PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tom Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karri Vahti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Ryan
vs
Vahti

184 cm
26
175 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

180 cm
31
182 lbs
24 - 9 - 2

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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 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karri Vahti!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vahti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vahti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ryan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ryan ducks under a wild hook from Vahti.
Ryan checks a leg kick.
Ryan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vahti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Ryan.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vahti checks a leg kick.
Ryan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vahti. That did some damage!
Ryan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ryan looks for the body kick but Vahti saw that one coming.
Ryan connects with a leg kick. Vahti looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
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!
Vahti misses with a hook.
Vahti misses with a looping right.
Ryan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vahti is able to avoid easily.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
Vahti lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ryan's sensitive parts.
Ryan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Karri Vahti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vahti clinches up with Ryan and pushes him back against the cage.
Ryan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vahti throws a punch but it's blocked by Ryan.
Vahti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ryan tries to throw a body punch but Vahti avoids it by throwing Ryan back against the cage.
Ryan blocks an uppercut.
Ryan struggles to land a body shot inside as Vahti controls his hands.
Ryan lands a body shot.
Ryan misses with the head strike.
Vahti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vahti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ryan throws a punch but it's blocked by Vahti.

Vahti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vahti scores with a jab to the head.
Ryan throws a leg kick
and Vahti counters with a low kick, right behind Ryan 's knee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ryan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vahti checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vahti throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vahti throws a jab but it's blocked by Ryan.
Vahti throws a shot from downtown. Ryan moves away and avoids it.
Ryan misses the shot to the body.
Ryan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vahti throws a leg kick
and Ryan counters with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ryan.
The crowd cheers as Vahti lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ryan doesn't seem phased though.
A leg kick checked by Vahti.
Good shot there by Ryan.
Vahti misses with a combination
and Ryan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ryan cracks Vahti with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ryan moves away from the strike by Vahti.
Vahti misses with a straight right.
Ryan lands with a hook. Vahti tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ryan lands with an overhand left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan throws out a leg kick but Vahti moves out of range and Ryan only half commits.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vahti, as that shot connected.
Vahti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ryan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ryan scores with a nice body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vahti.
Ryan lands with a cross.

It looks like Karri Vahti has been cut.
Ryan throws a looping overhand right but Vahti ducks down to avoid it.
Ryan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ryan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ryan swings for the body but Vahti moves out of range.
Ryan misses with a low kick.
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!
Ryan checks a low kick from Vahti.

Vahti has closed the distance and engaged Ryan in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Ryan.
Ryan works on Vahti's body with a couple of short punches.

Vahti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Ryan.
Vahti scoring well with a low kick there.
Ryan moves out of range of the leg kick from Vahti.
Vahti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vahti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ryan.
Vahti is looking to clinch but Ryan is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Ryan.
Vahti checks the leg kick nicely there.

Vahti gets a clinch.
Vahti misses with some punches.
Ryan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ryan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Vahti breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vahti throws a hook but Ryan avoids it easily.
Ryan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ryan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vahti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Ryan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karri Vahti's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ryan misses with a body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Vahti blocks the leg kick.
Ryan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Vahti fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ryan checks it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ryan.
Vahti's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vahti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ryan.
Vahti has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vahti there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vahti throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ryan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That kick from Ryan tenderised Vahti's leg. Vahti is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vahti blocks a jab.
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!
Vahti misses with a hook to the body
and Ryan counters with an outside leg kick.
Ryan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ryan swinging wildly here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ryan.
Vahti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vahti throws a looping overhand right but Ryan ducks down to avoid it.
Tom Ryan is winning the standup battle so far.
Ryan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vahti takes a swing at Ryan's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vahti connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ryan momentarily.
Ryan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Vahti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ryan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
I was talking to Ryan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vahti.
Ryan blocking some punches.
Ryan lands a shot to the body.
Ryan misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ryan lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ryan.
Ryan can't find room to land a body shot as Vahti controls the action.
Vahti prevents a body shot from Ryan.
Ryan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vahti gets through Ryan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vahti.
Ryan lands a shoulder strike.
Ryan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vahtis head.
Ryan has Vahti pressed against the cage, preventing Vahti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vahti lands a body punch.
Vahti throws a punch but it's blocked by Ryan.
A frustrated look appears on Vahti's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vahti is trying to maintain a safe position but Ryan gets an underhook and turns Vahti into the cage.
Ryan struggles to land a body shot inside as Vahti controls his hands.
Ryan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vahti backwards.
Vahti working aggressively here.
Vahti misses with some punches.

Vahti breaks the clinch.
Vahti thumps Ryan with a low kick.
Ryan throws a leg kick but Vahti moved away.
Vahti throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vahti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vahti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vahti misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ryan throws a good cross that connects.
Ryan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A leg kick checked by Ryan.
A jab from Ryan does it's job there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ryan.
Ryan tries to work over Vahti's front leg with a kick but Vahti checks it.
Ryan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vahti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Vahti is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ryan looks to score with a jab to the body but Vahti is just out of range.
Ryan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ryan dodges the punch combination from Vahti.
Vahti blocks the body kick.
Ryan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vahti.
Ryan delivers a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vahti gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ryan.
Ryan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ryan misses with a body shot.
Ryan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vahti checks it well.
A lazy left from Ryan finds it's target.
Vahti misses with a series of wild punches.
Vahti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vahti throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ryan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vahti throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ryan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ryan avoids a kick to the body.
Vahti fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Ryan.
Vahti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ryan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Vahti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ryan tests Vahti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Ryan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Karri Vahti's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Vahti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Vahti is rocked!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ryan, right into the meat.
Vahti is still on wobbly legs! Can Ryan finish him?
Ryan connects with a body shot that sends Vahti's belly button to the back.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ryan checks a leg kick.
Vahti seems to have recovered his senses.
Vahti on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ryan works the jab nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ryan.
Ryan thuds his shin into the meat of Vahti's side.
Ryan connects with a right hand. Vahti shakes it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ryan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Ryan! Vahti is out on his feet! Ryan rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Vahti is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Vahti is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Ryan!
Our winner, Tom Ryan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.