PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Ruffini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gy Demel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ruffini
vs
Demel

188 cm
18
227 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
22
250 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sergio Ruffini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gy Demel!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Demel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Demel is looking to clinch but Ruffini is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Ruffini misses the target.
Ruffini looks to throw the jab but Demel is out of range.
Demel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ruffini digs a good hook to Demel's body.
Gy Demel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruffini shoots in but Demel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ruffini tries to close the distance and clinch but Demel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruffini tries to clinch up but Demel circles away and keeps his distance.
Demel misses with a series of wild punches.

Ruffini instigates a clinch.
Demel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ruffini is looking to control Demel's arms but Demel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ruffini has his back to the cage.
Demel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ruffini's efforts to push away.
Demel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Ruffini.
Demel misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Demel working aggressively here.

Demel manages to pull guard.
Demel pulls Ruffini in to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruffini postures up.
Ruffini wanted to stand there but Demel had control of the position.
Demel trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Demel pulls Ruffini in close to prevent any damage.
Demel is looking to stand up but Ruffini isn't so interested in that idea.
Demel trying to control the position.
Demel is looking to stand up but Ruffini isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

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

Demel clinches with his opponent.

Demel manages to break the clinch.
Ruffini lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Demel misses with a double jab.
Ruffini tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Demel paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Ruffini has taken the fight to the clinch.

Demel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Demel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Demel has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Gy Demel has been cut.
Demel looks gassed!
Demel tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Ruffini misses.
Demel moves away from the strike by Ruffini.
Ruffini looks to land a right hand but Demel moved out of range.
Demel looks to land a combination but Ruffini avoids it well.
Demel doesn't manage to clinch there - Ruffini circles away.
Demel tries to clinch but Ruffini is having none of it.
Demel misses with a head kick.

Ruffini closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruffini is trying to force a seperation but Demel has the dominant position.
Ruffini stops a takedown attempt from Demel.
A shot in the inside from Ruffini.
Ruffini is looking to break free of the clinch but Demel has double underhooks.
Ruffini controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Demel.
Ruffini's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ruffini is looking to break free of the clinch but Demel has double underhooks.

Demel breaks the clinch.
A big left from Ruffini misses.
Ruffini fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Demel tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruffini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Demel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ruffini swinging wildly here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ruffini darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Demel on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Demel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demel tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ruffini smiles and moves away.
A nice combination there by Ruffini.
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!
Ruffini misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A left and a right from Ruffini both land. Nice combination.
Ruffini tries to clinch but Demel moves out of range.
Demel doesn't manage to clinch there - Ruffini circles away.
Demel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Demel looks to land a combination but Ruffini avoids it well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ruffini wants to clinch up but Demel keeps it at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ruffini throws the left hand but Demel avoids the punch easily.
Ruffini throws the left hand but Demel avoids the punch easily.
Demel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Demel has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Demel walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Danga de danga de dang - Demel scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Sergio Ruffini has been cut.
Demel is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Ruffini misses.
Demel looks for the body kick but Ruffini saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Ruffini dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ruffini lunges at Demel with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Demel's hand.

Demel pushes Ruffini up against the cage in a clinch.
Ruffini is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ruffini.

Demel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Demel gets a clinch.
Ruffini stalling against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Demel.

Demel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Demel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Demel misses with a double jab.
Ruffini motions for Demel to come forward. Ruffini throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ruffini wants to land a leg kick but Demel is out of range.
Demel tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruffini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ruffini, as that shot connected.
Donk. Ruffini catches Demel right on the button with a cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Ruffini moves into the clinch.
Ruffini wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demel has him pressed against the cage.
Ruffini can't break the clinch.

Demel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Demel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Demel avoids the body shot from Ruffini.
Demel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruffini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demel throws a series of punches but Ruffini moves out of range.
A combination from Ruffini does no damage.
Ruffini connects with a good right hand that stumbles Demel. Demel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ruffini cracks Demel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Demel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ruffini scores with a body shot.

Ruffini gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ruffini is trying to force a seperation but Demel has the dominant position.

Demel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruffini wants to clinch.
Ruffini pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab, jab by Ruffini - just one landing.
Demel lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ruffini backs up against the cage.
Ruffini throws a right hand that Demel ducks under and follows up with a left that Demel also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Demel darts in and clinches Ruffini up against the cage.
Ruffini looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short left from Demel.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Demel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Demel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Demel misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Demel fails to land.
Demel prevents Ruffini from breaking the clinch.
Ruffini blocks an uppercut.
Ruffini stalling in the clinch but Demel improves position.
Ruffini is trying to force a seperation but Demel has the dominant position.
Ruffini gets underhooks to prevent Demel's takedown attempt.
Ruffini lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Ruffini.

Demel breaks the clinch.
Ruffini misses with a wild combination.
Demel darts in trying to clinch

and Ruffini moves into the clinch.

Demel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demel fails to land with a series of punches.
Ruffini stalks Demel and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Demel's face. Demel staggers backwards, shaken.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ruffini darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ruffini misses with a hook. Demel ducked under it nicely.
Ruffini misses with a wild combination.
Ruffini avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ruffini connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Demel misses with a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Demel.
Demel is looking to clinch but Ruffini is avoiding it.
Demel wants to clinch but Ruffini slips to the side

and Ruffini counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ruffini.
Ruffini wants to get back to striking at distance but Demel won't allow it.
Ruffini wants to get back to striking at distance but Demel won't allow it.

Demel manages to break the clinch.
Demel tries to clinch but Ruffini moves out of range.
Ruffini lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Demel backs up against the cage.
Demel wants to clinch up but Ruffini keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruffini throws a right hand that Demel ducks under and follows up with a left that Demel also avoids with ease.
Demel misses with a double jab.
Demel misses with an attempted mid kick.

Demel rushes Ruffini and presses him up against the cage.
Ruffini is trying to break free.
Ruffini is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Demel lands a left hand.

Demel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Demel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Demel takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ruffini with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Demel tries to clinch but Ruffini moves away
and Ruffini counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Danga de danga de dang - Ruffini scores with a four punch combination!
Ruffini ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Demel moves away.
Demel tries to clinch but Ruffini is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Demel has managed to clinch.

Demel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruffini misses with a wild combination.
Ruffini circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Ruffini dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ruffini looking to stall.

Demel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by Demel.
Demel moves forwards but Ruffini connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Demel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruffini.
Demel wants to clinch up but Ruffini keeps it at a distance.
Demel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Demel tries to clinch up.
Ruffini throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Demel sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Demel has Ruffini up against the cage in a clinch.

Demel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruffini lands a jab to the head.
Demel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ruffini wants to clinch.
Demel is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruffini connects with the punch.
A combination from Demel does no damage.
Sergio Ruffini is winning the standup battle so far.
Ruffini connects with the punch.
Ruffini dips to his left and cracks Demel with an uppercut!
Ruffini wants to clinch.
Ruffini throws a big shot that misses.
Ruffini misses with a looping right.

Demel closes the distance and pushes Ruffini back into the cage.

Demel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruffini misses with a double jab.
Demel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruffini.
Ruffini misses with the combination.
Demel misses with a few strikes there.
Ruffini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demel.
Ruffini changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Demel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Demel manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demel tries to clinch there but Ruffini circles away.
Demel tries to land a leg kick but Ruffini saw it coming and moves away.

Ruffini closes the distance and clinches.

Demel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruffini with a jab.
Ruffini misses with a low kick.
Demel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruffini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demel throws a right hand that Ruffini ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruffini also avoids with ease.
Demel tries to clinch up but Ruffini circles away and keeps his distance.
Demel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruffini.
Ruffini walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Demel checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Demel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ruffini moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Demel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruffini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Demel.
Demel throws a series of punches but Ruffini moves out of range.
Demel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ruffini.
Demel tries to clinch up but Ruffini circles away and keeps his distance.
Ruffini misses with a hook.
Demel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Demel tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruffini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruffini misses with a straight right.
A good leg kick by Demel.

Demel darts in and clinches Ruffini up against the cage.
Ruffini is leaning against Demel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Demel jumps guard but Ruffini stands there with Demel around his waist. Demel gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Demel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut there from Ruffini.
Demel explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Demel forces Ruffini back against the cage and clinches.
Ruffini is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Demel fails to pull guard.

Demel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ruffini connects with a jab.
Demel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruffini.
Demel throws a series of punches but Ruffini avoids them all with ease.
Demel doesn't manage to clinch there - Ruffini circles away.
Demel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Demel moves into the clinch.
A short right from Demel.
Ruffini stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ruffini can't break the clinch.

Demel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ruffini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demel.
Demel is looking to land body kicks.
Ruffini circles away from the clinch attempt.
Demel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ruffini changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ruffini jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Demel tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruffini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruffini works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Demel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sergio Ruffini is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Demel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ruffini throws out the jab.
Gy Demel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sergio Ruffini is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Demel looks to clinch
and Ruffini cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ruffini looks to throw the jab but Demel is out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Ruffini showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ruffini, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Ruffini!