PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Ferra Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antti Rannanjarvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gomez comes to the cage accompanied by C.O.D. Care of the Devil. Rannanjarvi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stonehenge by Spinal Tap kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Antti Rannanjarvi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ferra Gomez
vs
Rannanjarvi

180 cm
24
154 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

195 cm
19
154 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Felipe Ferra Gomez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Rannanjarvi!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Rannanjarvi moves out of range easily.
Gomez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi throws the kick towards the body but Gomez avoids it.
Rannanjarvi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rannanjarvi slips a jab and a cross from Gomez.
Rannanjarvi throws a low kick but Gomez avoids it.
Rannanjarvi misses with an uppercut.
Gomez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rannanjarvi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez misses with a series of wild punches.
Gomez misses with a straight left.
Gomez throws a head kick but Rannanjarvi moves out of range.
Rannanjarvi tries to close the distance and clinch but Gomez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rannanjarvi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rannanjarvi lands with an uppercut that bounces Gomez off the cage and back into rage.
Gomez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rannanjarvi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Rannanjarvi.
Gomez swinging wilding here.
Rannanjarvi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gomez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gomez is breathing heavily.
Rannanjarvi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gomez.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rannanjarvi.

Rannanjarvi moves into range and clinches up with Gomez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rannanjarvi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right handed body shot lands from Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi lands a damaging elbow.
Rannanjarvi misses with a knee strike.
Rannanjarvi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rannanjarvi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rannanjarvi avoids the elbow strike from Gomez, against the cage.
Rannanjarvi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rannanjarvi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rannanjarvi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rannanjarvi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gomez.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gomez misses with some punches.
Gomez tries a body shot but Rannanjarvi blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gomez.
Rannanjarvi crunches a lovely knee into Gomez's ribcage.
Rannanjarvi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rannanjarvi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rannanjarvi lands an elbow just above Gomez 's eye.
Rannanjarvi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomez.
Rannanjarvi landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi trying to land knees to the body.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but Rannanjarvi blocks it.
Rannanjarvi with a knee to the head.
Rannanjarvi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rannanjarvi avoiding damage as Gomez throws knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Rannanjarvi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rannanjarvi presses Gomez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rannanjarvi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short left from Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gomez tries to land knees in the clinch but Rannanjarvi avoids the damage to the body.
Rannanjarvi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomez.
Gomez managing to block the knees to the body from Rannanjarvi.
A bit of stalling here from Rannanjarvi.
Gomez takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi lands a nice knee to the body.
Rannanjarvi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gomez avoiding damage as Rannanjarvi throws knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomez pushes Rannanjarvi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rannanjarvi looking to throw knees to the head but Gomez is blocking nicely.
Gomez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rannanjarvi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gomez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rannanjarvi blocks an elbow strike.
Gomez is leaning against Rannanjarvi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but Rannanjarvi blocks it.
Gomez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Rannanjarvi breaks from the clinch.
A head kick from Gomez lands but Rannanjarvi takes it in his stride.

Rannanjarvi moves into range and clinches up with Gomez.
Still in the clinch, Gomez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rannanjarvi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi works on Gomez's body with a couple of short punches.

Rannanjarvi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rannanjarvi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rannanjarvi, right into the meat.

Rannanjarvi moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gomez throws an elbow that misses.
Rannanjarvi scores a nice knee to the body.
Rannanjarvi connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rannanjarvi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rannanjarvi lands a head kick!

Rannanjarvi forces Gomez back against the cage and clinches.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rannanjarvi trying to land knees to the body.
Gomez missing with knees to the body.
Gomez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Gomez.
Rannanjarvi missing with knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi lands a nice knee to the body.
Rannanjarvi landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees to the body from Rannanjarvi.

Rannanjarvi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Rannanjarvi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gomez is pushing Rannanjarvi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Rannanjarvi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gomez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rannanjarvi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rannanjarvi pushes Gomez away with a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Rannanjarvi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rannanjarvi throws a body punch but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Rannanjarvi.

Rannanjarvi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gomez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Gomez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rannanjarvi wants to clinch but Gomez slips to the side
and Gomez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gomez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Rannanjarvi clinches up with Gomez and pushes him back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Rannanjarvi.
Nice body punch from Rannanjarvi.
Gomez managing to block the knees to the body from Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rannanjarvi tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Gomez lands a body punch.
Gomez gets through Rannanjarvi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gomez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rannanjarvi misses with a punch to the body.
Rannanjarvi trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gomez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rannanjarvi trying to land knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi managing to block the knees to the body from Gomez.
Gomez managing to block the knees to the body from Rannanjarvi.
Gomez being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Gomez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rannanjarvi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gomez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
Gomez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rannanjarvi blocks it with crossed arms.
Antti Rannanjarvi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gomez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rannanjarvi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomez.
Gomez has Rannanjarvi pressed against the cage.

Rannanjarvi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rannanjarvi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomez.
Rannanjarvi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gomez's calf.
Gomez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rannanjarvi throws a head kick but Gomez moves out of range.
Gomez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rannanjarvi.
Good leg kick by Rannanjarvi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gomez moves out of range of the body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rannanjarvi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rannanjarvi scores with a nice body kick.

Rannanjarvi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rannanjarvi.

Rannanjarvi manages to break the clinch.
Rannanjarvi tries to clinch but Gomez is having none of it.
A low kick from Rannanjarvi misses

and Gomez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gomez.
A knee to the head by Rannanjarvi.
Gomez tries to land knees in the clinch but Rannanjarvi avoids the damage to the body.
Gomez avoiding damage as Rannanjarvi throws knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi blocking some punches.
Rannanjarvi misses with a knee to the head.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomez lands a nice shot to the body.
Gomez tries to land knees in the clinch but Rannanjarvi avoids the damage to the body.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gomez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rannanjarvi tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Gomez tries a body shot but Rannanjarvi blocks it.
Gomez lands a hook that snaps the head of Rannanjarvi backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rannanjarvi as Gomez tries to tie him up.
Rannanjarvi landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez can't find room to land a body shot as Rannanjarvi controls the action.

Rannanjarvi breaks from the clinch.
Gomez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rannanjarvi lands with a nice body kick.
Rannanjarvi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gomez.
Rannanjarvi misses with a body kick.
Rannanjarvi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rannanjarvi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rannanjarvi tries to clinch but Gomez moves out of range.
Rannanjarvi wants to clinch up but Gomez keeps it at a distance.
Gomez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rannanjarvi scores with a head kick.
Antti Rannanjarvi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez lands with an overhand left.
Gomez swinging wilding here.
Gomez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rannanjarvi scores with a nice body kick.
Gomez throws a looping overhand right but Rannanjarvi ducks down to avoid it.
Rannanjarvi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rannanjarvi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gomez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gomez misses with a hook. Rannanjarvi ducked under it nicely.

Gomez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gomez tries a body shot but Rannanjarvi blocks it.
Gomez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gomez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rannanjarvi pushes off an throws an elbow but Gomez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rannanjarvi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rannanjarvi lands a nice shot to the body.
Rannanjarvi blocks an elbow strike.
Rannanjarvi blocks a body shot from Gomez.
Rannanjarvi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rannanjarvi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rannanjarvi digs a right hand underneath Gomez's ribcage. Gomez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gomez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rannanjarvi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gomez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rannanjarvi misses with a knee strike.
Rannanjarvi lands a knee to the head.
Gomez takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Rannanjarvi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Rannanjarvi looks to clinch
and Gomez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rannanjarvi throws a head kick that half lands.
Gomez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Rannanjarvi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gomez, pushing him back against the cage.
Rannanjarvi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Rannanjarvi taking a breather.
Gomez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gomez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gomez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rannanjarvi lands a knee to the body.
Rannanjarvi crunches a lovely knee into Gomez's ribcage.
Rannanjarvi crunches a lovely knee into Gomez's ribcage.
Rannanjarvi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomez.
Gomez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rannanjarvi's elbow.
Rannanjarvi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rannanjarvi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rannanjarvi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rannanjarvi.
Gomez tries to land knees in the clinch but Rannanjarvi avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rannanjarvi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Rannanjarvi drives through and clinches with Gomez against the cage.
Gomez managing to block the knees to the body from Rannanjarvi.
Gomez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rannanjarvi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rannanjarvi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rannanjarvi landing knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi lands a knee to the body.
Rannanjarvi avoiding damage as Gomez throws knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rannanjarvi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rannanjarvi throws an elbow that misses.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rannanjarvi tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
Rannanjarvi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Gomez tries to land knees in the clinch but Rannanjarvi avoids the damage to the body.
Rannanjarvi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice left hand lands by Gomez.
Rannanjarvi lands a nice knee to the body.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gomez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rannanjarvi or not.
Gomez misses with a knee to the head.
Rannanjarvi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rannanjarvi leaning against his opponent.
Rannanjarvi tries to land a knee to the head but Gomez blocks with his arms.
Gomez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gomez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gomez blocks it with crossed arms.
Gomez slows down the pace here.
Rannanjarvi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gomez's face.
Rannanjarvi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gomez pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gomez - that landed with a thud.
A knee to the head by Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rannanjarvi lands a nice knee to the body.
Gomez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gomez slows down the pace here.
Gomez looking to throw knees to the head but Rannanjarvi is blocking nicely.
Rannanjarvi lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gomez avoiding damage as Rannanjarvi throws knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi lands a body shot.
Gomez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Rannanjarvi.
Nice body punch from Rannanjarvi.
Gomez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gomez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomez.
Gomez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi tries a knee to the head but Gomez blocks it.
Gomez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gomez scores with a hook to the body.
Gomez misses with a knee strike.
Gomez avoiding damage as Rannanjarvi throws knees to the body.
Gomez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rannanjarvi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rannanjarvi tries to break the clinch but Gomez is controlling the position.
Rannanjarvi misses with some punches.
Rannanjarvi lands a shot to the body.
Knees to the body from Gomez.
Gomez lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Rannanjarvi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rannanjarvi.
Gomez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rannanjarvi momentarily.

Rannanjarvi takes the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Gomez - that landed with a thud.
Gomez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi trying to land knees to the body.
Felipe Ferra Gomez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gomez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rannanjarvi up against the cage.
Gomez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Rannanjarvi.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rannanjarvi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gomez managing to block the knees to the body from Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi tries to land knees in the clinch but Gomez avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gomez digs a right hand into Rannanjarvi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rannanjarvi's gas tank.
Gomez lands a nice uppercut.
Gomez missing with knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi misses with a knee strike.
Rannanjarvi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gomez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gomez working some nice short punches in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antti Rannanjarvi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rannanjarvi 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antti Rannanjarvi!