PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steven Liv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reijo Ryti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven Liv has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Liv
vs
Ryti

183 cm
20
177 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Takomo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steven Liv!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reijo Ryti!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Liv gets a takedown into half guard.
Ryti is in trouble now - Liv has advanced to mount!
Liv trying to control but Ryti is having none of it.
Ryti wants to try and get back to his feet.
Liv sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ryti is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Liv.

Liv is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ryti is surviving well by controlling Liv's body position as best he can.
Ryti is trying to stand up.
Liv trying to control but Ryti is having none of it.
Ryti is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liv fails to advance to Ryti's back.
Liv trying to control but Ryti is having none of it.
Ryti wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Liv.

Liv looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Ryti is trying to stand.
Liv controlling from the full mount.
Ryti is bucking up trying to escape but Liv cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ryti wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Liv.
Ryti prevents Liv from taking his back.
Liv is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Liv is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Ryti is in real trouble.
Ryti looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Liv struggling to keep hold of the position.
Ryti controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liv missing with strikes.
Ryti has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Liv is trying to control but Ryti is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Liv sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Liv won't let Ryti get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Liv has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Poor strikes thrown by Liv there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ryti blocking the ground and pound.
Ryti is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liv tries to control but Ryti wriggling away.
You get the feeling that Ryti really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Liv is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ryti is surviving well by controlling Liv's body position as best he can.
Ryti is trying to stand up.
Liv looking to ground and pound but Ryti is blocking nicely.
You get the feeling that Ryti really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Liv is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ryti is surviving well by controlling Liv's body position as best he can.
Ryti is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Liv trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Liv working for a submission but Ryti is keeping him at bay.
Ryti's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ryti wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Liv.

Ryti somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Reijo Ryti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Liv takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Liv dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A shot to de liver by Ryti. Beautiful body shot.
Ryti drops Liv with a nice combination! Ryti dives into Liv's guard, looking to finish!

It looks like Steven Liv has been cut.

Liv is working an open guard so Ryti takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ryti lands a hook that stumbles Liv back into the cage. Ryti follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Liv to the canvas! Ryti pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Liv has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Reijo Ryti!