PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rauno Repomies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Messinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Messinger is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Huckleberry by Ichabod. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Repomies
vs
Messinger

178 cm
25
144 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

170 cm
33
145 lbs
13 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rauno Repomies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Will Messinger!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Repomies throws a sloppy head kick and Messinger moves out of range easily.
Repomies keeps the fight on the outside.

Repomies fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Messinger, pushing him back against the cage.
Repomies is pushing Messinger up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Messinger can't get the takedown.
Repomies pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Repomies misses with a hook from the clinch.
Repomies stalling in the clinch.
Messinger tries to break free but Repomies pushes him back against the cage.
Messinger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Repomies in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Repomies content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Messinger takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Will Messinger has been cut.
Messinger blocking some punches.

Messinger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Repomies.
Messinger lands a body shot.

Messinger gets tackled into the cage by Repomies. Repomies maintains the clinch.
Messinger goes for a takedown in the clinch but Repomies prevents it.
Repomies stalls.
Repomies lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Messinger is trying to pull guard but Repomies has him pressed against the cage.
Rauno Repomies has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Messinger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Messinger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Messinger managing to block the knees to the body from Repomies.
Repomies looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Repomies is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Stalling in the clinch from Repomies.
Repomies fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Repomies tries to work over Messinger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Messinger jumps guard and drags Repomies to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Repomies gets to his feet - Messinger follows without any prompting.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Messinger looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Repomies is fending him off so far but Messinger persists. Nope, Repomies circles away and we're back to standing.
Repomies misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Repomies clinches up against the cage.
Messinger blocks the elbow strike.
Messinger wants a takedown but no success here.
Messinger is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Repomies misses with a punch on the inside.
Messinger has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Repomies avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Repomies is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Messinger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Repomies fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Messinger walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Repomies swats away the attempt to clinch by Messinger.
Rauno Repomies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Repomies is looking to slow Messinger down with leg kicks.
Repomies lands a nice leg kick that just misses Messinger's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick lands from Repomies.
Nice uppercut there from Repomies.
Messinger tries to close the distance and clinch up but Repomies swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Repomies with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Messinger takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Messinger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Repomies paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Repomies tries to land a leg kick but Messinger saw it coming and moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Repomies avoids a kick to the body.
Messinger checks a low kick from Repomies.
Repomies misses with a wild combination.
Messinger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Repomies paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Messinger throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Repomies's waist but Repomies gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Messinger off to one side.
Messinger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Repomies.
Repomies throws a head kick that Messinger semi-blocks.
Messinger shoots for a double leg takedown but Repomies sprawls well. He's pushed Messinger's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Repomies misses with a head kick.

Repomies moves into the clinch.
Repomies lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Messinger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rauno Repomies dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Will Messinger's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Good leg kick by Repomies there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Repomies tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Messinger takes a kick to the side of the head.
Repomies looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Messinger tries to clinch but Repomies moves away
and Repomies makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Messinger really felt that one!
Messinger wants to clinch up but Repomies keeps it at a distance.
Messinger blocks a leg kick.
A punch combination from Repomies misses.
Repomies throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Repomies tries to sprawl but Messinger drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Messinger misses with a head shot. Repomies uses the momentum to regain guard.
Messinger trying to stand up but can't free himself from Repomies's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Repomies is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Repomies is pushing down on Messinger's leg trying to pass to half guard. Messinger is fighting to maintain full guard but Repomies has managed to sneak the leg through.
Messinger trying to control but Repomies postures up.
Messinger is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Repomies stops Messinger from getting back to his feet.
Messinger wants to improve his position but Repomies is controlling well.
Repomies content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Messinger wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Messinger makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Messinger rushes Repomies and presses him up against the cage.
Repomies scores with a nice hook to the head.
Messinger is working Repomies over against the cage.
Repomies makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Repomies tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Messinger avoids it.
Messinger is looking to control Repomies's arms but Repomies gets an underhook and turns him. Now Messinger has his back to the cage.
Messinger tries to break the clinch but Repomies is controlling the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Repomies is trying to stall.
Messinger can't get the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Repomies throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rauno Repomies has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Repomies lands a right hand.
Repomies misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Messinger.
Repomies lands a right hand.
Repomies misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Repomies.
Repomies lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Messinger decides to pull guard.
Messinger keeping moving, preventing Repomies from controlling successfully.

Repomies stands up and waves to Messinger to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Repomies looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Repomies works Messinger's body with a nice hook.
Messinger takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Messinger tries a head kick but it misses.
Messinger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Repomies tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Messinger shoots in for a takedown but Repomies shows good takedown defense.
Messinger tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Repomies drives through and clinches with Messinger against the cage.
Messinger drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rauno Repomies has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Messinger.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Repomies is looking to control Messinger's arms but Messinger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Repomies has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rauno Repomies dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Will Messinger's cut.
That's time! Repomies's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.

Messinger closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Messinger is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Repomies keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Messinger wants to take a breather but Repomies is having none of it.
Messinger thows a huge punch but Repomies dodges it nicely.
Messinger prevents Repomies from improving his position.

Messinger is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Messinger is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Repomies doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Messinger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Repomies is looking to improve his position.

Messinger decides to stand and escape the position.
Repomies shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Repomies scores with a head kick.
Messinger shoots in looking for a takedown but Repomies manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Messinger's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Messinger tries to clinch there but Repomies circles away.
Repomies lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Messinger clobbers Repomies with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Repomies jabs Messinger to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Repomies clinches up against the cage.
Messinger has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Repomies avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Messinger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Repomies.
Messinger letting Repomies take a breather here.
Messinger is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Repomies pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rauno Repomies has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Will Messinger.
Messinger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Messinger blocks a body shot from Repomies.
Repomies tries to stall but Messinger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Repomies.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Repomies lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Repomies stops a takedown attempt from Messinger.
Repomies creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messinger avoids a wild elbow strike from Repomies.
Repomies blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Repomies lands with a light punch inside.
Messinger working hard to break the clinch.
Repomies throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Messingers head.
Repomies stalling.
Messinger is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Repomies to keep the fight standing.
Messinger looking to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Repomies.
Repomies pushes Messinger back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Repomies - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Messinger blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Repomies.
Rauno Repomies is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Messinger wants to break the clinch but can't.
Repomies lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Repomies lands a body punch.
Messinger blocks an uppercut.
Repomies has Messinger pressed against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Repomies scores with a shoulder strike.
Repomies trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Messinger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Messinger wants a takedown but no success here.
Will Messinger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Repomies blocks an elbow strike from Messinger.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rauno Repomies showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Repomies, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rauno Repomies!