PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rinta Pelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gudleifur Bjarnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gudleifur Bjarnson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rinta Pelle's chin.

Pelle
vs
Bjarnson

193 cm
33
276 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

225 cm
29
290 lbs
13 - 6 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

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 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rinta Pelle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gudleifur Bjarnson !
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bjarnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pelle swings for the body but Bjarnson moves out of range.
Bjarnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bjarnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelle.
Bjarnson slips under a jab.
Bjarnson throws a sloppy head kick and Pelle moves out of range easily.
Pelle dodges the punch combination from Bjarnson .

Pelle moves into the clinch.
Pelle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bjarnson is trying to break the clinch but Pelle is controlling him.
Pelle is working Bjarnson over against the ropes.
Pelle lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Pelle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bjarnson misses with a double jab.
Pelle throws a jab when Bjarnson was well out of range.
Pelle scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bjarnson takes one to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelle misses with a looping left.
Bjarnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pelle throws a jab when Bjarnson was well out of range.
Pelle connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pelle tries to close the distance and clinch but Bjarnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pelle blocks a head kick by Bjarnson .
Pelle misses with a double jab.
Rinta Pelle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pelle misses with a two punch combination.
Pelle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bjarnson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bjarnson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bjarnson throws a hook to the side of Pelle's head but Pelle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pelle lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bjarnson backs up against the ropes.
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!
Bjarnson throws a head kick but Pelle moves out of range.
Pelle throws a right hand that misses
and Bjarnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pelle misses with a hook.
Bjarnson moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelle throws a right and a left that Bjarnson avoids nicely.
Bjarnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pelle.
Bjarnson tries to move into range but Pelle moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bjarnson slips a straight right by Pelle.
Pelle jabs at Bjarnson 's body.
Pelle looks to score with a jab to the body but Bjarnson is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Pelle. Those never looked like landing.
Bjarnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pelle scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pelle throws out a loose jab but Bjarnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bjarnson is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Pelle. That snapped Bjarnson 's head back.
Pelle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pelle misses with a combination
and Bjarnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pelle's knee momentarily.
Pelle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bjarnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bjarnson looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle scores with a decent looking hook.
Bjarnson tries a low kick but Pelle avoids it.
Bjarnson misses with a head kick.
Bjarnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bjarnson scores with a hook to the body. Pelle takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pelle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bjarnson .
A punch combination from Pelle misses.
Pelle slips a jab and a cross from Bjarnson .
A head kick misses from Bjarnson .
Bjarnson throws a body punch but Pelle moves out of range.
Pelle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pelle throws a shot to the body.
Pelle goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Gudleifur Bjarnson has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pelle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pelle lands with a nice body punch.
Bjarnson looks winded!
Bjarnson throws a nice looking combination but Pelle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelle just misses with a punch to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pelle.
Bjarnson tries to bum rush Pelle with a series of wild strikes but Pelle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Pelle rushes Bjarnson and presses him up against the ropes.
Pelle lands an elbow inside.
Pelle lands a nice uppercut.

Pelle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pelle misses with a few strikes there.
Pelle throws a nice looking combination but Bjarnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pelle lands the left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pelle looks to land a right hand but Bjarnson moved out of range.
Pelle scores with a nice right hand.
Pelle fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A left lands for Pelle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rinta Pelle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gudleifur Bjarnson 's cut.
That's time! Pelle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bjarnson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bjarnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pelle catches Bjarnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pelle throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bjarnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pelle misses with a straight left.
Bjarnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pelle lands a really nice looking cross but Bjarnson seems unphased.
Pelle throws a right and a left that Bjarnson avoids nicely.
Pelle throws a looping overhand right but Bjarnson ducks down to avoid it.
Pelle lands a jab to Bjarnson 's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pelle misses with a shot to the body
and Bjarnson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pelle really felt that one!
Pelle misses with the combination.
Pelle throws a right hand that misses
and Bjarnson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pelle really felt that one!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pelle lands with a good body shot.
Pelle lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bjarnson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pelle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjarnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pelle.
Pelle fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rinta Pelle is winning the standup battle so far.
Pelle getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bjarnson digs a good body shot into Pelle's ribs.
Sloppy strikes from Bjarnson . Those never looked like landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bjarnson .
Bjarnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pelle avoids the body shot from Bjarnson .
Pelle misses with a leg kick.
Bjarnson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pelle scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bjarnson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bjarnson slips a straight right by Pelle.
Bjarnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Bjarnson , who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Pelle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bjarnson misses with a double jab.
Pelle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bjarnson can do to turn this around?
Bjarnson throws a jab when Pelle was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bjarnson . Pelle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bjarnson feints a jab promting Pelle to slip. Bjarnson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pelle slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A combination from Pelle does no damage.
Bjarnson swinging wildly here.
Pelle avoids the head kick by Bjarnson .
Bjarnson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pelle.
Bjarnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pelle throws a push kick but Bjarnson slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle misses with an uppercut.
Pelle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pelle throws a series of punches but Bjarnson moves out of range.
Bjarnson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pelle rather than just go for the knockout.
Pelle blocks a head kick by Bjarnson .
Pelle throws out a loose jab but Bjarnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pelle digs a good hook to Bjarnson 's body.
Pelle misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Pelle misses.
Pelle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Pelle.
Bjarnson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bjarnson slips a jab and a cross from Pelle.
Bjarnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rinta Pelle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pelle moves away from the strike by Bjarnson .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Bjarnson .
Pelle getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pelle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bjarnson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bjarnson slips a jab from Pelle.
Nice straight punches there by Pelle. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pelle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Pelle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Bjarnson , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pelle wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pelle scores with a three punch combo!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pelle!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bjarnson dodges the punch combination from Pelle.
Pelle lands a body shot.
Pelle throws a right and a left that Bjarnson avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rinta Pelle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gudleifur Bjarnson 's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pelle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bjarnson moves away.
Bjarnson moves out of range as Pelle strikes.
Bjarnson swings for the body but Pelle moves out of range.
Bjarnson blocks a jab.
Bjarnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bjarnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A head kick misses from Bjarnson .
Pelle displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bjarnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Pelle is just out of range.
A lazy left from Pelle finds it's target.
Bjarnson is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bjarnson slips under a jab from Pelle.
Pelle misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pelle with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bjarnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bjarnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bjarnson throws a hook but Pelle avoids it easily.
Bjarnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjarnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bjarnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pelle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bjarnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pelle.
Pelle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pelle looks to land a combination but Bjarnson avoids it well.
Pelle with a nice cross.
Bjarnson is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A right-left combo lands from Pelle.
Pelle lands a glancing blow to the side of Bjarnson 's head.

Bjarnson is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bjarnson staying out of range there.
Bjarnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Pelle finish him?
Bjarnson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bjarnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Pelle scores with a three punch combo!
Pelle lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gudleifur Bjarnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bjarnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pelle finds it's way round the side to connect with Bjarnson 's head.
Pelle throws a looping overhand right but Bjarnson ducks down to avoid it.
Pelle misses with a hook. Bjarnson ducked under it nicely.
Bjarnson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bjarnson blocks a jab.
Bjarnson misses with a wild combination.
Pelle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bjarnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pelle scores with a punch to the head.
A swing and a miss from Pelle.

Pelle moves into range and clinches up with Bjarnson .
Pelle leaning his opponent against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pelle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pelle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bjarnson backwards.

Pelle breaks the clinch.
Pelle throws the kick towards the body but Bjarnson avoids it.
Good exchange - Bjarnson coming out on top.
A big left from Pelle misses.
Bjarnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pelle lands a glancing blow to the side of Bjarnson 's head.
Pelle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bjarnson .
Pelle lands a nice hook to Bjarnson 's body. Bjarnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pelle lands with an uppercut that bounces Bjarnson off the ropes and back into range.
Bjarnson swinging wildly here.
Rinta Pelle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pelle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bjarnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pelle blocks a head kick by Bjarnson .
Pelle throws a looping overhand right but Bjarnson ducks down to avoid it.
Pelle misses the jab.
Bjarnson throws a wild body kick that Pelle sees coming a mile off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pelle ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pelle is looking to clinch but Bjarnson is avoiding it.
Bjarnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pelle.
Pelle is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pelle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bjarnson checks it well.
Pelle lands a jab to the head.
Bjarnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rinta Pelle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pelle has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rinta Pelle!