PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paavo Talvela (ranked 601 p4p, 1227 weight class) and Ray Ruthlessness (ranked 82 p4p, 169 weight class). Talvela's entrance music is For Heavy Metal we will die!. A fine choice. Ruthlessness has chosen Meek Mill - Going Bad (feat. Drake) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Paavo Talvela could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ray Ruthlessness's chin.

Talvela
vs
Ruthlessness

178 cm
26
175
9 - 1 - 0

182 cm
27
175
11 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Heavy Metal Drugs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paavo Talvela!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Ruthlessness!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruthlessness digs a good hook to Talvela's body.
Talvela connects with a leg kick.
A cross from Ruthlessness lands.
Ruthlessness uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Talvela doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ruthlessness misses with an uppercut.
Talvela throws a looping overhand right but Ruthlessness ducks down to avoid it.

Talvela closes the distance and clinches.

Talvela lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruthlessness wants to improve his position but Talvela is controlling well.
Ruthlessness is staying active underneath Talvela, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ruthlessness tries to roll over but Talvela keeps him under control.
Talvela scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ruthlessness blocking the ground and pound attempt from Talvela.
Ruthlessness is concentrating on defense, preventing Talvela from advancing position.
Ruthlessness trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthlessness tries to get to full guard but Talvela has control of the leg.
Talvela thows a huge punch but Ruthlessness dodges it nicely.
Ruthlessness won't allow Talvela to pass to mount.
Ruthlessness is controlling Talvela's trapped leg to prevent Talvela from advancing to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruthlessness is trying to maintain the position but Talvela is very close to passing his half guard.
Talvela not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ruthlessness wants to improve his position but Talvela is controlling well.
Talvela lands with a punch from half guard.
Ruthlessness is looking to control Talvela's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ruthlessness avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Talvela thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ruthlessness's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruthlessness moves into full guard.
Ruthlessness looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Talvela throws a big right hand that misses.
Talvela chips away with some ground and pound.
Talvela lands a couple of digs.
Ruthlessness has his hands on Talvela's head, controlling the position.
Ruthlessness avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Talvela won't allow Ruthlessness to sweep him here.
Ruthlessness is trying to hold Talvela in close to prevent damage but Talvela has managed to pass into half guard.

Talvela is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ruthlessness defends it well.
Ruthlessness tries to roll over but Talvela keeps him under control.
Talvela thows a huge punch but Ruthlessness dodges it nicely.
Talvela missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthlessness makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ruthlessness.
Talvela postures up and lands a big shot to Ruthlessness's brow.
Talvela throwing strikes from guard but Ruthlessness blocks nicely.
Ruthlessness pulls Talvela in close to his closed guard and prevents Talvela from doing any damage or advancing position.
Talvela postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ruthlessness is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ruthlessness is pulling down on Talvela's head. It's preventing any offense from Talvela, at least for the moment.
Talvela is looking to work some ground and pound but Ruthlessness has wrist control.
Talvela landing some decent shots from guard.
Ruthlessness tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talvela throwing strikes but missing.
Talvela lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Talvela content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Talvela landing some decent shots from guard.
Ruthlessness wants to sweep here but Talvela controlling him for the moment.
We've been informed that Ruthlessness has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Ruthlessness avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ruthlessness keeping moving, preventing Talvela from controlling successfully.
Ruthlessness is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Talvela landing with the ground and pound.
Ruthlessness looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ruthlessness is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Ruthlessness trying to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paavo Talvela dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ruthlessness misses with a hook
and Talvela counters with a straight right hand.
Ruthlessness misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruthlessness lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Talvela at a distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Talvela!
Ruthlessness tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Talvela was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruthlessness.
Talvela quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Ruthlessness waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Talvela.
Talvela scores with a body shot.

Talvela lands a big right hand that sends Ruthlessness crashing to the mat! Talvela stays standing though and waves Ruthlessness back to his feet!

Ruthlessness is rocked!

It looks like Ray Ruthlessness has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruthlessness throws an off balance right hand
and Talvela scores with a counter punch that sends Ruthlessness to the canvas! Talvela smells blood - he's punishing Ruthlessness with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Ruthlessness has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paavo Talvela!
Paavo Talvela retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Paavo Talvela thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.