PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Speedy Atkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reiska Pekka Retale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atkins comes to the cage accompanied by big in japan. Retale is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Atkins
vs
Pekka Retale

167 cm
27
150 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

169 cm
28
154 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Speedy Atkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reiska Pekka Retale!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Retale avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Atkins wants to clinch.

Atkins instigates a clinch.
Retale blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Retale blocks a body shot from Atkins.
A short right from Retale on the inside.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Retale.
A short right from Atkins on the inside.
Atkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Retale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Atkins as the two fighters clinch.
Atkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Retale.
Atkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Retale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Retale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Retale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Retale tries a body shot but Atkins blocks it.
Atkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Retale gets an underhook and turns Atkins into the cage.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Retale's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins stalling in the clinch but Retale improves position.
Atkins working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Retale.
Atkins lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Retale.
Atkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Retale backwards.
Retale blocking some punches.
Retale throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Retale lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Atkins blocks an uppercut.
Retale utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Retale lands a knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Retale.
Atkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Retale lands an elbow that stopped Atkins in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right handed body shot lands from Atkins.
Retale throws a head punch that misses.
Atkins has a couple of punches blocked by Retale.
Knees in the clinch landing for Retale.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Retale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Retale lands a nice uppercut.
Retale scores with a hook to the body.
Retale wants a takedown but no success here.
Retale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Atkins.
Atkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Retale.
Atkins working aggressively here.
Atkins tries a body shot but Retale blocks it.
Knees to the body from Retale.
Retale misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Retale.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Retale lands with a light punch inside.
Retale looking to throw knees to the head but Atkins is blocking nicely.
Retale blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins tries a body shot but Retale blocks it.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Retale controls his hands.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Atkins takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins tries a body shot but Retale blocks it.
Atkins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Retale.
Retale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Atkins's defenses.
Atkins lands a body shot in the clinch.
Retale controlling the action here for a moment.
I was talking to Atkins's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Retale drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A right handed body shot lands from Atkins.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Atkins lands a body punch.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Retale's elbow.
Atkins managing to block the knees to the body from Retale.
Atkins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Retale lands an elbow just above Atkins 's eye.
Retale lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Retale.
Atkins stalling in the clinch but Retale improves position.
Retale is leaning against Atkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Retale working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Atkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Retale.
Atkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Retale misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Retale.
Retale lands a nice knee to the body.
Retale scores with a nice hook to the head.
Atkins has a couple of punches blocked by Retale.
Retale managing to block the knees to the body from Atkins.
Atkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Retale has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Atkins avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Speedy Atkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reiska Pekka Retale.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Retale avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
Atkins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Atkins takes an elbow to the temple.
A body shot lands from Retale.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Reiska Pekka Retale will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Retale scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Atkins doesn't seem bothered though.

Retale has taken the fight to the clinch.
Atkins is pressed up against the cage. Retale has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Atkins down to the mat. Atkins avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Atkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Atkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Atkins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Retale counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Atkins looks to land a combination. Retale sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A leg kick checked by Retale.
Atkins tries to clinch but Retale moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Retale lands an impressive looking overhand right. Atkins doesn't seem phased though.
Atkins takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Retale has closed the distance and engaged Atkins in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atkins missing with knees to the body.
Retale throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Atkins as Retale tries to tie him up.
Retale with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins managing to block the knees to the body from Retale.
Retale using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atkins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Retale controls his hands.
Retale lands an elbow inside.
Atkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Retale throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Retale.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Atkins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Atkins blocks a body shot from Retale.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Retale.
Atkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins tries to work over Retale's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Retale tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Atkins avoids it.
Atkins working aggressively here.
Atkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Atkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Retale leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Retale lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atkins has a couple of punches blocked by Retale.
Retale pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Atkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Atkins.

Retale has hold of one of Atkins's legs. Atkins is fighting the takedown attempt but Retale gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Retale trying to control but Atkins is working from the bottom.

Atkins is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Retale is aware though and is defending well.
Retale with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Atkins is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Retale is aware though and is defending well.
Retale is working Atkins over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Retale pushing down on Atkins's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Atkins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Retale moves nicely into side control.
Atkins takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Retale taking a breather here.
Atkins can't do much from the bottom here.
Retale tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Atkins can't do much from the bottom here.
Retale landing strikes.
Atkins tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Retale wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Retale wants to control but Atkins is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Atkins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Atkins struggling a bit here.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Retale working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atkins tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Atkins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Atkins is not content to let Retale control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Retale lands a few punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reiska Pekka Retale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Retale swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Atkins looks to clinch
and Retale counters with a thumping low kick.
Atkins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Retale manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Retale moves into the clinch.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Retale swings wildly with an uppercut but Atkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atkins misses with some punches.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Retale controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Retale.
Retale lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Retale.
Retale pushes Atkins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Retale gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Atkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Retale controls his hands.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Retale avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Retale using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Retale - that landed with a thud.
Atkins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Atkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Retale lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Retale has clasped his hands together around Atkins's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Retale lands a decent elbow from side control.
Atkins wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Retale trying to control the action but Atkins is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Retale lands some shots froms side control.
Retale cracks Atkins with a big elbow.
Retale is looking to take a break and control but Atkins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Atkins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins taking punishment in the form of punches.
Atkins is looking to reverse the position.
Atkins is not content to let Retale control the position.
Atkins tries to bench press Retale off him but Retale keeps the position.
Retale cracks Atkins with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Retale is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Atkins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Retale trying to control the position but Atkins is working away.
Retale works to advance to full mount. Atkins defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale landing strikes from the mount.
Retale landing strikes, looking to finish!

Atkins is rocked!
Atkins is trying to escape the mount.
Oh Atkins is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reiska Pekka Retale is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Reiska Pekka Retale has got the better of the ground game so far.
Atkins wants to control but Retale is having none of it.
Atkins seems to have got his legs back now.
Retale looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Retale controlling the position easily from mount.
Retale lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Atkins hang on?
Retale controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atkins regains half guard.
Atkins tries to get to full guard but Retale has control of the leg.
Retale lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Atkins is trying to maintain the position but Retale is very close to passing his half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Retale working the head and body with strikes.
Atkins is looking for a sweep. Retale is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Speedy Atkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Retale is taking a breather. Atkins says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Retale is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reiska Pekka Retale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Retale has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reiska Pekka Retale!
Reiska Pekka Retale thanked the fans post fight for their support.