PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Skreba Reijonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Bullet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Skreba Reijonen has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Skreba Reijonen seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Reijonen
vs
Bullet

172 cm
20
150 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

170 cm
29
154 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Skreba Reijonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Bullet!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bullet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reijonen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at KO Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Reijonen throws a low kick but Bullet moves out of range easily.
Bullet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reijonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bullet.
Bullet has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Reijonen is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bullet lands a body shot.
Bullet scores with a shot to the body.
Reijonen loads up on a big right hand but Bullet slips the punch.
Jab by Reijonen.
Bullet lands a nice hook to Reijonen's body. Reijonen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bullet keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bullet swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reijonen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bullet paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reijonen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bullet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reijonen.
Reijonen moves away from the strike by Bullet.
Bullet is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Reijonen rather than just go for the knockout.
Bullet bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reijonen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reijonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bullet connects with a good right hand that stumbles Reijonen. Reijonen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bullet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reijonen.
Bullet missing with a left hand there. Reijonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reijonen misses with a hook to the body
and Bullet counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Reijonen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bullet throws a predictable looking body shot
and Reijonen counters with a good, hard body kick but Bullet shrugs it off.
Reijonen blocks a jab.
Bullet fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reijonen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bullet swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bullet changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bullet ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Reijonen is breathing heavily.
Reijonen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bullet finds it's way round the side to connect with Reijonen's head.

It looks like Skreba Reijonen has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bullet dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reijonen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bullet.
Bullet thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bullet takes a swing at Reijonen's ribcage but misses.
Bullet darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bullet looks to land a right hand but Reijonen moved out of range.
Bullet is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reijonen.
Bullet lands with a good body shot.
Reijonen misses the shot to the body.
Bullet throws a hook to the side of Reijonen's head but Reijonen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reijonen slips a jab from Bullet.
Reijonen walks into a straight right hand from Bullet.
Reijonen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bullet misses the shot to the body.
Reijonen moves in looking to clinch but Bullet pushes him off.
Reijonen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bullet connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reijonen scrambles back to his feet.
Bullet cracks Reijonen with an open hand slap.

Reijonen is rocked!
Reijonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bullet.
Reijonen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bullet to score with a decent uppercut.
Oh Reijonen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bullet cracks Reijonen with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Bullet has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Reijonen to stand back up!
Reijonen slips under a jab.
Reijonen wants to clinch up but Bullet keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Bullet misses the target.
Reijonen throws a jab when Bullet was well out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bullet cracks Reijonen with an open hand slap.
Bullet ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bullet. Reijonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bullet is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Reijonen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bullet looks to land a left hand but Reijonen moved out of range nicely.
Bullet throws a body punch but Reijonen moves out of range.
Reijonen seems to have got his legs back now.
Decent striking displayed by Bullet there.
Reijonen slips under a jab.
Bullet rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Reijonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Decent striking displayed by Bullet there.
Bullet missing with a left hand there. Reijonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bullet misses with a hook. Reijonen ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bullet scores with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Reijonen.
Bullet misses with a looping right.
Bullet lands a head shot.
Reijonen wants to clinch up but Bullet keeps it at a distance.
Bullet throws a body punch but Reijonen moves out of range.
Bullet throws a big shot that misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Bullet as he connects with a hook.
Bullet throws out a powerful jab.
Bullet keeps the fight on the outside.
Reijonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bullet just misses with a punch to the body.
Bullet connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reijonen stuns Bullet with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Bullet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Skreba Reijonen's cut.
That's time! Reijonen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Reijonen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Reijonen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reijonen avoids the body shot from Bullet.
Reijonen misses with a leg kick.
Bullet misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Bullet.
Bullet misses with a straight right.
Bullet jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Bullet. Beautiful body shot.
Bullet misses with an uppercut.
Bullet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bullet has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bullet swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bullet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reijonen.
Bullet swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bullet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good work by Bullet as he checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reijonen throws an overhand right that lands on Bullet's shoulder, as Bullet tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheers as Bullet lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reijonen doesn't seem phased though.
Bullet scores with a shot to the body.
Reijonen misses with a low kick.
Jake Bullet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some bone on bone action there as Reijonen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bullet looks to land a left hand but Reijonen moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Reijonen misses.
Bullet throws a big shot that misses.
Reijonen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bullet throws a body shot but no joy.
Reijonen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Bullet misses its intended target.
Bullet misses the shot to the body.
Bullet lands a nice looking body shot.
Bullet scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bullet lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bullet throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Bullet lands a big uppercut and Reijonen crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Reijonen looks OK. Bullet waves Reijonen back to his feet!
Bullet moves out of range of the strikes.
Bullet misses with a straight right.
Bullet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reijonen ducks under a wild hook from Bullet.

Reijonen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bullet fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reijonen.
Bullet working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bullet tries to throw a body punch but Reijonen avoids it by throwing Bullet back against the cage.
Bullet prevents a body shot from Reijonen.
Bullet has had enough of the clinch but Reijonen keeps him there for the moment.
Bullet prevents a body shot from Reijonen.
Reijonen misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Reijonen.
Bullet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bullet.
Reijonen working aggressively here.
Bullet misses with a punch on the inside.
Reijonen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bullet backwards.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reijonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bullet tries to break the clinch but Reijonen is controlling the position.
Bullet blocking some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Reijonen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reijonen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bullet.
Reijonen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reijonen working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Reijonen.
Reijonen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bullet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bullet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bullet throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bullet lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reijonen scores with a shoulder strike.
Bullet has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bullet presses Reijonen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reijonen blocks a body shot from Bullet.
Reijonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reijonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Bullet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bullet lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bullet cracks Reijonen with a nice body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reijonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reijonen tries to throw a body punch but Bullet avoids it by throwing Reijonen back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bullet creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bullet tries a body shot but Reijonen blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Bullet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Skreba Reijonen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bullet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reijonen moves away.
Reijonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reijonen looks to land a combination but Bullet avoids it well.
Reijonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bullet.
Bullet uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reijonen.
Bullet looks for the body kick but Reijonen saw that one coming.
Reijonen misses with a hook to the body
and Bullet counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bullet looks to score with a jab to the body but Reijonen is just out of range.
Reijonen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bullet throws an overhand right that lands on Reijonen's shoulder, as Reijonen tries to avoid the shot.
Bullet misses the shot to the body.
Bullet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reijonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bullet.

Reijonen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bullet.
Reijonen prevents a body shot from Bullet.
Jake Bullet seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Reijonen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reijonen lands a shoulder strike.
Reijonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bullet's elbow.
Bullet lands a shoulder strike.
Bullet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reijonen's elbow.
Reijonen blocks a body shot from Bullet.
Bullet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reijonen prevents a body shot from Bullet.
Bullet struggles to land a body shot inside as Reijonen controls his hands.
Reijonen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reijonen lands a nice uppercut.
Bullet swings wildly with an uppercut but Reijonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reijonen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bullet.
Bullet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reijonen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Skreba Reijonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reijonen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reijonen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reijonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Bullet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bullet gets through Reijonen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bullet misses with some punches.
Bullet tries to work over Reijonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bullet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reijonen's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Reijonen fails to land.
Bullet has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bullet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reijonen is leaning against Bullet and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reijonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reijonen throws a head punch that misses.
Reijonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reijonen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bullet blocking some punches.
Reijonen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bullet backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Reijonen on the inside.
Bullet misses with a punch to the body.
Reijonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bullet tries to throw a body punch but Reijonen avoids it by throwing Bullet back against the cage.
Reijonen struggles to land a body shot inside as Bullet controls his hands.
Bullet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reijonen's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bullet.
Reijonen throws a head punch that misses.
Reijonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Bullet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reijonen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reijonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Reijonen.
Bullet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bullet blocks a body shot from Reijonen.
Bullet blocks an uppercut.
Bullet misses with a short punch on the inside.

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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reijonen.
Bullet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Reijonen as the two fighters clinch.
Reijonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Bullet.
Reijonen digs a right hand underneath Bullet's ribcage. Bullet let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bullet misses with a body punch.
Bullet swings wildly with an uppercut but Reijonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bullet tries a body shot but Reijonen blocks it.
Reijonen lands a nice uppercut.
Bullet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reijonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bullet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bullet misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reijonen blocking some punches.
Reijonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bullet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reijonen working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Skreba Reijonen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bullet has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Bullet!
A relieved looking Jake Bullet thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.