PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liha Rekka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Twist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Oliver Twist is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Rekka
vs
Twist

202 cm
22
220 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

192 cm
21
222 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liha Rekka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oliver Twist!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rekka connects with an inside leg kick.
Rekka throws a low kick but Twist avoids it.
Rekka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Twist paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Twist misses with a wild body shot.

Rekka moves into the clinch.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Twist jumps guard but Rekka stands there with Twist around his waist. Twist gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rekka lands a good knee to the midsection. Twist won't want to take too many of those.
Rekka throws a head punch that misses.
Rekka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Twist has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Twist is working for takedown but Rekka is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rekka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rekka unloads a knee to the mid-section. Twist lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twist is looking to take this one to the mat.
Liha Rekka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliver Twist.
Twist looks winded!
Rekka tries a knee to the head but Twist blocks it.
Rekka with a knee to the head.
Rekka taking a breather.
Rekka misses with a knee to the head.
Rekka taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Twist on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rekka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Twist's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rekka looking to throw knees to the head but Twist is blocking nicely.
Rekka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Twist's face.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Twist jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rekka walks away with a smile on his face. Twist gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rekka throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Twist misses the shot to the body.
Twist connects with a single shot there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rekka. That's going to slow Twist down.
Liha Rekka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rekka wants to clinch.
Rekka scoring well with a low kick there.
Liha Rekka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Twist swings for the body but Rekka moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rekka with a jab.
Rekka cracks the inside of Twist's front leg.
Rekka lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Twist checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rekka throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Twist misses the shot to the body.
Rekka is looking to slow Twist down with leg kicks.
Rekka misses with a leg kick
and Twist counters with a nice body shot.
Twist keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rekka tries to close the distance and clinch but Twist swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rekka tries to work over Twist's front leg with a kick but Twist checks it.
Rekka closes the distance but Twist moves to the side

and Twist counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Twist working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Twist crashes against the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Twist is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Rekka is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Twist trying to control the position but Rekka is working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Twist prevents Rekka from escaping the position.
Rekka is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liha Rekka dominated that round.
That's time! Rekka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rekka misses with a low kick as Twist jumps back.
Rekka leaves Twist with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Twist is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rekka rather than just go for the knockout.

Rekka closes the distance and pushes Twist back into the cage.
Rekka effectively controlling the action here.
Rekka utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rekka looking to throw knees to the head but Twist is blocking nicely.
Rekka stalling in the clinch.
Rekka misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twist wants to stall.
Twist jumps guard but Rekka stands there with Twist around his waist. Twist gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Twist.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka misses with an elbow strike.
Rekka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Twist has Rekka pushed against the cage.
Rekka lands a shot to the body.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but Twist blocks it.
Rekka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rekka lands a knee to the head.
Rekka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rekka is stalling here.
Rekka gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Liha Rekka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rekka misses with a knee to the head.
Rekka trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Rekka.
Rekka stalling the fight.
Twist blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rekka landing knees to the head.
Rekka prevents a takedown attempt there.
Liha Rekka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliver Twist.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rekka landing knees to the head.

Twist is rocked!
Rekka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Twist blocks it with crossed arms.
Twist is still on wobbly legs! Can Rekka finish him?
Rekka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rekka lands a nice knee to the body.
Twist seems to have recovered his senses.
Rekka connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but Twist blocks with his arms.
Rekka misses with a knee to the head.
Rekka misses with a knee to the head.
Rekka holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rekka seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Twist blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rekka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Twist's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rekka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Twist avoids it.
Rekka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Twist is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liha Rekka dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rekka scoring well with a low kick there.
Good leg kick by Rekka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rekka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rekka tries to work over Twist's front leg with a kick but Twist checks it.
Twist tries for a takedown but Rekka sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Twist throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rekka's waist but Rekka gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Twist off to one side.
Rekka cracks the inside of Twist's front leg.
Rekka lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rekka attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rekka throws a head kick but Twist moves out of range.
Rekka wants to clinch.
Rekka motions for Twist to come forward. Rekka throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Twist checks a leg kick.
Rekka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Twist takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rekka defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Twist.
Liha Rekka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliver Twist.
Rekka throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rekka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rekka wants to clinch.
Rekka throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rekka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Twist is out of range and Rekka settles back down.
Rekka doesn't manage to clinch there - Twist circles away.
Rekka tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rekka misses with a low kick as Twist jumps back.
Rekka lands with an overhand left.
Rekka fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Twist checks it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Twist. Rekka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Twist lands a nice looking body shot.
Twist shoots for a double leg takedown but Rekka sprawls well. He's pushed Twist's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Twist thows a body shot but no joy.
Rekka scores with a head kick. Twist tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rekka misses with a leg kick.
Rekka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rekka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liha Rekka is winning the standup battle so far.
Rekka connects with a leg kick. Twist looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rekka tries to clinch but Twist moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rekka misses with a body kick.
Rekka throws a head kick that Twist semi-blocks.

Twist closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rekka to the mat! Rekka manages to get full guard.
Twist passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Twist goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Rekka rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Twist's guard! Nice work there by Rekka!
Twist takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rekka looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rekka knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Twist on the ground.
Rekka trying to control but Twist is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Twist manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rekka manages to get himself to full guard.
Rekka wants to get back to his feet but Twist is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Twist trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Twist wants to control from the top but Rekka keeps moving.
Rekka keeping full guard, as Twist tries to pass.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Twist trying to control the position from guard on top but Rekka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liha Rekka clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rekka is looking to clinch but Twist is avoiding it.
Twist tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rekka swivels and escapes.
Twist shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rekka pinned against the cage. Rekka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rekka tries a head kick but it misses.
Rekka is looking to clinch.

Twist darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rekka trying to control here.
Twist prevents Rekka from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Twist is working for a kimura but Rekka is defending it quite comfortably.

Rekka has one foot on Twist's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rekka, right into the meat.
Rekka cracks the inside of Twist's front leg.

Twist shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Twist showed some decent athleticism there.
Rekka moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rekka is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Twist is controlling him.
Rekka has momentary wrist control but Twist slips an elbow through the middle.
Rekka is pulling down on Twist's head to control his posture.
Twist pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rekka is keeping the position for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Rekka kicks Twist off and gets to his feet.
Twist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rekka was well out of range. Poor timing from Twist.
Rekka is looking to slow Twist down with leg kicks.
Twist blocks a head kick by Rekka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rekka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Twist avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rekka throws a leg kick but Twist sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Twist cracks a nice hook into Rekka's ribs.
Twist shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rekka pinned against the cage. Rekka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Liha Rekka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliver Twist.
Rekka doesn't manage to clinch there - Twist circles away.
Rekka throws a head kick that Twist semi-blocks.
A head kick misses from Rekka.
Twist changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rekka tries to avoid it but Twist manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rekka to the ground. Rekka escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rekka misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rekka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rekka lands with a thumping leg kick.
Twist avoids the head kick by Rekka.
Rekka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rekka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Rekka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rekka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Twist can do to turn this around?
Twist avoids a kick to the body.
Rekka leaves Twist with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rekka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rekka lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Rekka instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liha Rekka had his way with Oliver Twist in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Rekka lands a leg kick that knocks Twist off balance momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Twist.
Nice sprawl there from Rekka as Twist shoots in.
Rekka throws a nice head kick!
Rekka throws a low kick but Twist avoids it.

Twist closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rekka quickly recovers to half guard.
Twist wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rekka keeps working.
Twist prevents Rekka from standing back up.

Rekka kicks off Twist and gets to his feet.
Twist shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rekka pinned against the cage. Rekka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rekka tries to clinch but Twist is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rekka misses with a body kick.
Rekka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rekka throws a nice inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Twist blocks the leg kick.
Liha Rekka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rekka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Twist manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rekka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Twist fails to land the takedown.
Liha Rekka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliver Twist.
Rekka takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Twist checks the leg kick.
Rekka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Twist's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rekka throws a leg kick which misses Twist's front leg but catches the back leg as Twist tries to avoid it.
Rekka tries to close the distance and clinch but Twist swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rekka shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Twist looks for a takedown but Rekka sprawls well.
Twist is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Rekka is looking to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rekka, right into the meat.
Rekka throws a leg kick which misses Twist's front leg but catches the back leg as Twist tries to avoid it.
Twist shoots in but no luck this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Rekka moves into range and clinches up with Twist.
Twist fails to pull guard.
Rekka lands a knee to the head.

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

Twist has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Rekka regains guard immediately.
Rekka is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Rekka throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rekka is adopting a defensive guard.
Twist passes Rekka's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Twist seems to be working for a kimura but Rekka defends the submission attempt.
Rekka tries to roll over but Twist keeps him under control.
Oliver Twist has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Twist stops Rekka from getting back to his feet.
Twist is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Rekka reverses the position - he's now on top in Twist's guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Oliver Twist!
Oliver Twist is the new light heavyweight champion!