PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ansis Kaupens (ranked 276 p4p, 571 weight class) and Iner Raledran (ranked 37 p4p, 90 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kaupens
vs
Raledran

200 cm
24
190
11 - 3 - 0

192 cm
24
185
12 - 5 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Conviction
Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ansis Kaupens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Iner Raledran!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaupens takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kaupens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kaupens throws a looping overhand right but Raledran ducks down to avoid it.
Raledran bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Raledran ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kaupens misses with an uppercut.

Raledran moves into range and clinches up with Kaupens.
Raledran is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kaupens to keep the fight standing.
Kaupens tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raledran misses with the head strike.
Kaupens misses with a body punch.
Raledran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kaupens lands an uppercut.
Kaupens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raledran's elbow.

Kaupens breaks from the clinch.
Kaupens throws a hook to the side of Raledran's head but Raledran sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good work by Kaupens as he checks the leg kick.
Raledran feints and then cracks Kaupens's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kaupens down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaupens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Raledran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kaupens 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 big left from Kaupens misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raledran is looking to land body kicks.
Raledran keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kaupens.
A big right from Kaupens misses.
Raledran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kaupens.
Kaupens avoids the body shot from Raledran.
Kaupens throwing a counter right hand but Raledran manages to avoid it.
Kaupens misses with an uppercut. Raledran saw that one coming.
Raledran changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Kaupens throws a hook but Raledran blocks it.
Kaupens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kaupens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raledran.
Kaupens throws a shot from downtown. Raledran moves away and avoids it.
Kaupens wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kaupens missing with a left hand there. Raledran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kaupens with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Raledran moves into the clinch.
Raledran misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kaupens lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Raledran lands an uppercut.

Raledran pulls guard effortlessly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaupens wants to get up but he can't break Raledran's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Raledran looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kaupens wants to stand but Raledran is controlling his posture from full guard.

Kaupens stands and steps away. Raledran gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Raledran tries to move into range but Kaupens moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kaupens is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Raledran takes a swing at Kaupens's ribcage but misses.
Raledran tries to clinch there but Kaupens circles away.
Raledran swinging wildly here.
Raledran throws a hook but Kaupens avoids it easily.
Raledran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kaupens.
Raledran tries to clinch but Kaupens moves away
enabling Kaupens to counter with a crisp jab.
Kaupens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Raledran is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raledran takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kaupens looks to land a left hand but Raledran moved out of range nicely.
Raledran thows a leg kick but Kaupens checks it
and Kaupens connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Raledran with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kaupens looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kaupens listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kaupens connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kaupens lands a slapping body shot.
Raledran is looking to clinch but Kaupens is avoiding it.
Kaupens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raledran was well out of range. Poor timing from Kaupens.
Kaupens takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Raledran is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kaupens rather than just go for the knockout.
Kaupens tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kaupens misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab lands there for Kaupens.
Kaupens thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid leg kick lands there for Raledran.
Kaupens misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raledran bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kaupens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaupens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Raledran.

Raledran gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Kaupens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kaupens misses the jab.
Raledran throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Raledran throws a half hearted mid kick.
Raledran is looking to clinch but Kaupens is avoiding it.
Kaupens on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Raledran lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Raledran throws a solid leg kick but Kaupens takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Raledran.
Kaupens checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kaupens throwing a counter right hand but Raledran manages to avoid it.
Kaupens blocks a leg kick.
Kaupens throwing a counter right hand but Raledran manages to avoid it.
Raledran walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kaupens takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raledran gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ansis Kaupens dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kaupens misses with a looping left.
Kaupens blocks the body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Kaupens as he connects with a hook.
Raledran gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kaupens loads up on a big right hand but Raledran slips the punch.
Kaupens is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raledran can do to turn this around?
Raledran defending well as Kaupens loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by Raledran.
Raledran fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kaupens throws out a loose jab but Raledran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaupens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kaupens takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Raledran fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Raledran ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Raledran moves away from the strike by Kaupens.
Kaupens throws a jab but it's blocked by Raledran.
Raledran fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kaupens is out of range.
Kaupens jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raledran scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kaupens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Raledran misses with a right hand
enabling Kaupens to counter with a crisp jab.
Raledran works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Raledran fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kaupens on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Raledran moves out of range of the strikes.
Kaupens misses with a wild combination.
Raledran defending well as Kaupens loads up on a big left hand.
A swing and a miss from Kaupens.
Kaupens's jab looks to have found its range, popping Raledran under the eye.
Raledran misses with a low kick.
It looked like Kaupens wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Raledran misses the shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaupens jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Raledran works Kaupens's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaupens takes one on the button.
Raledran lands a nice looking body kick.
Kaupens jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Raledran misses with a low kick.
Kaupens staying out of range there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Raledran.
Kaupens checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kaupens throws a looping overhand right but Raledran ducks down to avoid it.
Raledran slips under a jab from Kaupens.
Raledran scores with a body shot.
Kaupens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raledran was well out of range. Poor timing from Kaupens.
Kaupens looks to throw the jab but Raledran is out of range.
Raledran fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kaupens checks it well.
Kaupens was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Raledran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kaupens.
Both fighters circling a little - Raledran finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Raledran.
Kaupens appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kaupens jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaupens is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raledran.
Raledran tries to clinch up but Kaupens circles away and keeps his distance.
Raledran throws a wild body kick that Kaupens sees coming a mile off.
Kaupens 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.
Kaupens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Raledran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kaupens fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Raledran tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kaupens counters with a nice uppercut.
Raledran jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Raledran throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kaupens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Raledran.
Raledran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kaupens manages to avoid it.
Raledran scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kaupens swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kaupens throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaupens fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kaupens keeps the fight on the outside.
Kaupens throwing a counter right hand but Raledran manages to avoid it.

Raledran moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kaupens.
Raledran lands a body shot.

Kaupens breaks the clinch.
Raledran delivers a nice body kick.
Kaupens misses with a lunging right hand

and Raledran counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Raledran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kaupens misses with the head strike.
Kaupens has had enough of the clinch but Raledran keeps him there for the moment.
Raledran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kaupens struggles to land a body shot inside as Raledran controls his hands.
A short right from Raledran on the inside.
Kaupens can't break the clinch.
Raledran blocks a body shot from Kaupens.
Kaupens misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Iner Raledran will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Raledran misses with a body shot.
Raledran takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Raledran throws out a loose jab but Kaupens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaupens avoids the body shot from Raledran.
Raledran misses with a looping left.
Raledran connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ansis Kaupens is winning the standup battle so far.
Kaupens fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Raledran looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Kaupens misses.
Kaupens is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kaupens cracks a nice hook into Raledran's ribs.
Raledran misses with a body kick.
Kaupens is looking to counter punch.
Kaupens takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Kaupens. Those never looked like landing.
Kaupens loads up on a big right hand but Raledran slips the punch.
Kaupens avoids the body shot from Raledran.
Kaupens misses the jab.
Raledran steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kaupens.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raledran connects with a looping right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kaupens. Raledran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raledran displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kaupens throws out the jab.
Raledran misses with a hook.
Raledran lands with a shot to the body.
Kaupens on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Raledran displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kaupens throws out the jab.
Raledran goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A big right from Kaupens misses.
Raledran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kaupens manages to avoid it.
A big right from Kaupens misses.
Raledran moves away from the strike by Kaupens.
Raledran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kaupens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kaupens lands with a right hand.
Raledran misses with a body shot.
Kaupens takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raledran tries to clinch there but Kaupens circles away.
A jab from Kaupens finds it's way through Raledran's defenses.
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!
Kaupens pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kaupens throws a lazy right hand but Raledran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Raledran walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kaupens throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Raledran.
Kaupens moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Raledran tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kaupens manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kaupens 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.
Kaupens misses with a wild combination.
Raledran has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Raledran fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kaupens has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Raledran tries to clinch but Kaupens moves out of range.
Kaupens checks a leg kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raledran misses the jab.
Kaupens throws a hook but Raledran blocks it.
Kaupens will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Raledran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaupens throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Raledran changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Raledran throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kaupens moves out of range as Raledran throws a body kick.
Kaupens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kaupens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raledran.

Raledran darts in and clinches Kaupens up against the cage.

Kaupens breaks the clinch.
Kaupens takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kaupens cracks Raledran with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Raledran misses its intended target.
Kaupens staying out of range there.
Kaupens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raledran was well out of range. Poor timing from Kaupens.
Raledran throws a body punch but Kaupens moves out of range.
Raledran connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raledran ducks under a wild hook from Kaupens.
Raledran misses with a low kick.
Raledran looks to score with a jab to the body but Kaupens is just out of range.
Raledran sizes up Kaupens with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Raledran uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kaupens.
No joy there for Raledran, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kaupens just misses with a punch to the body.
Kaupens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Raledran tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Raledran will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Raledran misses with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Iner Raledran.
I think Raledran 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!