PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Randon Rett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus Soderberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rett comes to the cage accompanied by Gimme Shelter--Rolling Stones. Randon Rett has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Rett
vs
Soderberg

191 cm
31
185 lbs
13 - 10 - 1

179 cm
25
186 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randon Rett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rufus Soderberg!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soderberg shoots in for a takedown but Rett shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rett throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Soderberg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rett throws out the jab.
Soderberg shoots for a takedown but Rett saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Soderberg shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Rett is looking to get to half guard.
Soderberg trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Soderberg avoids the attempt from Rett to control.
Rett holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Soderberg tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Rett is looking to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soderberg takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Soderberg thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Soderberg controlling from mount.
Soderberg with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Soderberg wants to control the action but instead Rett gets a body lock and reverses into Soderberg's guard! Nice work!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg pulls Rett in close to his closed guard and prevents Rett from doing any damage or advancing position.
Soderberg lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rett!
Rett wants to control but Soderberg is having none of it.
Soderberg trying to control but Rett is having none of it.
Soderberg looking to finish with strikes here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rett taking shots to the head.
Soderberg controlling the pace for now.
Rett swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Rett tries to hold on but Soderberg postures up.
Soderberg trying to control but Rett is having none of it.
Soderberg is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Soderberg has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rett is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Rett is squirming around, avoiding Soderberg's attempts to control the action.

Soderberg moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Rett has worked his arm free - good work by Rett!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rett is looking to regain half guard here but Soderberg keeps moving and retains side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Soderberg goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Rett rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Soderberg's guard! Nice work there by Rett!

Soderberg is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rufus Soderberg dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rett scores with a decent looking hook.
Rett uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rett misses with a straight left.
Soderberg tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rett swivels and escapes.
Rett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Rett.
Soderberg checks a low kick from Rett.
Rett keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rett 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 Soderberg has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Soderberg and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rett just misses with a punch to the body.
Soderberg shoots in for a double leg but Rett sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Randon Rett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rufus Soderberg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rett walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Soderberg checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Soderberg fails with the takedown.
Soderberg shoots in for a takedown but Rett shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Rett gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Soderberg to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Soderberg engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Rett is trying to keep Soderberg in close.
Soderberg passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rett trying to control here.

Soderberg is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Soderberg passes the guard and advances to mount!
Soderberg with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Soderberg tries to take Rett's back but instead Rett uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rett wants to control but Soderberg is keeping busy.
Soderberg trying to control from Rett's half guard. Rett has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Soderberg looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg trying to control but Rett is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rett working a defensive guard here.

Rufus Soderberg has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Soderberg checks a low kick from Rett.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soderberg misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The fighters circling - Rett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rufus Soderberg will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rett misses with a lunging right hand

and Soderberg counters with a shoot takedown. Rett fights it but they end up in guard.
Soderberg slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Soderberg is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rett knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Soderberg trying to control the action but Rett is working from the bottom.
Rett is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Soderberg is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Soderberg tries to control but Rett wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rett tries to lock up and control but Soderberg gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rett is in all sorts of trouble here.
Soderberg can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rett is looking to escape.
Soderberg might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rett kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Soderberg wants to finish this one by submission but Rett is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Soderberg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rett tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee warns Rett that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Soderberg throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Rett because Soderberg loaded up on that one.
Soderberg tries to control but Rett wriggling away.
Soderberg misses with a head shot.
Rett is desperately trying to improve his position but Soderberg has a good base and remains in mount.
Rett wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Soderberg.
Soderberg with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rett is in all sorts of trouble here.

Soderberg goes for an armbar but Rett turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Rett.
Rett trying to control but Soderberg is working from the bottom.
Rett won't allow Soderberg to sweep him here.
Rett has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rett landing some decent shots from guard.
Rett will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Soderberg utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rett throwing strikes but missing.
Rett looking to sit in guard and control but Soderberg gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Randon Rett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Soderberg trying to control the position from guard on top but Rett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Soderberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Rett is retaining full guard.
Rett throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soderberg trying to control but Rett is working from the bottom.
Rufus Soderberg is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Soderberg not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rufus Soderberg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Soderberg winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rufus Soderberg!