PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kay Roosendaal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Von Materhorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roosendaal comes to the cage accompanied by Let the bodies hit the floor. . . . Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Roosendaal
vs
Von Materhorn

189 cm
19
197 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kay Roosendaal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan Von Materhorn!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Materhorn is looking to clinch but Roosendaal is avoiding it.
Roosendaal shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Roosendaal throws a right and a left that Von Materhorn avoids nicely.
Roosendaal moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Von Materhorn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Roosendaal.
Von Materhorn avoids the head kick by Roosendaal.
Roosendaal tries a head kick but it misses.
Von Materhorn feints and then cracks Roosendaal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Roosendaal down.
Von Materhorn wants to clinch.
Roosendaal circles away from the clinch attempt.

Roosendaal tries to keep at a distance but Von Materhorn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Von Materhorn throws a head punch that misses.
Von Materhorn gets through Roosendaal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Von Materhorn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roosendaal misses with the combination.
Von Materhorn blocks a head kick by Roosendaal.
Roosendaal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Roosendaal.

Von Materhorn moves into the clinch.
Von Materhorn holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Roosendaal blocks an uppercut.

Von Materhorn breaks from the clinch.
Von Materhorn tries to clinch up but Roosendaal circles away and keeps his distance.
Roosendaal misses with a body shot.
Roosendaal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Von Materhorn connects with the punch.

Von Materhorn throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Roosendaal was covering up waiting for the punch and Von Materhorn finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Roosendaal will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Von Materhorn wants to control from the top but Roosendaal keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Materhorn throws and elbow that misses. Roosendaal uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Von Materhorn's guard. Nice move by Roosendaal!
Roosendaal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roosendaal working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Von Materhorn pushes Roosendaal off and scrambles back to his feet.
Roosendaal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roosendaal tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Roosendaal.
Kay Roosendaal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Materhorn tries for a takedown but Roosendaal sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Von Materhorn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Von Materhorn moves in looking to clinch but Roosendaal pushes him off.
Von Materhorn walks forward, straight into a front kick from Roosendaal.
Roosendaal throws a combination. Von Materhorn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Von Materhorn moves in looking to clinch but Roosendaal pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Materhorn lands an elbow inside.
Von Materhorn just leaning against Roosendaal, taking a breather.
Von Materhorn lands an elbow that stopped Roosendaal in his tracks for a moment.
Von Materhorn stalling the fight.
Von Materhorn trying to control the position but instead, Roosendaal has worked for underhooks and has pushed Von Materhorn into the cage.
Von Materhorn keeps control of Roosendaal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Von Materhorn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roosendaal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roosendaal is trying to break the clinch but Von Materhorn has him pressed against the cage.

Roosendaal breaks the clinch.
Roosendaal tries to score with a low kick but Von Materhorn moves his leg out of the way.
Roosendaal throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Von Materhorn's waist but Von Materhorn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Roosendaal off to one side.
Von Materhorn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Roosendaal as he jumps to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Von Materhorn tries to clinch but Roosendaal is having none of it.
Good work by Von Materhorn as he checks the leg kick.
Roosendaal throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Von Materhorn steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Roosendaal. That one must have hurt.
Roosendaal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Von Materhorn tries to clinch but Roosendaal is having none of it.
Roosendaal scores with a head kick.
Von Materhorn tries to close the distance and clinch but Roosendaal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roosendaal cracks Von Materhorn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Von Materhorn tries to clinch but Roosendaal moves out of range.

Roosendaal closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Von Materhorn to the mat! Von Materhorn manages to get full guard.
Von Materhorn is looking to stand up but Roosendaal isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roosendaal connects with a couple of short punches.
Roosendaal is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Roosendaal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ryan Von Materhorn will probably get the nod.
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.

Donk. Roosendaal catches Von Materhorn right on the button with a cross.
Roosendaal blocks a head kick by Von Materhorn.
Roosendaal thuds his shin into the meat of Von Materhorn's side.
Von Materhorn wants to clinch up but Roosendaal keeps it at a distance.
Roosendaal plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Von Materhorn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A shot to de liver by Von Materhorn. Beautiful body shot.
Roosendaal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kay Roosendaal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Von Materhorn misses with a few strikes there.
A punch lands to the side of Roosendaal 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Roosendaal thows a leg kick but Von Materhorn checks it
and Von Materhorn counters with a straight right hand.
Roosendaal has a takedown stuffed.
Roosendaal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Roosendaal scores with a hook.
Roosendaal looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Roosendaal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Von Materhorn tries a head kick but it misses.
Von Materhorn tries to close the distance and clinch but Roosendaal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Materhorn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roosendaal looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ryan Von Materhorn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Von Materhorn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roosendaal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roosendaal defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Von Materhorn.
Roosendaal shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roosendaal throws a series of punches but Von Materhorn moves out of range.
Roosendaal throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Von Materhorn's head.
Roosendaal goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Roosendaal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Roosendaal changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Von Materhorn looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Von Materhorn is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Roosendaal's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Roosendaal throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Von Materhorn is trying to stand back up but Roosendaal is controlling him
Von Materhorn gets full guard.
Roosendaal throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roosendaal lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Roosendaal is looking to work some ground and pound but Von Materhorn has wrist control.
Von Materhorn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Roosendaal holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Von Materhorn tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Roosendaal has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Roosendaal is desperately trying to improve his position but Von Materhorn has a good base and remains in mount.
Von Materhorn scoring with strikes but Roosendaal is staying in there.
Roosendaal is trying to escape the mount.
Von Materhorn looking to finish with strikes here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Materhorn wants to control the action but instead Roosendaal gets a body lock and reverses into Von Materhorn's guard! Nice work!
Roosendaal won't allow Von Materhorn to sweep him here.
Roosendaal prevents Von Materhorn from getting back to his feet.
Von Materhorn is trying to keep Roosendaal in close.
Von Materhorn is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Roosendaal connects with a couple of short punches.
Roosendaal stops Von Materhorn from standing up.
Roosendaal is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Von Materhorn looking for a sweep. Not yet Von Materhorn, not yet.
Roosendaal postures up and lands a big shot to Von Materhorn's brow.

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.
Roosendaal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Roosendaal wants to control from the top but Von Materhorn keeps moving.
Roosendaal stops Von Materhorn from standing up.
Roosendaal wants to control from the top but Von Materhorn keeps moving.
Von Materhorn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roosendaal.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Roosendaal.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kay Roosendaal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roosendaal misses with a head kick.
Roosendaal goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Roosendaal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roosendaal shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Von Materhorn closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Von Materhorn lands in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Von Materhorn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Roosendaal.
Roosendaal moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Von Materhorn has Roosendaal up against the cage in a clinch.
Von Materhorn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Von Materhorn tries a knee to the head but Roosendaal blocks it.
Von Materhorn swings wildly with an uppercut but Roosendaal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roosendaal fails to pull guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roosendaal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Materhorn misses with a punch to the body.

Roosendaal pulls guard effortlessly.
Von Materhorn thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roosendaal has his feet on Von Materhorn's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Von Materhorn tries to clinch there but Roosendaal circles away.
Roosendaal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Von Materhorn is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Roosendaal.
Roosendaal throws a leg kick but Von Materhorn checks it.
An inside leg kick from Roosendaal misses.
Roosendaal throws a leg kick that is checked
and Von Materhorn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Von Materhorn scores with a nice strike.
Von Materhorn misses with a series of wild punches.
Von Materhorn on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Roosendaal connects with a solid leg kick.

Von Materhorn gets a clinch.
Von Materhorn lands a nice elbow.
Roosendaal avoids a wild elbow strike from Von Materhorn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Von Materhorn manages to break the clinch.
Roosendaal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roosendaal lands a nice leg kick that just misses Von Materhorn's sensitive parts.
Roosendaal throws a sloppy head kick
and Von Materhorn counters with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Von Materhorn takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Roosendaal throws a left and a right that both miss

and Von Materhorn counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Von Materhorn.

Von Materhorn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roosendaal attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Von Materhorn shoots in and drives through. Roosendaal sprawls well.
Roosendaal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Roosendaal throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Von Materhorn's head.
Roosendaal throws a head kick that misses

and Von Materhorn counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Roosendaal trying to control but Von Materhorn postures up.
Von Materhorn wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roosendaal tries to kick Von Materhorn off but Von Materhorn keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Von Materhorn tries to pass to full mount but Roosendaal defends it.
Von Materhorn is just content to waste time from the top position. Roosendaal takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Roosendaal seems keen to control Von Materhorn's posture.
Von Materhorn lands a couple of elbows.
Von Materhorn throws a strike but Roosendaal rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

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.

Von Materhorn scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Roosendaal lands a head kick. Von Materhorn smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Roosendaal throws a sloppy head kick and Von Materhorn moves out of range easily.
Von Materhorn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Von Materhorn tries to clinch there but Roosendaal circles away.
Von Materhorn tries a low kick but Roosendaal avoids it.
Ryan Von Materhorn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Roosendaal misses with a head kick.
Von Materhorn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Roosendaal as he jumps to the side.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Materhorn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kay Roosendaal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roosendaal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roosendaal slaps away a takedown attempt from Von Materhorn, before circling back to the center of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Von Materhorn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Von Materhorn 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Von Materhorn!