PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Riddle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vviktung Bolski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riddle comes into the arena with Ain't No Rest For The Wicked blaring out of the sound system. The key to victory for Tom Riddle has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Riddle
vs
Bolski

190 cm
20
220 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

214 cm
25
205 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's All 160
KO Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tom Riddle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vviktung Bolski!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Riddle.
Riddle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bolski misses with a takedown attempt
letting Riddle counter with a right hand.
Bolski doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Riddle counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Riddle's corner calls for a 1-2. Riddle obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Riddle scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bolski in his tracks.
Riddle motions for Bolski to come forward. Riddle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Riddle swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bolski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Bolski fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Riddle to the ground. Bolski is now in Riddle's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Riddle lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bolski!
Bolski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Riddle cracks Bolski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Riddle looking to control but Bolski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bolski is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddle is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bolski can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Riddle wants to control but Bolski has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Bolski has hold of Riddle's hands but Riddle slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bolski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Riddle is thwarting Bolski's attempts to control the position.
Riddle has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Riddle perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bolski is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Riddle's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Riddle's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolski doesn't have the hooks in and Riddle manages to turn into his guard.
Riddle throws a big right hand that misses.
Riddle is in close to Bolski's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riddle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bolski bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Riddle's guard.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Riddle had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bolski defends it easily.
Riddle not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bolski stands up over Riddle, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bolski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Riddle wants to sweep but no luck.
Riddle keeping moving, preventing Bolski from controlling successfully.
Riddle is trying to keep Bolski in close.

Riddle had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bolski defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolski wants to control from the top but Riddle keeps moving.

Bolski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bolski stands up over Riddle, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Riddle is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bolski landing some decent shots from guard.
Bolski trying to control but Riddle is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bolski postures up in Riddle's guard and throws a big left but Riddle blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddle looking to control.
Bolski wants to control from the top but Riddle keeps moving.
Bolski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Riddle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bolski working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Riddle is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Riddle tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bolski working some strikes from top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Riddle escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bolski gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Riddle keeping moving, preventing Bolski from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Riddle dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bolski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Riddle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bolski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Bolski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Riddle did well to prevent Bolski getting side control.
Riddle taking some punishment here, with Bolski in his half guard.
Riddle is pressing down on Bolski's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bolski is working Riddle over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Riddle is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Riddle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Riddle is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bolski is aware though and is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riddle keeping moving, preventing Bolski from controlling successfully.
Riddle is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bolski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Riddle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bolski won't allow Riddle to sweep him here.
Bolski wants to control from the top but Riddle keeps moving.
Riddle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bolski.
Bolski trying to control but Riddle is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bolski throws a big elbow that misses.
Bolski must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Riddle lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bolski!
Bolski holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Riddle tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddle landing punches.
Bolski tries to hold on but Riddle pushes him away.

Riddle working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Bolski wants to control but Riddle is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bolski keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Riddle lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddle lands a couple of good shots and Bolski has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Bolski has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Riddle.
Riddle scores with punches and elbows.
Riddle looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

Bolski is rocked!
Bolski trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Bolski tries to escape but Riddle has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
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!
Bolski covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Bolski is still in real trouble! Can Riddle finish him?
Riddle scores with punches and elbows.

Riddle is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Bolski knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Bolski for a finish.
Riddle cracks Bolski with a big right hand from the back mount! Bolski immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Riddle takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Riddle!
A very excited looking Tom Riddle 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.