PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Skreba Reijonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyoji Horiguchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Reijonen
vs
Horiguchi

172 cm
30
170 lbs
19 - 13 - 2

164 cm
33
145 lbs
27 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Skreba Reijonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Kyoji Horiguchi!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reijonen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Horiguchi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Horiguchi staying out of range there.
Reijonen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Reijonen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Reijonen lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Horiguchi wants to sweep here but Reijonen controlling him for the moment.
Reijonen postures up.
Horiguchi wants to sweep here but Reijonen controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horiguchi working a defensive guard but Reijonen manages to pass into side control anyway.
Horiguchi is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Reijonen has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Horiguchi is trying to improve his position.
Horiguchi looking for a sweep but Reijonen has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Reijonen controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi wants to control but Reijonen is having none of it.
Horiguchi can't escape the position.
Reijonen manages to capitalize on a mistake by Horiguchi to take his back!
Horiguchi is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi is really stuck here.
Horiguchi staying busy and making it hard for Reijonen to control.
Reijonen just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
I really don't envy Horiguchi right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Good control from Reijonen.
Horiguchi wants to escape the position.
Reijonen is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reijonen keeps control of the position as Horiguchi tries to break free.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Horiguchi is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skreba Reijonen dominated that round.
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.

Reijonen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Horiguchi throws a strike but Reijonen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Horiguchi keeping moving, preventing Reijonen from controlling successfully.
Horiguchi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reijonen is one step ahead there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reijonen advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reijonen tries to advance to mount but can't.
Horiguchi is looking for a sweep.
Horiguchi sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Reijonen controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Reijonen is trying to control the action in half guard but Horiguchi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Reijonen has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Reijonen prevents Horiguchi from getting the reversal.
Reijonen looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi is trying to escape the mount.
Reijonen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Horiguchi tries to reverse the position but Reijonen maintains control.
Reijonen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Reijonen trying to control but Horiguchi is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Horiguchi tries to reverse the position but Reijonen maintains control.
Reijonen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Horiguchi is looking to escape.
Reijonen content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skreba Reijonen dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jab by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Reijonen stuns Horiguchi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reijonen, right into the meat.
Reijonen connects with a body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Reijonen.
Horiguchi moves out of range of the body kick from Reijonen.
Horiguchi with the counter takedown but Reijonen avoids it easily.
Horiguchi falls off balance throwing a combination

and Reijonen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reijonen lands with a light punch inside.
Reijonen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Horiguchi wants to get back to striking at distance but Reijonen won't allow it.
Reijonen prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reijonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Reijonen has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A hook to the body from Reijonen.
Nice body punch from Reijonen.
Reijonen tries to throw a body punch but Horiguchi avoids it by throwing Reijonen back against the cage.
Horiguchi prevents a body shot from Reijonen.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reijonen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Horiguchi takes a shot to the head.
Reijonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Horiguchi can do to turn this around?
Horiguchi tries to break free but Reijonen pushes him back against the cage.
Horiguchi is trying to force a seperation but Reijonen has the dominant position.
Reijonen trying to land knees to the body.
Reijonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Horiguchi's elbow.
Reijonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Horiguchi's elbow.
Reijonen misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen prevents the takedown attempt.
Skreba Reijonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyoji Horiguchi.
Reijonen can't find room to land a body shot as Horiguchi controls the action.
Reijonen trying to land knees to the body.
Horiguchi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Reijonen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Reijonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reijonen throws a front kick that sends Horiguchi stumbling back into the cage.
Horiguchi shoots in for a takedown but Reijonen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Reijonen feints and then cracks Horiguchi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Horiguchi down.
A solid body kick from Reijonen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horiguchi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reijonen pinned against the cage. Reijonen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Skreba Reijonen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horiguchi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reijonen takes a swing at Horiguchi's ribcage but misses.
Reijonen slips a jab from Horiguchi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Horiguchi misses with a low kick.
Horiguchi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sloppy strikes from Reijonen. Those never looked like landing.

Reijonen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Horiguchi, pushing him back against the cage.
Reijonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi tries for a takedown but Reijonen manages to get underhooks.
Reijonen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Horiguchi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reijonen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Horiguchi backwards.

It looks like Kyoji Horiguchi has been cut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reijonen.
Reijonen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Horiguchi.
Horiguchi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Reijonen prevents it.
Kyoji Horiguchi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Reijonen.
Reijonen working aggressively here.
Reijonen has a couple of punches blocked by Horiguchi.
Reijonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reijonen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Horiguchi or not.
Reijonen tries a knee to the head but Horiguchi blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horiguchi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Horiguchi managing to block the knees to the body from Reijonen.
Reijonen struggles to land a body shot inside as Horiguchi controls his hands.
Skreba Reijonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reijonen misses with a punch to the body.
Reijonen scores with a shot to the side of Horiguchi's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Skreba Reijonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reijonen 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skreba Reijonen!
Skreba Reijonen thanked the fans post fight for their support.