PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryder Irvine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kay has chosen Sabaton as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Irvine
vs
Kay

178 cm
20
181 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryder Irvine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Kay!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irvine lands with a right hand.
Irvine lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kay tries to clinch up.
Kay tries to clinch up but Irvine circles away and keeps his distance.
Irvine misses with a wild combination.
Kay tries to clinch but Irvine moves out of range.
Kay tries a head kick but it misses.
Kay showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Irvine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kay lets loose with a powerful body kick. Irvine will feel that in the morning.
Irvine scores with the left hand. Kay knows he should have avoided that one.
Kay is looking to clinch.
Irvine misses with a series of wild punches.
Kay tries to clinch but Irvine is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kay doesn't manage to clinch there - Irvine circles away.
Irvine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kay throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kay throws a series of punches but Irvine avoids them all with ease.
Kay lets loose with a powerful body kick. Irvine will feel that in the morning.
Kay tries to clinch but Irvine moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kay moves into range and clinches up with Irvine.
Kay tries to break free but Irvine pushes him back against the cage.
Kay fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kay is trying to break free.
Kay wants to get back to striking at distance but Irvine won't allow it.
Kay tries to break the clinch but Irvine is controlling the position.
Kay looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kay tries to pull guard but Irvine holds him up against the cage and eventually Kay drops back down to his feet.
Kay wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Irvine has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Irvine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Irvine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kay moves in looking to clinch but Irvine pushes him off.
Irvine throws a leg kick but Kay sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Irvine throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kay.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A nice combination there by Irvine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryder Irvine 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.

Irvine lands a body shot.
Kay goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Irvine misses with the combination.
Kay lands a two punch combo.
Irvine throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kay counters with a big head kick but Irvine shrugs it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kay.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irvine tries to work over Kay's front leg with a kick but Kay checks it.
Irvine falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kay counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Irvine misses with a straight left.
Kay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Irvine lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ryder Irvine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Irvine keeps the fight on the outside.
Kay tries to clinch up but Irvine circles away and keeps his distance.
Irvine falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kay counters with a good low kick that Irvine was not able to check.
Kay just misses with a punch to the body.
Kay walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kay is looking to clinch.
Irvine misses with a combination

and Kay counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Irvine!
Kay thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kay punching from mount but Irvine doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kay looking to ground and pound but Irvine is blocking nicely.
Kay punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kay landing punches.
Kay raining down shots from the mount!
Kay looking to finish with strikes here!
Kay throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Kay.

Kay is working for a guillotine from mount but Irvine frees his head quite easily.
Kay trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Kay showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kay - that will leave a mark!
A chopping leg kick lands by Kay.
Kay throws a head kick that half lands.
Kay moves in looking to clinch but Irvine pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kay fails with an attempt to clinch.
Irvine falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kay counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irvine misses with a combination
and Kay counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Irvine is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kay wants to clinch.
Irvine lands with an uppercut that bounces Kay off the cage and back into rage.

That's two 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kay swings away with a body shot that misses
and Irvine counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kay thinking.
Irvine swats away the attempt to clinch by Kay.
Irvine misses with a hook to the body
and Kay counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ryder Irvine is winning the standup battle so far.
Irvine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kay lands a high kick!
Irvine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Irvine misses.
Irvine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Irvine misses with a combination
and Kay counters with a good low kick that Irvine was not able to check.
Kay is looking to clinch but Irvine is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kay closes the distance looking to clinch
and Irvine counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kay.
Kay tries to clinch up but Irvine circles away and keeps his distance.
Kay scores with a leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Irvine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kay.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Kay comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kay has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Kay!