PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lynno Kalag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nyymi Roiggoballi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lynno Kalag looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Kalag
vs
Roiggoballi

188 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lynno Kalag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nyymi Roiggoballi!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Roiggoballi shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Kalag looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Roiggoballi controlling the action here.
Roiggoballi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Roiggoballi.
Roiggoballi trying to control the pace.
Kalag tries to get to full guard but Roiggoballi has control of the leg.
Roiggoballi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Roiggoballi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Roiggoballi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Roiggoballi slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
I looks like Roiggoballi might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Roiggoballi working the head and body with strikes.
Roiggoballi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Roiggoballi perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ground and pound from Roiggoballi.
Roiggoballi controlling the pace.
Roiggoballi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Roiggoballi is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Roiggoballi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Roiggoballi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roiggoballi connects with a nice short shot to Kalag's temple.
Roiggoballi passes to full mount!
Roiggoballi working Kalag over with strikes here.
Roiggoballi lands a heavy elbow.
Roiggoballi looking to finish Kalag with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kalag!
Roiggoballi lands a heavy elbow.
Kalag takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kalag tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Roiggoballi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Roiggoballi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kalag?
Kalag can't escape the position.
Roiggoballi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Roiggoballi with the ground and pound from mount.
Roiggoballi with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roiggoballi landing punches.
Roiggoballi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Roiggoballi landing strikes from the mount and Kalag is in trouble!
Roiggoballi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Roiggoballi with shots to the head and body - Kalag looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kalag is trying to escape the mount.
Roiggoballi avoids the attempt from Kalag to control.
Roiggoballi is landing with some decent strikes but Kalag is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Roiggoballi cracks Kalag with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Roiggoballi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kalag wants to hold on but Roiggoballi pushes him away.
Roiggoballi lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kalag working to try and regain half guard.
Kalag taking shots to the head.
Roiggoballi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Roiggoballi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Roiggoballi wants to control the pace but Kalag is squirming around nicely.
Kalag sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kalag has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roiggoballi is working away from the top position though.
Roiggoballi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Roiggoballi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kalag is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Roiggoballi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kalag circles away.

Roiggoballi drives through with a takedown into guard.
Roiggoballi is in close to Kalag's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Roiggoballi cracks Kalag with a solid left hand.
Roiggoballi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kalag's head.
Kalag is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Roiggoballi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kalag is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Roiggoballi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Roiggoballi stands up over Kalag, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Roiggoballi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roiggoballi is stalling here. Kalag is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Roiggoballi seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Kalag has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roiggoballi struggling a bit here.
Roiggoballi is looking to regain half guard here but Kalag keeps moving and retains side control.
Kalag advances to mount.
Roiggoballi tries to lock up and control but Kalag gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Roiggoballi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Roiggoballi slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Roiggoballi gets full guard.
Roiggoballi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Roiggoballi controlling the position.
Roiggoballi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Roiggoballi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kalag preventing the sweep.
Kalag would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Roiggoballi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kalag is one step ahead there.
Roiggoballi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Roiggoballi drops an elbow to the side of Kalag's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalag wants to get back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roiggoballi connects with a nice short shot to Kalag's temple.
Roiggoballi winds up and cracks Kalag with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Roiggoballi lands with a punch from half guard.

Kalag actively working from the bottom here.
Kalag is looking to escape.
Roiggoballi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Roiggoballi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Roiggoballi drops an elbow to the side of Kalag's head.
Kalag tries to get to full guard but Roiggoballi has control of the leg.

Kalag has one foot on Roiggoballi's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Nyymi Roiggoballi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalag slaps away a takedown attempt from Roiggoballi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from Kalag as Roiggoballi shoots in.
Lynno Kalag has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nyymi Roiggoballi.
Roiggoballi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Roiggoballi feints and as Kalag raises his hands in defense, Roiggoballi changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kalag throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Kalag wants to get back to his feet but Roiggoballi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Roiggoballi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Roiggoballi thows a big elbow that misses.
Roiggoballi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kalag is keeping the position for now.
Roiggoballi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nyymi Roiggoballi has got the better of the ground game so far.

Kalag pushes Roiggoballi off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nyymi Roiggoballi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Horrible takedown by Kalag or perhaps it was just good defense by Roiggoballi which made him look bad.
Roiggoballi fails with a takedown attempt.

Roiggoballi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Roiggoballi distracts Kalag with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roiggoballi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kalag working a defensive guard here.
Roiggoballi landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roiggoballi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kalag is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roiggoballi landing with the ground and pound.

Roiggoballi has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Kalag to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Roiggoballi is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Kalag pulls down on the head and he's put Roiggoballi to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Lynno Kalag!