PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jakke Ruutu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruutu comes into the arena with 50 Cent - I'm Supposed to Die Tonight blaring out of the sound system. Barnes is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Frankie Barnes enters the cage!

Ruutu
vs
Barnes

190 cm
34
174 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

185 cm
38
171 lbs
41 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!
KnockOut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jakke Ruutu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frankie Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes wants to clinch but Ruutu slips to the side
and Ruutu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ruutu throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Barnes scores with a shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Barnes.
Ruutu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Barnes works Ruutu's body with a nice hook.
Ruutu clobbers Barnes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ruutu 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.
Barnes's corner calls for a 1-2. Barnes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barnes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Barnes missing with a left hand there. Ruutu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ruutu definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ruutu lands with a hook. Barnes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barnes.
Ruutu looks for the body kick but Barnes saw that one coming.
Ruutu lands the left hand.
Ruutu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've been informed that Barnes has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutu tries to work over Barnes's front leg with a kick but Barnes checks it.
Ruutu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ruutu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Barnes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jab from Barnes.
Barnes moves out of range as Ruutu strikes.
Ruutu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ruutu takes one to the side of the head.
Barnes tries to bum rush Ruutu with a series of wild strikes but Ruutu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A shot to the liver by Barnes. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruutu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Barnes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Barnes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barnes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ruutu is out of range.
Barnes looks to land a right hand but Ruutu moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruutu misses with a looping left.
Barnes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ruutu throws a front kick that sends Barnes stumbling back into the cage.
The fighters circling - Ruutu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ruutu just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruutu avoids the head kick by Barnes.
Barnes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Barnes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ruutu. That did some damage!
Barnes slips a straight right by Ruutu.
Ruutu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Barnes throws a right and a left that Ruutu avoids nicely.
Jakke Ruutu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barnes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ruutu goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Barnes ducks under a wild hook from Ruutu.
A bone on bone clash there as Ruutu blocks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ruutu.
Ruutu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes checks the leg kick.
Barnes lands a glancing blow to the side of Ruutu's head.
Barnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruutu was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnes.
Ruutu works the jab nicely.
Barnes cracks Ruutu with a good jab.
Ruutu tries to score with a low kick but Barnes moves his leg out of the way.
A little jabbing left from Barnes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ruutu throws a sloppy head kick
and Barnes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ruutu ducks right into an uppercut from Barnes.
Barnes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ruutu tests Barnes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruutu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barnes.
Barnes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruutu slips under a jab.
Ruutu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barnes feints a counter leg kick.
Barnes is looking to clinch.
It looked like Ruutu was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Barnes.
Ruutu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Barnes cracks Ruutu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ruutu misses with a leg kick
and Barnes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ruutu is looking to score with low kicks.
Ruutu lands with a good body shot.
Ruutu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barnes.
Barnes moves out of range as Ruutu throws a body kick.
Ruutu lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruutu motions for Barnes to come forward. Ruutu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ruutu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ruutu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ruutu motions for Barnes to come forward. Ruutu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
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 Jakke Ruutu will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ruutu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ruutu throws a front kick aimed at Barnes's knee but Barnes avoids it well.
Ruutu looks to land a body kick but Barnes moved away.
Barnes tries to score with a low kick but Ruutu moves his leg out of the way.
A jab from Barnes does it's job there.
Barnes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Barnes lands with a shot to the body.
Barnes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barnes connects with the punch.
Barnes slips a jab and a cross from Ruutu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Ruutu.
Ruutu misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Barnes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Barnes scores with a jab.
Barnes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ruutu. Ruutu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruutu avoids the body shot from Barnes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Barnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ruutu.
Ruutu wants to land a leg kick but Barnes is out of range.
Ruutu throws a sloppy head kick and Barnes moves out of range easily.
Ruutu takes a kick to the side of the head.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes throws a hook but Ruutu avoids it easily.
Ruutu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Barnes throws a lazy right hand but Ruutu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ruutu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ruutu looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Ruutu.
Ruutu throws a front kick aimed at Barnes's knee but Barnes avoids it well.
A low kick from Ruutu is predictable there
and Barnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A good leg kick by Ruutu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ruutu back to the cage. Barnes follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
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!
Barnes keeps Ruutu at a distance using the push kick.
Ruutu misses with a few strikes there.
Barnes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ruutu throws a wild body kick that Barnes sees coming a mile off.
Barnes moves out of range as Ruutu strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ruutu.
Ruutu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Ruutu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ruutu just misses with a punch to the body.
Ruutu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruutu tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barnes steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Ruutu.
Barnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruutu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruutu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruutu.
Barnes throws out a counter right but Ruutu avoids it with no problem.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ruutu.
Jakke Ruutu is winning the standup battle so far.
Ruutu 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.
Barnes looks to land a combination. Ruutu sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ruutu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ruutu fails to land with a series of punches.
Ruutu throws a solid leg kick but Barnes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ruutu.
Ruutu looks to score with a jab to the body but Barnes is just out of range.
Ruutu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barnes moves away from the strike by Ruutu.
Ruutu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barnes. Barnes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barnes.
Barnes blocks a low kick nicely.
Barnes blocks the body kick.
Barnes only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes moves out of range of the body kick from Ruutu.
Barnes drops his hands momentarily and Ruutu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot lands for Ruutu.
Ruutu thuds a left hand into Barnes's body.
Barnes is looking to score with low kicks.
Barnes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barnes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ruutu throws the left hand but Barnes avoids the punch easily.
Ruutu uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barnes moves forwards but Ruutu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ruutu misses with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Barnes misses the target.
Ruutu keeps Barnes at a distance using the push kick.
Barnes avoids the head kick by Ruutu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jakke Ruutu will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ruutu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
A combination from Ruutu does no damage.
Ruutu throws a nice head kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Ruutu.
Ruutu throws a low kick, looking for Barnes's leg but Barnes calmly moves out of range.
Ruutu misses the shot to the body.
Barnes looks to land a right hand but Ruutu moved out of range.
Ruutu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barnes moves away.
Ruutu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Ruutu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by Barnes.
Barnes doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ruutu has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ruutu misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
Ruutu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big right from Barnes misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruutu. Barnes does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ruutu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Barnes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Barnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruutu is just out of range.
Ruutu misses with a left hand
and Barnes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ruutu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ruutu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ruutu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ruutu lands a jab.
Barnes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ruutu scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Ruutu misses the target.
Ruutu digs a good hook to Barnes's body.
Ruutu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Barnes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruutu lands a head kick. Barnes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Barnes clinches.
Ruutu pushes Barnes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barnes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruutu presses Barnes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Ruutu manages to break the clinch.
Ruutu lands with a hook. Barnes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Barnes misses with a hook.
Barnes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ruutu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ruutu lands with a slapping head kick.
Barnes checks a low kick from Ruutu.
Ruutu misses with a kick to the body
and Barnes counters with a low kick, right behind Ruutu 's knee.
Ruutu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Barnes misses.
Ruutu digs a good hook to Barnes's body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ruutu.
Ruutu clobbers Barnes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ruutu swinging wildly here.
Ruutu jabs Barnes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheers as Ruutu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barnes doesn't seem phased though.
A jab from Ruutu misses.
Ruutu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnes can do to turn this around?
Ruutu avoids the head kick by Barnes.
Barnes moves out of range of the body kick from Ruutu.
Barnes keeps Ruutu at a distance using the push kick.
Ruutu throws a body punch but Barnes moves out of range.
Frankie Barnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnes fails to land with a series of punches.
Ruutu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruutu wants to land a leg kick but Barnes is out of range.
Ruutu ducks under a wild hook from Barnes.
Barnes slips a straight right by Ruutu.
Barnes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ruutu's hands.
Ruutu misses with a leg kick
and Barnes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barnes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Barnes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Barnes is looking to clinch.
Ruutu is looking to slow Barnes down with leg kicks.
Ruutu scores with the left hand. Barnes knows he should have avoided that one.
Barnes wants to clinch up but Ruutu keeps it at a distance.
Ruutu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barnes! But no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jakke Ruutu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ruutu, 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jakke Ruutu!
After the fight, Jakke Ruutu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.