PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rasta Fary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riku Reipas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fary kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is El toro guapo. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fary
vs
Reipas

162 cm
27
135 lbs
13 - 7 - 2

175 cm
29
148 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

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 13 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Rasta Fary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Riku Reipas!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fary misses with a two punch combination.

Reipas shoots in and bounces Fary off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Reipas looking to sit in guard and control but Fary gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Reipas keeping moving, preventing Fary from controlling successfully.
Fary has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fary with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Reipas throws his legs up looking for a submission but Fary uses it to pass to side control.
Reipas is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fary slows the pace down.
Fary landing strikes.
Reipas tries to bench press Fary off him but Fary keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Fary's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Fary is trying to get an arm triangle but Reipas is defending well.
Reipas tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Fary presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Fary working the ground and pound effectively.
Reipas tries to hold on but Fary pushes him away.
Fary wants to control the pace but Reipas is squirming around nicely.
Fary lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fary with shots to the head and body - Reipas looks very uncomfortable down there.
Reipas is bucking up trying to escape but Fary cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fary lands a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reipas is working to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fary cracks Reipas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reipas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fary is landing with some decent strikes but Reipas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Fary working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Reipas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
BOOM! Fary connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fary lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Reipas hang on?
Reipas can't escape the position.
Fary working the ground and pound effectively.
Reipas can't escape the position.
Fary is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Reipas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fary is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fary wants to control the pace but Reipas is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fary has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Reipas's face.
Reipas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Reipas bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Reipas landing with the ground and pound.
Fary trying to control the position.
Reipas wants to control from the top but Fary keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reipas is fighting to break Fary's control of his arms but Fary is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Fary trying to keep a closed guard but Reipas is proving a slippery customer.
Fary bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Reipas's guard.
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!
Reipas keeping full guard, as Fary tries to pass.
Reipas 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.
Fary might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fary is fighting to break Reipas's control of his arms but Reipas is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fary is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Reipas is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rasta Fary dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Reipas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fary swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reipas slips a jab and a cross from Fary.
Fary misses with a double jab.
Reipas avoids a punch combination nicely.

Fary tries to sprawl but Reipas drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fary trying to control here.
Reipas throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Fary to regain full guard.
Reipas works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Reipas wants to take a breather but Fary is having none of it.

Reipas seems to be working for a kimura but Fary defends the submission attempt.
Reipas misses with a head shot. Fary uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reipas slips nicely into half guard.
Fary avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Reipas.
Nice strikes from Reipas there.
Fary is concentrating on defense, preventing Reipas from advancing position.
Fary is not content to let Reipas control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fary avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Reipas.

Reipas is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fary sees it coming and defends easily.
Fary is looking for a sweep. Reipas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Reipas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rasta Fary overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Reipas trying to control from Fary's half guard. Fary has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Fary looking to control.
Fary is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fary wants to sweep here but Reipas controlling him for the moment.
Fary is working hard here to advance position.
Fary keeping moving, preventing Reipas from controlling successfully.
Fary trying to control the position.
Reipas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Reipas working some strikes from top position.
Reipas wants to pass the guard but Fary is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reipas landing some decent shots from guard.
Reipas slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Reipas won't allow Fary to sweep him here.
Reipas trying to control but Fary is working from the bottom.
Reipas passes Fary's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reipas trying to pass the guard but Fary defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riku Reipas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Reipas shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fary manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Reipas is working Fary over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fary keeping full guard, as Reipas tries to pass.
Reipas trying to control but Fary is working from the bottom.

Reipas drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Fary manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Reipas has Fary in his guard.

Reipas looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Fary passes into half guard.

Reipas has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Fary escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Fary!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fary scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fary scores with punches from side control.
Reipas gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Fary landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fary landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Reipas is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fary pulls his head out easily.
Fary passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Reipas!
Reipas tries to hold on but Fary postures up.
Reipas tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fary lands a big elbow.
Fary cracks Reipas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fary is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Reipas tries to reverse the position but Fary maintains control.
Fary scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Reipas?
Reipas is desperately trying to improve his position but Fary has a good base and remains in mount.
Fary is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Reipas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Fary dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Reipas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Reipas tries to hold on but Fary pushes him away.
Fary has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Reipas's face.
Fary looking to finish Reipas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Reipas!

Reipas is rocked!
Reipas tries to hold on but Fary postures up.
Reipas is still in real trouble! Can Fary finish him?
Fary working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reipas tries to reverse the position but Fary maintains control.
Reipas seems to have recovered his senses.
Reipas tries to hold on but Fary pushes him away.
Fary fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Reipas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Reipas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fary tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fary raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fary cracks Reipas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Reipas tries to lock up and control but Fary gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Reipas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Reipas is squirming around, avoiding Fary's attempts to control the action.
A nice elbow there by Fary.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fary prevents Reipas from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fary connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fary lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Reipas hang on?
Reipas can't escape the position.
Reipas takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fary avoids the attempt from Reipas to control.
Fary lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Fary.
Reipas tries to lock up and control but Fary gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Fary looking to finish Reipas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Reipas!
Reipas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fary unloading with bombs!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reipas wants to hold on but Fary pushes him away.
Reipas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Reipas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reipas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rasta Fary showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fary has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rasta Fary!