PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johannes Holomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lord Raiden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raiden has chosen Raiden's Theme as his entrance music. Lord Raiden is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Holomes
vs
Raiden

192 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johannes Holomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lord Raiden!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holomes throws the left hand but Raiden avoids the punch easily.
Holomes throws a low kick, looking for Raiden's leg but Raiden calmly moves out of range.
Raiden keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Raiden plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Raiden connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Raiden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holomes.
Raiden loads up on a big right hand but Holomes slips the punch.
Raiden's jab looks to have found its range, popping Holomes under the eye.
Raiden lands with a thumping leg kick.
Holomes looks to land a left hand but Raiden moved out of range nicely.
Holomes throws a shot from downtown. Raiden moves away and avoids it.
Raiden misses with a body kick.
Holomes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Holomes misses the target.
Raiden has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Holomes.
Holomes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Raiden tries to land a leg kick but Holomes saw it coming and moves away.
Holomes checks a leg kick.
Holomes blocks a leg kick.
Raiden lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Holomes.
Holomes staying out of range there.
Holomes throws an overhand right that lands on Raiden's shoulder, as Raiden tries to avoid the shot.
Raiden blocks a jab.
Holomes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Raiden sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Holomes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Raiden misses with the body kick
and Holomes counters with a left and a right that stings Raiden.
Raiden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holomes.
Holomes connects with a leg kick. Raiden looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Holomes scores with a punch to the head.
Holomes misses with a straight left.
Holomes wants to land a leg kick but Raiden is out of range.
Holomes wants to land a leg kick but Raiden is out of range.
Holomes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Raiden keeps the fight on the outside.
Raiden cracks the inside of Holomes's front leg.
Holomes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Raiden.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raiden connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holomes throws a jab when Raiden was well out of range.
Raiden throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Holomes.
Holomes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Raiden keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Raiden checks a leg kick.
Holomes avoids the head kick by Raiden.
Holomes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Raiden.
Raiden throws a leg kick but Holomes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Raiden tries a head kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Holomes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raiden slips under a jab.
Holomes tries to clinch up but Raiden circles away and keeps his distance.
Johannes Holomes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Holomes.
Holomes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Holomes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Johannes Holomes will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Holomes throws out a loose jab but Raiden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raiden works Holomes's body with a nice hook.
Holomes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Raiden counters with an outside leg kick.
Holomes misses with a leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Raiden in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Raiden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Holomes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Holomes moves out of range as Raiden strikes.
Holomes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Raiden is out of range.
Holomes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Raiden thows a body shot but no joy.
Raiden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raiden bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Raiden tries to land a leg kick but Holomes saw it coming and moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Raiden, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raiden dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holomes tries to land a leg kick but Raiden saw it coming and moves away.
Holomes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lord Raiden seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raiden avoids a punch combination nicely.
Raiden thuds his right hand into Holomes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Holomes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raiden swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raiden throws a head kick but Holomes moves out of range.
Raiden feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Holomes's calf.
Raiden tries a head kick but it misses.
Raiden lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Holomes lands a nice looking body shot.
Raiden attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Raiden moves out of range as Holomes strikes.
Raiden delivers a nice body kick.
Holomes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Holomes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Holomes is looking to clinch but Raiden is avoiding it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Raiden. Holomes shrugs it off though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holomes misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holomes lands a nice hook to Raiden's body. Raiden takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Raiden looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Holomes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Raiden digs a good body shot into Holomes's ribs.
Holomes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Holomes tries to clinch there but Raiden circles away.
Holomes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Raiden takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Raiden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Raiden smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Raiden 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.
Raiden throws a nice head kick!
Holomes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raiden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Raiden lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Raiden's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Holomes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Raiden scrambles back to his feet.
Raiden connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lord Raiden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A big left from Holomes misses.
Holomes cracks the inside of Raiden's front leg.
Raiden throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Holomes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Holomes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Holomes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A good leg kick by Raiden.
Raiden feints and then cracks Holomes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Holomes down.
Raiden swinging wildly here.
Holomes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Raiden misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Holomes misses the target.
Holomes misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Holomes finds it's way through Raiden's defenses.
Raiden misses with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot by Raiden.
Raiden ducks right into an uppercut from Holomes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holomes checks a low kick from Raiden.
Holomes tries to close the distance and clinch but Raiden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holomes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Holomes is looking to clinch but Raiden is avoiding it.
Holomes tries to work over Raiden's front leg with a kick but Raiden checks it.
Raiden throws a quick inside leg kick.
Raiden throws a right hand that Holomes ducks under and follows up with a left that Holomes also avoids with ease.
Holomes connects with a looping right hand.
Holomes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Holomes tries to clinch there but Raiden circles away.
Raiden is looking to chop away at Holomes's legs.
Holomes misses with a body shot.
Raiden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Raiden on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Holomes. Holomes obviously looking to wear him down.
Holomes throws the kick towards the body but Raiden avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holomes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Holomes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holomes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Raiden at a distance.
Raiden connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Raiden.
Holomes moves out of range of the leg kick from Raiden.
Raiden slips a jab from Holomes.
Holomes moves in looking to clinch but Raiden pushes him off.
Raiden misses with a body kick.
Raiden throws a nice looking combination but Holomes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Raiden checks the leg kick.
Raiden throws a leg kick but Holomes moved away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holomes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Raiden.
Holomes loads up on a big right hand but Raiden slips the punch.
Holomes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raiden was well out of range. Poor timing from Holomes.
Holomes takes one on the button.

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 Johannes Holomes.
I think Holomes 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Lord Raiden!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Lord Raiden!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Lord Raiden!

Lord Raiden wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Lord Raiden thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.