PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Armen Raikkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Narcoleptic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raikkonen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Europe - Final Countdown. Armen Raikkonen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Raikkonen
vs
Narcoleptic

176 cm
19
159 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

172 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

Monster MMA

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armen Raikkonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rick Narcoleptic!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narcoleptic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Narcoleptic throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Raikkonen's waist but Raikkonen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Narcoleptic off to one side.

Narcoleptic drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Raikkonen is trying to get back to half guard.
Raikkonen wants to get back to his feet.
Narcoleptic advances to full mount.
Raikkonen doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Narcoleptic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Raikkonen is looking to escape.
Raikkonen tries to hold on but Narcoleptic pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raikkonen avoids a series of strikes thrown by Narcoleptic.

Narcoleptic working for a submission but Raikkonen is keeping him at bay.
Raikkonen squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Raikkonen can't escape the position.
Raikkonen holds of for dear life.
Narcoleptic won't let Raikkonen get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Narcoleptic looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Raikkonen is trying desperately to improve position.
Narcoleptic looking to finish with strikes here!
Narcoleptic tries to control but Raikkonen wriggling away.
Raikkonen tries to hold on but Narcoleptic pushes him away.
Raikkonen is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Narcoleptic is stalling here but it's allowed Raikkonen to get half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Narcoleptic decides to stand up.
Raikkonen is breathing heavily.
Narcoleptic shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Narcoleptic checks a leg kick.
Raikkonen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Narcoleptic. That did some damage!
Raikkonen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Raikkonen is looking to clinch.
Raikkonen looks to land a combination but Narcoleptic avoids it well.
Narcoleptic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Armen Raikkonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raikkonen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Raikkonen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Narcoleptic doesn't manage to clinch there - Raikkonen circles away.
Narcoleptic tries to clinch but Raikkonen moves away
and Raikkonen counters with a stiff right hand.
Raikkonen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Raikkonen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Narcoleptic gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Narcoleptic has picked Raikkonen up - he's going for a ride! Narcoleptic dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Raikkonen is trying to control but can't.
Raikkonen is looking to escape.
Raikkonen tries to roll over but Narcoleptic keeps him under control.
Narcoleptic wants to stand but Raikkonen has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Raikkonen kicks off Narcoleptic and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Narcoleptic dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Raikkonen wants to clinch

and Narcoleptic counters with a single leg into guard. Raikkonen didn't expect that.
Narcoleptic lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Narcoleptic drops back looking for a leg! Raikkonen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Raikkonen manages to kick Narcoleptic off! Narcoleptic jumps back into Raikkonen's guard.
Narcoleptic prevents Raikkonen from getting back to his feet.
Raikkonen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Raikkonen can't keep his opponent in guard - Narcoleptic advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Narcoleptic trying to control from Raikkonen's half guard. Raikkonen has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narcoleptic looking to sit in guard and control but Raikkonen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Raikkonen stands and steps away. Narcoleptic gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Raikkonen lands with a nice combination. Narcoleptic backs away looking to recover.
Raikkonen moves in looking to clinch but Narcoleptic pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Raikkonen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raikkonen sizes up Narcoleptic with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Armen Raikkonen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raikkonen throws a big shot that misses.
Narcoleptic slips a straight right by Raikkonen.
Narcoleptic darts in trying to clinch
and Raikkonen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Narcoleptic thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narcoleptic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Raikkonen.

Raikkonen instigates a clinch.
Narcoleptic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Raikkonen prevents it.
Raikkonen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Raikkonen can't break the clinch.
Narcoleptic is stalling here.
Raikkonen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Narcoleptic blocking some punches.
Narcoleptic tries to pull guard but Raikkonen holds him up against the cage and eventually Narcoleptic drops back down to his feet.
Narcoleptic tries for a takedown but Raikkonen manages to get underhooks.
Armen Raikkonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Narcoleptic.

Raikkonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Raikkonen tries to clinch but Narcoleptic is having none of it.
Armen Raikkonen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Narcoleptic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Raikkonen breaks the clinch.
Raikkonen throws a solid leg kick but Narcoleptic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Raikkonen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raikkonen waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Narcoleptic.
Raikkonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Narcoleptic is just out of range.

Narcoleptic gets the takedown into side control.
Narcoleptic prevents Raikkonen from escaping the position.
Raikkonen sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Raikkonen tries to kick Narcoleptic off but Narcoleptic keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Raikkonen controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Raikkonen pushes Narcoleptic off and gets back to his feet.
Raikkonen connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raikkonen moves in looking to clinch but Narcoleptic pushes him off.
Narcoleptic blocks a leg kick.
Raikkonen takes a swing at Narcoleptic's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Raikkonen.
Raikkonen throws a leg kick that is checked

and Narcoleptic counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raikkonen wants to get back to his feet.

Narcoleptic postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Raikkonen to stand up.
Narcoleptic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Narcoleptic wants to clinch
and Raikkonen counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No luck for Narcoleptic with that takedown attempt.
Raikkonen misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Narcoleptic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Narcoleptic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Narcoleptic.

Narcoleptic clinches up with Raikkonen and pushes him back against the cage.
Raikkonen scores with a shot to the side of Narcoleptic's head.
Narcoleptic fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Narcoleptic fails to pull guard.

Raikkonen manages to break the clinch.
Raikkonen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Raikkonen looks to clinch

and Narcoleptic counters by moving into the clinch.
Narcoleptic has had enough of the clinch but Raikkonen keeps him there for the moment.
Raikkonen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Raikkonen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Raikkonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Narcoleptic has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Raikkonen swings for the body but Narcoleptic moves out of range.
Raikkonen tries to clinch but Narcoleptic is having none of it.

Raikkonen pushes Narcoleptic up against the cage in a clinch.

Raikkonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Raikkonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narcoleptic takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Raikkonen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Raikkonen scoring well with a low kick there.
Raikkonen misses with a body punch

and Narcoleptic counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Narcoleptic thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Raikkonen to regain full guard.
Narcoleptic trying to control but Raikkonen is working from the bottom.
Raikkonen has control of Narcoleptic's left arm, preventing Narcoleptic from doing any damage.
Narcoleptic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Raikkonen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Raikkonen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Narcoleptic is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narcoleptic trying to control the position from guard on top but Raikkonen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Narcoleptic advances position into side control!
Raikkonen is trying to escape the position but Narcoleptic is controlling the position.

Narcoleptic goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Raikkonen has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Narcoleptic but great work by Raikkonen.

Raikkonen decides to stand up, so the ref orders Narcoleptic to his feet.

Narcoleptic shoots in and bounces Raikkonen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raikkonen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narcoleptic won't allow Raikkonen to get back to his feet.
Raikkonen looking for a sweep. Not yet Raikkonen, not yet.
Narcoleptic trying to control the position from guard on top but Raikkonen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Narcoleptic tries to free his leg and advance position but Raikkonen is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Raikkonen tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Raikkonen clinches but Narcoleptic breaks the clinch

and Narcoleptic counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Raikkonen's guard now.

Raikkonen has his foot on Narcoleptic's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Narcoleptic works his way back into a safe position though.
Narcoleptic passes into half guard.
Narcoleptic is looking to advance position but Raikkonen won't allow it.
Narcoleptic is looking to take a break and control but Raikkonen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Narcoleptic stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Raikkonen to get to his feet.
Armen Raikkonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Raikkonen misses with a looping left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Narcoleptic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Narcoleptic 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Narcoleptic!