PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dawn Keebals (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jani Reuhkala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawn Keebals has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Keebals
vs
Reuhkala

200 cm
31
215 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

179 cm
23
197 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dawn Keebals!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jani Reuhkala!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Bruno Lombardi and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keebals dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Keebals digs a good body shot into Reuhkala's ribs.
A punch combination from Keebals misses.
Reuhkala fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reuhkala throws a half hearted mid kick.
Keebals throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Reuhkala counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Keebals. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Keebals.
Reuhkala misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Keebals throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reuhkala attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Reuhkala connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Reuhkala lands with a right hand.
Keebals moves out of range of the body kick from Reuhkala.
Reuhkala swings for the body but Keebals moves out of range.
Reuhkala tries to close the distance and clinch up but Keebals swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reuhkala slips under a jab from Keebals.
Keebals keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Keebals cracks Reuhkala with a good jab.
A big left from Reuhkala misses.
Keebals swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Keebals fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reuhkala avoids the body shot from Keebals.
Keebals fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reuhkala manages to avoid it.
Keebals lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reuhkala circles away quickly and effectively.
Reuhkala wants to clinch.
Keebals is looking to wear down Reuhkala with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reuhkala lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Keebals has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Keebals and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Reuhkala fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Keebals is out of range.
Reuhkala throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keebals sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reuhkala misses with a wild body shot.
Keebals scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Reuhkala has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reuhkala gets through Keebals's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reuhkala tries to stall but Keebals uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reuhkala swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reuhkala misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Reuhkala.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reuhkala presses Keebals against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keebals is trying to push Reuhkala away but Reuhkala has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reuhkala throws a head punch that misses.
Reuhkala missing with knees to the body.
Keebals managing to block the knees to the body from Reuhkala.
Reuhkala scores with a hook to the body.
Reuhkala lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reuhkala lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keebals wants to get back to striking at distance but Reuhkala won't allow it.
Reuhkala lands a right hand that snaps the head of Keebals backwards.
Reuhkala stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reuhkala throws a punch but it's blocked by Keebals.
Reuhkala prevents Keebals from breaking the clinch.
Reuhkala doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reuhkala lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reuhkala tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Keebals just stands there and leans against the cage.
Reuhkala gets through Keebals's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reuhkala lands with a right to the head.
Reuhkala gets through Keebals's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reuhkala tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reuhkala scores with a shoulder strike.
Reuhkala content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Keebals blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keebals wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reuhkala lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reuhkala goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reuhkala jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Keebals walks away with a smile on his face. Reuhkala gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Keebals swings for the body but Reuhkala moves out of range.
Keebals misses with a looping left.
Keebals lands 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!
Reuhkala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keebals.
Keebals looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Reuhkala slips a jab from Keebals.
A slow jab from Keebals misses its intended target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reuhkala throws a push kick but Keebals slaps the foot to one side.
Reuhkala tries a head kick but it misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Reuhkala as he connects with a hook.
Reuhkala uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Keebals.
Reuhkala is looking to chop away at Keebals's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jani Reuhkala dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Keebals takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reuhkala uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Reuhkala. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Reuhkala takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Reuhkala looks for the body kick but Keebals saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Reuhkala misses its intended target.
Dawn Keebals is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reuhkala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keebals throws out a loose jab but Reuhkala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keebals connects with a crisp jab.
Reuhkala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reuhkala throws out a leg kick but Keebals moves out of range and Reuhkala only half commits.
An inside leg kick lands from Reuhkala.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keebals lands a jab-cross combination.
A jab from Keebals misses.
Keebals misses with a looping left.
Reuhkala tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keebals paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reuhkala blocks a jab.
Reuhkala throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Keebals lands with a nice body punch.
Keebals fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reuhkala manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keebals takes a swing at Reuhkala's ribcage but misses.
Reuhkala scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Keebals doesn't seem bothered though.
Reuhkala lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keebals misses with an uppercut. Reuhkala saw that one coming.
Reuhkala slips a jab from Keebals.
Reuhkala dodges the punch combination from Keebals.
Keebals throws a body punch but Reuhkala moves out of range.
Keebals gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Reuhkala lands a body shot.
Reuhkala tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Keebals manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reuhkala connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keebals looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dawn Keebals is winning the standup battle so far.
Reuhkala feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Keebalss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Reuhkala thows a body shot but no joy.
Reuhkala closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Keebals ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reuhkala moves away.
Reuhkala tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keebals was well out of range. Poor timing from Reuhkala.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reuhkala lands a nice shot to the body.
Reuhkala scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Reuhkala fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Reuhkala scores with a jab.

Keebals is rocked!
Keebals swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keebals misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reuhkala.
Reuhkala lands a nice looking body shot.
Keebals just misses with a punch to the body.
Keebals lands with a cross.
Keebals throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reuhkala sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab by Reuhkala.
Reuhkala scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Keebals doesn't seem bothered though.
Reuhkala showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Keebals.
Reuhkala throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Keebals swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Keebals misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keebals avoids the head kick by Reuhkala.
Reuhkala lands with a cross.
Oh Keebals is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Keebals misses with a lunging right hand
and Reuhkala counters with a nice uppercut.
Reuhkala lands a nice looking body shot.
Keebals checks the leg kick nicely there.
Keebals thows a body shot but no joy.
Reuhkala throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reuhkala scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Keebals lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jab, jab by Keebals - just one landing.
Reuhkala ducks under a wild hook from Keebals.
Keebals ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Keebals seems to have got his legs back now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keebals misses with an uppercut.
Reuhkala avoids the body shot from Keebals.
Keebals swings for the body but Reuhkala moves out of range.
Keebals throws a jab when Reuhkala was well out of range.
Keebals tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keebals ducks under a wild hook from Reuhkala.
A cross from Reuhkala lands.
Reuhkala jabs at Keebals's body.
Keebals swings for the body but Reuhkala moves out of range.
Reuhkala misses with a kick to the body.
Nice jab there from Reuhkala.
Keebals tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reuhkala was well out of range. Poor timing from Keebals.

Reuhkala gets a clinch.
Keebals looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reuhkala fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keebals is trying to break the clinch but Reuhkala is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reuhkala misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Reuhkala scores with a nice short uppercut.
Keebals has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jani Reuhkala 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!

Reuhkala is looking to clinch but Keebals is avoiding it.
Keebals misses with an uppercut. Reuhkala saw that one coming.
Keebals slips a jab from Reuhkala.

Reuhkala cracks Keebals with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Keebals looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Reuhkala finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keebals is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Keebals throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Keebals throws a lazy right hand but Reuhkala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Reuhkala clinches up with Keebals and pushes him back against the cage.

Reuhkala jumps into guard, dragging Keebals to the mat.
Keebals is looking to stand up but Reuhkala won't let him.

Reuhkala is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Keebals has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Keebals tries to stand but Reuhkala is controlling from the bottom.

Reuhkala has his foot on Keebals's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Keebals works his way back into a safe position though.

Keebals gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reuhkala throws the kick towards the body but Keebals avoids it.
Reuhkala digs a good body shot into Keebals's ribs.
Reuhkala throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reuhkala throws a hook but Keebals avoids it easily.
Reuhkala thows a body shot but no joy.
Keebals throws a series of punches but Reuhkala moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Keebals.
Reuhkala missing with a left hand there. Keebals was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reuhkala defending well as Keebals loads up on a big left hand.
Keebals throws a right hand that Reuhkala ducks under and follows up with a left that Reuhkala also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reuhkala avoids the body shot from Keebals.
Reuhkala connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Reuhkala misses with a two punch combination.

Reuhkala clinches.
A short right from Reuhkala.
Reuhkala misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Keebals's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Keebals is trying to push Reuhkala away but Reuhkala has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reuhkala working Keebals over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keebals is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reuhkala misses with a body punch.
Reuhkala stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Reuhkala throws a punch but it's blocked by Keebals.
Reuhkala throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reuhkala jumps guard but Keebals stands there with Reuhkala around his waist. Reuhkala gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Reuhkala struggles to land a body shot inside as Keebals controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reuhkala misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reuhkala throws a punch but it's blocked by Keebals.
Reuhkala misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Reuhkala.
Keebals is trying to break free.
Reuhkala cracks Keebals with a nice body shot.
Reuhkala can't find room to land a body shot as Keebals controls the action.
Keebals blocks an uppercut.
Reuhkala keeps control of Keebals as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reuhkala fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reuhkala.
Dawn Keebals has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keebals.

Reuhkala decides to pull guard.

Reuhkala escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Keebals gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Reuhkala is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Keebals missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Reuhkala had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Keebals defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keebals postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jani Reuhkala comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reuhkala 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jani Reuhkala!
Jani Reuhkala bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.