PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ogami Itto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rampe Rovio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rovio has chosen Boom City as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Itto
vs
Rovio

172 cm
27
183 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

176 cm
31
179 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hardcore Nutrition
Perkele!

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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ogami Itto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rampe Rovio!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Itto, as that shot connected.
Rovio misses with a looping left.
Rovio throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Itto motions for Rovio to come forward. Itto throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rovio tries a low kick but Itto avoids it.

Rovio drives through and clinches with Itto against the cage.
Itto swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Rovio has hold of one of Itto's legs. Itto is fighting the takedown attempt but Rovio gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Itto 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.
Rovio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Itto wants to sweep but no luck.

Itto looking for a guillotine here but Rovio defends easily.
Rovio's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Itto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rovio is one step ahead there.
Rovio lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rovio trying to control the position from guard on top but Itto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rovio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Itto swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rovio preventing the sweep.
Rovio sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Itto's guard.
Rovio is trying to control the action in half guard but Itto is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rovio works his way into side control.
Rovio is looking to take a break and control but Itto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Itto avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rovio.

Rovio is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Itto knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itto sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Itto is looking to improve his position.
Rovio stops Itto from getting back to his feet.
Rovio wants to pass to mount but Itto is defending the position.
Rovio is keen to just control but Itto is a slippery customer.
Itto is looking to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rovio lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Itto is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itto wants to control but Rovio is keeping busy.
Itto is trying to get back to full guard.
Rovio looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Itto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Rovio is working for a submission of some sort.
Itto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rovio scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rovio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rovio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rovio tries to pass to full mount but Itto defends it.
Rovio has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Itto is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rovio landing strikes from the mount and Itto is in trouble!
Rovio scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rovio scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rovio raining down shots from the mount!
BOOM! Rovio connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rovio is landing with some decent strikes but Itto is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rovio scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Itto?

It looks like Ogami Itto has been cut.
Rovio connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rovio punishing his opponent with strikes.
Itto can't escape the position.

Rovio is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Itto has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Rovio lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rampe Rovio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ogami Itto's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Itto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rovio listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Itto takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Ogami Itto's cut is getting worse.
Rovio lands the left hand.
Jab from Rovio.
Rovio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rovio.
Itto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rovio misses with a straight left.
Itto stuffs the takedown attempt from Rovio. Rovio gets slowly back to his feet.
Itto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rovio takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Itto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rovio bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Itto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Itto blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Itto walks into a straight right hand from Rovio.
Itto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rovio as he jumps to the side.
Itto stuffs the takedown.
Itto takes a jab right on the kisser.
Itto bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rovio throws out a leg kick but Itto moves out of range and Rovio only half commits.
Itto misses with a body shot.
Rampe Rovio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rovio throws a body punch but Itto moves out of range.
Itto cracks Rovio with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Itto throws a head kick but Rovio moves out of range.
Rovio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Itto's head.
Rovio fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Itto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rovio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rovio checks the leg kick.
Rovio missing with a left hand there. Itto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rovio. That's going to slow Itto down.
Rovio throws a body kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Itto.
Itto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rovio scores with a shot to the body.
Rovio jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Itto misses with a leg kick
and Rovio counters with a thumping low kick.
Rovio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Itto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rovio fails to land the takedown.
Ogami Itto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rampe Rovio.
Rovio swinging wildly here.
Itto walks into a jab.
Rovio swings for the body but Itto moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itto slaps away a takedown attempt from Rovio, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Itto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Itto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Itto misses with a leg kick

and Rovio counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rovio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rovio connects with a couple of short punches.
Itto keeping moving, preventing Rovio from controlling successfully.

Itto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rovio is aware though and is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rovio slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Rovio distracts Itto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Itto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rovio is one step ahead there.
Rampe Rovio has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rovio distracts Itto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Itto wants to stand up but Rovio is controlling him.
Itto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rovio passes Itto's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Itto wants to improve his position but Rovio is controlling well.
Rovio looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Itto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Itto is staying active underneath Rovio, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rovio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rovio works his foot free and advances to mount.
Itto is squirming around, avoiding Rovio's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rampe Rovio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ogami Itto's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Itto swings widly with a right hand
and Rovio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rovio connects with a nice looking jab.
Itto throws a leg kick but Rovio checks it.
Rovio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rovio misses the shot to the body.

Rovio shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Itto wants to control but Rovio is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Itto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Itto is trying to maintain the position but Rovio is very close to passing his half guard.
Itto tries to get to full guard but Rovio has control of the leg.
Rovio is pressing down on Itto's thigh, looking to free his foot. Itto is holding on for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Itto is trying to get back to full guard.
Itto taking some punishment here, with Rovio in his half guard.
Rovio seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Itto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rovio scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rovio is controlling the pace.
Rovio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Itto defending well though.
Rovio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Itto is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rovio uses his free foot to push down on Itto's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Itto.
Rovio postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Itto looks a forlorn figure.
Rovio lands a big elbow.

Ogami Itto's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Itto is working to get back to half guard.
Itto manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ogami Itto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Itto is looking to control Rovio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Itto avoid being mounted?
Rovio works his way into full mount!
Itto is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rovio takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Rovio with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Itto is bucking up trying to escape but Rovio cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rampe Rovio is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Itto sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Rovio is thwarting Itto's attempts to control the position.
Rovio prevents Itto from improving his position.
Itto taking some punishment here, with Rovio in his half guard.
Rovio prevents Itto from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rovio uses his free foot to push down on Itto's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Itto.
Rovio lands a big shot there that rocks Itto but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Jeez, Ogami Itto's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ogami Itto's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rampe Rovio!
A very excited looking Rampe Rovio made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.