PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Caine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Regan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronald Regan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Caine
vs
Regan

178 cm
19
187 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Billy Caine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ronald Regan!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caine wants to clinch up but Regan keeps it at a distance.
Caine moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Ronald Regan has been cut.
Caine throws a head kick that misses.
Regan blocks a jab.
Caine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caine misses with a hook. Regan ducked under it nicely.

Regan moves into the clinch.
Caine is trying to break free.
Regan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Caine's efforts to push away.
Regan lands a good knee to the midsection. Caine won't want to take too many of those.
Caine has had enough of the clinch but Regan keeps him there for the moment.
Caine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Regan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Caine up against the cage.
Regan tries a knee to the head but Caine blocks it.
Regan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caine is defending well for now.
Caine managing to block the knees to the body from Regan.
The referee is keeping an eye on Regan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Regan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Regan taking a breather.
Regan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Regan misses with an elbow strike.
Caine tries to circle away but Regan has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Caine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Caine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Regan.
Regan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Regan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Regan stalling against the cage.
Regan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Caine gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Caine swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Regan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Caine avoids the elbow strike from Regan, against the cage.
Regan trying to land knees to the body.
Regan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Caine avoids it.
Regan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Regan just leaning against Caine, taking a breather.
Caine working hard to break the clinch.
Regan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Caine dodges an elbow strike from Regan.
With the fighters up against the cage, Regan throws an elbow but misses.
Regan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Caine avoids it.
Caine tries to circle away but Regan has him pinned against the cage.
Regan taking a breather.
Caine looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caine is defending well for now.
Caine is trying to break free.
Caine is trying to break free.

Caine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Regan blocks a head kick by Caine.
Caine tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Regan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Caine's guard now.
Regan wants to pass the guard but Caine is keeping the position.
Caine keeping moving, preventing Regan from controlling successfully.
Caine wants to stand and escape but Regan is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Regan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Regan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ronald Regan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Caine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Regan has managed to clinch.
Regan tries a knee to the head but Caine blocks it.
Regan misses with an elbow over the top.
Caine wants to break free but Regan has control.
Regan tries to land knees in the clinch but Caine avoids the damage to the body.
Regan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Caine letting Regan take a breather here.
Caine is trying to force a seperation but Regan has the dominant position.
Regan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The crowd are getting on Regan's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Regan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Caine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Caine content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Regan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Regan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Caine managing to block the knees to the body from Regan.
Caine avoiding damage as Regan throws knees to the body.
Caine has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Caine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Regan throws an elbow that misses.
Regan tries a knee to the head but Caine blocks it.
Caine blocks an elbow strike from Regan.
Caine is trying to break the clinch but Regan is controlling him.
Caine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Regan is breathing heavily.
Caine is looking to break free of the clinch but Regan has double underhooks.
Regan prevents Caine from breaking the clinch.
Caine wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters up against the cage, Regan throws an elbow but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Regan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Regan throws an elbow that misses.
Caine is trying to break the clinch but Regan has him pressed against the cage.
Caine has had enough of the clinch but Regan keeps him there for the moment.
Caine blocks an elbow strike from Regan.
Regan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Regan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Caine avoids a wild elbow strike from Regan.
Regan stalling against the cage.
Regan receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Regan lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Billy Caine has been cut.
Caine blocks an elbow strike.
Regan misses with a knee to the head.
Regan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Regan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regan being controlled against the cage.
Regan is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ronald Regan.
Caine tries to clinch

and Regan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Regan stalls.
Regan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Regan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Regan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Regan throws an elbow but it misses.

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.
Regan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Caine's efforts to push away.
Regan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Regan misses with a knee strike.
Caine misses with a knee to the head.
Caine is looking to break free of the clinch but Regan has double underhooks.
Regan pushes off an throws an elbow but Caine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Caine avoids a wild elbow strike from Regan.
Regan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Regan throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Regan throws an elbow but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Regan pushes off an throws an elbow but Caine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Caine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Regan stalling in the clinch.
Regan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Caine avoids it.
Regan has Caine pressed against the cage, preventing Caine from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Regan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Caine misses with a head kick.
Regan shoots in but no luck this time.
Caine darts in trying to clinch

and Regan counters with a nice double leg into side control. Caine won't be happy with that.
Regan wants to control but Caine is keeping him busy.
Caine tries to escape but Regan is in control.
Regan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Regan stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Billy Caine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caine lands with a slapping head kick.
Caine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Caine finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Regan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Caine just misses with a punch to the body.
Caine stuffs the takedown attempt from Regan. Regan gets slowly back to his feet.
Caine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caine tries to clinch there but Regan circles away.
Regan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Billy Caine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronald Regan.
Caine throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caine throws a head kick that misses.
Caine throws the left hand but Regan avoids the punch easily.
Regan swats away the attempt to clinch by Caine.
Caine with a jab.
Caine throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Caine misses with a body shot.

Regan gets a clinch.
Caine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Regan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Regan.
Regan throws an elbow that misses.
Regan scores with a knee to the head.
Regan stalling.
Regan missing with knees to the body.
Caine wants to get back to striking at distance but Regan won't allow it.
Regan stalling in the clinch.
Caine avoiding damage as Regan throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine has a couple of punches blocked by Regan.
Regan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Regan misses with a knee strike.
Caine is trying to break the clinch but Regan is controlling him.
Regan is looking to control Caine's arms but Caine gets an underhook and turns him. Now Regan has his back to the cage.
Caine looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Regan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Regan seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Caine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Regan.
Caine stalling against the cage.
Regan tries to land knees in the clinch but Caine avoids the damage to the body.
Regan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Regan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caine is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Regan wants to stall.
Regan blocking some punches.
Caine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Regan looking to throw knees to the head but Caine is blocking nicely.
Regan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Caine throws an elbow but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Regan.
Regan looking to throw knees to the head but Caine is blocking nicely.
Regan avoids the elbow strike from Caine, against the cage.
Caine looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Caine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Regan trying to stall but Caine improves his position.
Regan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Caine trying to control the position but instead, Regan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Caine into the cage.
Caine tries to break the clinch but Regan is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald Regan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Regan 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Ronald Regan!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Ronald Regan!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Ronald Regan!

Ronald Regan wins by unanimous decision!