PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Artturi Reinikainen (ranked 134 p4p, 172 weight class) and Koichi Kamei (ranked 20 p4p, 23 weight class). Reinikainen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Viimeinen päivä. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Reinikainen
vs
Kamei

188 cm
34
162
26 - 16 - 3

182 cm
37
159
28 - 16 - 0

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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 26 - 16 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Artturi Reinikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koichi Kamei!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinikainen misses with a left hand
and Kamei counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kamei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reinikainen.
Reinikainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
It seemed like Kamei was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kamei misses with a hook. Reinikainen ducked under it nicely.
Kamei ducks under a wild hook from Reinikainen.
Kamei looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Reinikainen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kamei with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Reinikainen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Reinikainen lands a head shot.
Nice sprawl there from Kamei as Reinikainen shoots in.
Reinikainen swings for the body but Kamei moves out of range.
Kamei moves away from the strike by Reinikainen.
Kamei is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Reinikainen with a body shot.
Reinikainen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kamei.
Reinikainen catches Kamei with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinikainen slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kamei. Reinikainen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reinikainen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kamei takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reinikainen with a nice cross.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reinikainen.
Reinikainen misses the jab.
Kamei swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Reinikainen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kamei.
Kamei throws a big shot that misses.
Kamei shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Reinikainen lands a leg kick that knocks Kamei off balance momentarily.
Reinikainen jabs at Kamei's body.
Reinikainen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kamei.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Reinikainen misses
and Reinikainen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Kamei.
Kamei walks into a jab.
Reinikainen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kamei has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Reinikainen goes for a double leg but Kamei avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kamei continues to drive forward.
Reinikainen lands a nice shot to the body.
Kamei blocks an uppercut.
Reinikainen lands with a short shot to the head.
Reinikainen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The referee calls for Kamei to work.
Reinikainen struggles to land a body shot inside as Kamei controls his hands.
Reinikainen throws a head punch that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Kamei.
Reinikainen swings wildly with an uppercut but Kamei uses good head movement to avoid it.

Kamei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Reinikainen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Artturi Reinikainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reinikainen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kamei lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Reinikainen feints and then cracks Kamei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kamei down.
Reinikainen throws a leg kick that misses.
Reinikainen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kamei stuns Reinikainen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Reinikainen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reinikainen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kamei's hands.
Kamei misses with a jab to the body
and Reinikainen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Kamei swings for the body but Reinikainen moves out of range.
Reinikainen feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kamei ducks right into an uppercut from Reinikainen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamei tests Reinikainen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kamei takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reinikainen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reinikainen is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Kamei takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kamei throws an overhand right that lands on Reinikainen's shoulder, as Reinikainen tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut there from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen misses with a straight right.
Reinikainen misses with a few strikes there.
Kamei swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kamei checks a leg kick nicely.
Reinikainen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kamei slips a jab from Reinikainen.
Reinikainen drops his hands momentarily and Kamei takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kamei walks into a stiff left hand from Reinikainen.
Kamei ducks under a wild hook from Reinikainen.
Kamei let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kamei's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kamei walks into a stiff left hand from Reinikainen.

Kamei gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Reinikainen to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Reinikainen drops back, looking for a kneebar! Kamei looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Kamei looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Kamei!

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reinikainen is looking for a sweep.
Kamei staying calm.
Reinikainen tries to improve position but can't.
Reinikainen is trying to escape the position but Kamei is controlling the position.
Kamei trying to control the action but Reinikainen is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinikainen regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Reinikainen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Reinikainen tries to get to full guard but Kamei has control of the leg.
Still in half guard, Kamei seems content to control.
Kamei passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Reinikainen!
Kamei can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reinikainen is looking to escape.
Kamei tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen can't escape the position.
Kamei looking to control and managing it successfully.
Reinikainen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen is working hard here to advance position.
Kamei controlling the position easily from mount.
Reinikainen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kamei can do to turn this around?
Reinikainen is looking to get to half guard.
Kamei controlling the pace for now.
Kamei looking to control but Reinikainen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamei controlling the position easily from mount.
Reinikainen is trying to reverse the position but instead Kamei has taken his back - oops!
Reinikainen is really stuck here.
Kamei has good solid back control here.
Reinikainen rolls, trying to escape but Kamei keeps control of the position.
Kamei is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Reinikainen tries to escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kamei controlling from the back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Koichi Kamei showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Reinikainen lands the left hand.
Reinikainen connects with a nice looking jab.
Reinikainen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kamei is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Reinikainen throws a leg kick
and Kamei counters with a nice body shot.
Reinikainen blocks a jab.
Reinikainen throws a nice head kick!
Artturi Reinikainen is winning the standup battle so far.
Reinikainen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kamei's sensitive parts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reinikainen blocks a jab.
Kamei walks into a left hand.
Reinikainen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A low kick from Reinikainen misses
and Kamei counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Nice defenses there by Reinikainen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinikainen walks into a straight right hand from Kamei.
Kamei blocks a low kick nicely.
Kamei looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Reinikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kamei throws a body shot but no joy.
Kamei throws a body shot but no joy.
Koichi Kamei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That kick from Reinikainen tenderised Kamei's leg. Kamei is trying to keep his angry face on.
Reinikainen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kamei stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kamei wants it to stay on the feet.
A big right from Kamei misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reinikainen. Kamei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kamei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reinikainen.
Reinikainen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kamei.
Reinikainen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kamei.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reinikainen throws a leg kick which misses Kamei's front leg but catches the back leg as Kamei tries to avoid it.
Kamei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reinikainen.
Kamei takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kamei.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamei swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kamei tries to bum rush Reinikainen with a series of wild strikes but Reinikainen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Reinikainen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kamei takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Good work by Kamei as he checks the leg kick.
Kamei throws a shot to the body.
Reinikainen cracks Kamei with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Reinikainen lands a jab to Kamei's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kamei.
Kamei throws a hook but Reinikainen blocks it.
Reinikainen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kamei appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kamei misses with an uppercut. Reinikainen saw that one coming.
Reinikainen misses with a looping left.
Reinikainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reinikainen throws a sloppy head kick
and Reinikainen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kamei throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reinikainen misses the shot to the body.
Reinikainen lands a jab to Kamei's midsection.
Kamei looks to throw the jab but Reinikainen is out of range.
Reinikainen swings for the body but Kamei moves out of range.
Reinikainen lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinikainen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A nice side step and Kamei releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Reinikainen scores with a hook.
Reinikainen ducks right into an uppercut from Kamei.
An inside leg kick lands from Reinikainen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reinikainen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kamei at a distance.
Reinikainen throws a low kick but Kamei moves out of range easily.
Kamei takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kamei looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kamei lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reinikainen slips under a jab.
Reinikainen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kamei closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Reinikainen ducks under a wild hook from Kamei.
Reinikainen misses with a leg kick
and Kamei counters with a series of strikes. Reinikainen will be more careful next time no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Artturi Reinikainen.
I think Reinikainen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Artturi Reinikainen!
During a confident post fight interview, Artturi Reinikainen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.