PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between RONNIE FAIRPLAY (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janne Vilpoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vilpoinen has chosen Scar Symmetry - Artificial Sun Projection as his entrance music. FAIRPLAY has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

FAIRPLAY
vs
Vilpoinen

185 cm
18
184 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

182 cm
18
192 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, RONNIE FAIRPLAY!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Janne Vilpoinen!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vilpoinen!
FAIRPLAY is breathing heavily.
Vilpoinen misses with a head kick.

FAIRPLAY closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - FAIRPLAY lands in his opponent's guard.
FAIRPLAY with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vilpoinen wants to stand up but FAIRPLAY is controlling him.
Vilpoinen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. FAIRPLAY manages to get himself to full guard.
Vilpoinen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Vilpoinen trying to control the position from guard on top but FAIRPLAY is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vilpoinen might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control FAIRPLAY kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
FAIRPLAY keeping full guard, as Vilpoinen tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilpoinen wants to stand but FAIRPLAY has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Vilpoinen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Vilpoinen preventing the sweep.
Vilpoinen is looking to stand up but FAIRPLAY won't let him.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
FAIRPLAY misses with a takedown attempt - Vilpoinen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vilpoinen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vilpoinen throws a right and a left that FAIRPLAY avoids nicely.
RONNIE FAIRPLAY seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vilpoinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

FAIRPLAY scores a takedown into full mount!
Vilpoinen tries to hold on but FAIRPLAY pushes him away.
Vilpoinen manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Vilpoinen, under a barage of strikes from FAIRPLAY.
Vilpoinen is holding on to half guard well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
FAIRPLAY missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vilpoinen is trying to get back to full guard.
FAIRPLAY missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vilpoinen is looking to escape.
Vilpoinen controlling the position well.
Vilpoinen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of FAIRPLAY's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take FAIRPLAY's back!
FAIRPLAY can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Vilpoinen.
FAIRPLAY is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Vilpoinen lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Vilpoinen has the hooks in. FAIRPLAY is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
FAIRPLAY is working hard here to advance position.
Will Vilpoinen go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
FAIRPLAY is in bad spot here.
FAIRPLAY has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Vilpoinen scores with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Janne Vilpoinen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vilpoinen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent FAIRPLAY stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Vilpoinen sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks FAIRPLAY to the ground! Vilpoinen dives into full mount looking to finish!

FAIRPLAY is rocked!

It looks like RONNIE FAIRPLAY has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
FAIRPLAY is looking to improve his position but Vilpoinen isn't that keen on the idea.
Oh FAIRPLAY is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vilpoinen controlling the position easily from mount.
Vilpoinen with the ground and pound from mount.
FAIRPLAY really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
FAIRPLAY seems to have got his legs back now.
Vilpoinen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
FAIRPLAY is looking to improve his position but Vilpoinen isn't that keen on the idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilpoinen landing punches.
Vilpoinen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can FAIRPLAY hang on?
FAIRPLAY is in all sorts of trouble here.
FAIRPLAY on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if FAIRPLAY tries to get out of the position.
FAIRPLAY wants to control but Vilpoinen is having none of it.
Vilpoinen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as FAIRPLAY is looking to escape.
Vilpoinen controlling his opponent.
FAIRPLAY is in all sorts of trouble here.
Vilpoinen trying to control but FAIRPLAY is having none of it.

That's two 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.
FAIRPLAY wants to control but Vilpoinen is having none of it.
Vilpoinen controlling the position easily from mount.
FAIRPLAY is working to get back to half guard.
Vilpoinen blocks FAIRPLAY's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
FAIRPLAY is trying to escape the mount.
FAIRPLAY flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
FAIRPLAY is trying to escape the mount.
Vilpoinen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
FAIRPLAY sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
FAIRPLAY wants to get back to full guard.
FAIRPLAY flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
FAIRPLAY is staying active underneath Vilpoinen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Vilpoinen wants to get back to his feet.
FAIRPLAY is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
FAIRPLAY is staying active underneath Vilpoinen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

FAIRPLAY looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
FAIRPLAY tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

FAIRPLAY scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Vilpoinen is trying to control but can't.
FAIRPLAY working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Vilpoinen is rocked!
FAIRPLAY missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
FAIRPLAY throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
FAIRPLAY sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vilpoinen defending well though.
FAIRPLAY is nestled in close to Vilpoinen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Vilpoinen trying to control from the bottom.
FAIRPLAY thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vilpoinen's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Janne Vilpoinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on RONNIE FAIRPLAY's cut.
That's time! FAIRPLAY's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

FAIRPLAY fails with the takedown.

Vilpoinen lands a high kick to the side of FAIRPLAY's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Vilpoinen dives into guard, looking to finish.
FAIRPLAY tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vilpoinen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Vilpoinen wanted to stand there but FAIRPLAY had control of the position.

Vilpoinen stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Vilpoinen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
FAIRPLAY tries for a takedown but Vilpoinen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Vilpoinen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Vilpoinen stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for RONNIE FAIRPLAY. That's going to take a lot out of him.
FAIRPLAY takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Vilpoinen.
Vilpoinen drops FAIRPLAY with a left and a right! Oh, FAIRPLAY is hurt - Vilpoinen dives into side control looking to finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
FAIRPLAY tries to improve position but can't.

Vilpoinen stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Vilpoinen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. FAIRPLAY manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
FAIRPLAY wants to stand but Vilpoinen is controlling the position.
FAIRPLAY tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vilpoinen wants to control from the top but FAIRPLAY keeps moving.
Vilpoinen advances to half guard.
FAIRPLAY wants to get back to full guard.
Vilpoinen wants to stand up but FAIRPLAY has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vilpoinen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vilpoinen doesn't succeed with the takedown

and FAIRPLAY decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Vilpoinen's guard.
FAIRPLAY looking to pass the guard.
Vilpoinen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Vilpoinen pushes FAIRPLAY off and gets back to his feet.
FAIRPLAY shoots in and drives through. Vilpoinen sprawls well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vilpoinen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vilpoinen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around FAIRPLAY's waist but FAIRPLAY gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vilpoinen off to one side.
Vilpoinen throws a low kick, looking for FAIRPLAY's leg but FAIRPLAY calmly moves out of range.
Vilpoinen digs a good hook to FAIRPLAY's body.
FAIRPLAY closes the distance and clinches up with Vilpoinen, looking for a takedown. FAIRPLAY pushes Vilpoinen against the cage but Vilpoinen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
FAIRPLAY shoots in but no luck this time.
Vilpoinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

FAIRPLAY looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
FAIRPLAY loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
FAIRPLAY loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
FAIRPLAY trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Vilpoinen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vilpoinen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
FAIRPLAY tries to free his leg and advance position but Vilpoinen is retaining full guard.
Vilpoinen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
FAIRPLAY prevents Vilpoinen from getting back to his feet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
An inside leg kick lands from Vilpoinen.
Janne Vilpoinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
FAIRPLAY looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Vilpoinen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

FAIRPLAY darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
FAIRPLAY is pressing down on Vilpoinen's thigh, looking to free his foot. Vilpoinen is holding on for now.
FAIRPLAY working over Vilpoinen with some ground and pound. Vilpoinen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vilpoinen is trying to stand up here but FAIRPLAY is controlling him well.
Vilpoinen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from FAIRPLAY.
Vilpoinen is pressing down on FAIRPLAY's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Vilpoinen wants to stand and escape but FAIRPLAY is having none of it.
FAIRPLAY missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vilpoinen punching from the bottom.
FAIRPLAY in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
FAIRPLAY wants to pass the guard but Vilpoinen is keeping the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vilpoinen lands with a nice combination. FAIRPLAY backs away looking to recover.

FAIRPLAY gets the takedown into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
FAIRPLAY lands a decent elbow from side control.
FAIRPLAY working away.
Vilpoinen regains half guard.
RONNIE FAIRPLAY has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
FAIRPLAY missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Janne Vilpoinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vilpoinen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Janne Vilpoinen!