PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Reign (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Ruutana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reign's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Name. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ruutana's choice of entrance music: Ennio Morricone - Man With A Harmonica. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Reign
vs
Ruutana

175 cm
23
165 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

174 cm
29
156 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James Reign!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armas Ruutana!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruutana throws a wild body kick that Reign sees coming a mile off.
Reign misses with a wild body shot.
Ruutana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ruutana tries to score with a low kick but Reign moves his leg out of the way.
Reign lands a lovely overhand right.
A left lands for Ruutana.
Ruutana throws a front kick aimed at Reign's knee but Reign avoids it well.
Ruutana throws a chopping leg kick but Reign manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ruutana throws a leg kick but Reign sees it coming and moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ruutana.
Ruutana throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reign on the side of the head.
Ruutana takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ruutana buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruutana throws a sloppy body shot
and Reign counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reign sizes up Ruutana with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruutana. Reign does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruutana throws a wild body kick that Reign sees coming a mile off.
Reign misses the jab.
Ruutana misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutana goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reign moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ruutana looks to land a body kick but Reign moved away.
Ruutana uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reign.
Reign moves in looking to clinch but Ruutana pushes him off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ruutana.
Ruutana misses with a hook. Reign ducked under it nicely.
Reign swings for the body but Ruutana moves out of range.
Ruutana pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ruutana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Reign feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ruutanas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ruutana lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Reign has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Reign and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Reign with a jab.
Ruutana connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ruutana circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruutana misses with a low kick.
Reign moves out of range of the leg kick from Ruutana.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reign misses with a hook. Ruutana ducked under it nicely.
Reign thuds a left hand into Ruutana's body.
Reign checks the leg kick nicely there.
Reign lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruutana circles away quickly and effectively.
Armas Ruutana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reign gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ruutana.
A left lands for Ruutana.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ruutana.
Ruutana throws a low kick but Reign avoids it.
Reign's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ruutana connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reign scrambles back to his feet.
Reign on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reign throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ruutana, right into the meat.
Ruutana lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ruutana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reign checks a leg kick.
Ruutana stuns Reign with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ruutana misses with a shot to the body
and Reign counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reign takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ruutana smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Reign tries to clinch up.
Reign lands a jab to Ruutana's midsection.
Ruutana scores with a nice right hand.
Reign misses with a hook. Ruutana ducked under it nicely.
Reign on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ruutana wants to land a leg kick but Reign is out of range.
Reign walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Armas Ruutana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reign uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruutana.
Ruutana throws out a loose jab but Reign uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruutana misses with a kick to the body.
Ruutana works Reign's body with a nice hook.
Reign displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reign moves out of range as Ruutana throws a body kick.
Reign avoids the body shot from Ruutana.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reign scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reign tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruutana was well out of range. Poor timing from Reign.
Ruutana misses the jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Reign checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ruutana throws a looping overhand right but Reign ducks down to avoid it.
Ruutana moves out of range as Reign strikes.
Ruutana throws an overhand right that lands on Reign's shoulder, as Reign tries to avoid the shot.
Reign lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ruutana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reign scores with a sloppy right hand. Ruutana should have avoided that one.
Reign throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ruutana counters with a left to the body.
Ruutana keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Reign looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruutana is just out of range.
Reign uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruutana.
Ruutana throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ruutana thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana scoring well with a low kick there.
Ruutana cracks the inside of Reign's front leg.
Ruutana circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruutana tries a low kick but Reign avoids it.
Reign lands with a cross.
Ruutana avoids the body shot from Reign.
Ruutana fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reign has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ruutana throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Reign counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ruutana throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reign is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ruutana fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reign has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ruutana pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A lazy left from Ruutana finds it's target.

Reign feints and as Ruutana raises his hands in defense, Reign changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Reign wants to pass the guard but Ruutana is keeping the position.
Ruutana keeping moving, preventing Reign from controlling successfully.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Ruutana had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Reign defends it easily.
Ruutana looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reign is one step ahead there.
Reign is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Reign trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Ruutana manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Reign has control of Ruutana's left arm, preventing Ruutana from doing any damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Reign preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reign preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Ruutana has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Reign to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Ruutana is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Reign pulls down on the head and he's put Ruutana to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). James Reign!
James Reign retains his lightweight title!
James Reign thanked the fans post fight for their support.