PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Calzaghe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauno Repomies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Calzaghe is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Calzaghe
vs
Repomies

185 cm
40
158 lbs
30 - 26 - 0

178 cm
33
144 lbs
22 - 16 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

VIRAL COMBAT
Cage Star

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 30 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Calzaghe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rauno Repomies!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calzaghe throws a series of punches but Repomies moves out of range.
Repomies scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Joe Calzaghe has been cut.
Repomies throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Repomies throws a push kick but Calzaghe slaps the foot to one side.
Repomies buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Repomies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Calzaghe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Repomies manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Calzaghe.
Repomies throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Repomies is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Calzaghe.
Calzaghe blocks a head kick by Repomies.
Calzaghe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A head kick misses from Repomies.
Repomies misses with a looping left.

Calzaghe shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calzaghe is taking a breather. Repomies 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Calzaghe is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Repomies makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Repomies.
Calzaghe trying to control but Repomies is working from the bottom.
Repomies can't keep his opponent in guard - Calzaghe advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Repomies desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Calzaghe is looking to advance position but Repomies won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Calzaghe seems to be working for a kimura but Repomies defends the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Calzaghe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Calzaghe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Calzaghe trying to control from half guard but Repomies is working away.
Calzaghe frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Repomies manages to regain half guard. Good work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Calzaghe wants to take a breather but Repomies is having none of it.
Calzaghe tries to pass to full mount but Repomies defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Repomies is defending against the submission attempts here by Calzaghe.
Repomies is trying to control but can't.
Calzaghe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Repomies defending well though.
Repomies is looking to improve his position.
Calzaghe working Repomies over with strikes.
Repomies trying to control from the bottom.
Repomies tries to get to full guard but Calzaghe has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calzaghe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Calzaghe seems to be looking for submissions.
Repomies avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Calzaghe.
Calzaghe throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Repomies to regain full guard.
Calzaghe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Repomies is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Calzaghe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calzaghe trying to control but Repomies is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Calzaghe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Repomies working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Joe Calzaghe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Calzaghe'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.

Repomies throws a shot from downtown. Calzaghe moves away and avoids it.
Repomies is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Repomies misses with a body shot.
Calzaghe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Repomies takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Calzaghe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Calzaghe blocking some punches.
Calzaghe tries to pull guard but Repomies won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Repomies prevents Calzaghe from breaking the clinch.

Calzaghe is trying to trip Repomies. He has hold of a leg but Repomies is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Calzaghe persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Repomies 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.
Joe Calzaghe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Calzaghe trying to control the position from guard on top but Repomies is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Repomies controlling Calzaghe's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Repomies avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Repomies manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Calzaghe bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Repomies bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Calzaghe's guard.
Repomies won't allow Calzaghe to sweep him here.
Repomies wants to control from the top but Calzaghe keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calzaghe looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Repomies puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Calzaghe is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Repomies with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Calzaghe looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Repomies is looking to advance position but Calzaghe won't allow it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Calzaghe trying to hold on to Repomies's head to control him but Repomies postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Repomies trying to control the pace.
Repomies prevents Calzaghe from improving his position.
Calzaghe looks like he's trying to stand up.
Repomies seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Calzaghe is looking to improve his position.
Calzaghe gets back to full guard.
Repomies controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Calzaghe is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Calzaghe working for a triangle but Repomies defends it easily.
Calzaghe is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Repomies is controlling him.

Calzaghe has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Repomies can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Repomies controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Repomies stands up from Calzaghe's guard - Repomies perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Joe Calzaghe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Calzaghe'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!

Repomies ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Repomies looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice jab there from Repomies.
Repomies loads up on a big right hand but Calzaghe slips the punch.
Repomies throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Repomies throws a hook but Calzaghe blocks it.
Repomies lands a head shot.
Calzaghe shoots for a takedown but Repomies saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Calzaghe changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Repomies looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Repomies tries to improve position but can't.
Calzaghe fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Calzaghe working the ground and pound but Repomies is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calzaghe wants to control but Repomies is keeping him busy.
Repomies is looking for a sweep.
Repomies defending against the ground and pound.

Calzaghe tries for a kimura but Repomies is defending well.
Repomies is looking for a sweep.
Calzaghe is looking to take a break and control but Repomies is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Repomies is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calzaghe trying to control the action but Repomies is working from the bottom.

Calzaghe thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Repomies wants to control but Calzaghe postures up.
Repomies sneaks back into half guard.
Repomies trying to control but Calzaghe postures up.
Repomies tries to get to full guard but Calzaghe has control of the leg.

Calzaghe seems to be looking for submissions.
Calzaghe is thwarting Repomies's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Repomies is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Repomies is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Calzaghe seems to be working for a kimura but Repomies defends the submission attempt.
Repomies wants to improve his position but Calzaghe is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Repomies won't allow Calzaghe to pass to mount.

Calzaghe wants to work for an arm triangle but Repomies is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Repomies is staying active underneath Calzaghe, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Calzaghe is really struggling to control Repomies but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Calzaghe is thwarting Repomies's attempts to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Calzaghe is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Repomies has managed to free his arm - good work.
Rauno Repomies has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Repomies wants to control but Calzaghe is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rauno Repomies.
I think Calzaghe has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!