobbly legs! Can Retale finish him?
Retale lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tapout or not.
Retale creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Tapout with a big uppercut! Tapout tries to clinch up but Retale pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Tapout to the mat! Tapout covers up and Retale unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Reiska Pekka Retale!
Reiska Pekka Retale retains his featherweight title!
An out of breath Reiska Pekka Retale thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.