PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Plo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Ruutana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Plo comes to the cage accompanied by ISIS - Grinning Mouths. Ruutana has chosen Ennio Morricone - Man With A Harmonica as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Plo
vs
Ruutana

173 cm
23
150 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

174 cm
21
156 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

MADE IN GERMANY

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Patrick Plo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armas Ruutana!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruutana throws a lazy right hand but Plo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ruutana connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Plo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ruutana misses with a hook. Plo ducked under it nicely.
Jab by Plo.
Plo throws a lazy right hand but Ruutana sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ruutana with a jab.
Plo shoots in but Ruutana avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Plo swats away the attempt to clinch by Ruutana.
Plo keeps the fight on the outside.
Ruutana scores with a head kick.
Ruutana throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Plo.

Plo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ruutana napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ruutana tries to buck Plo off but Plo is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Ruutana's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ruutana is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Plo tries for a kimura but Ruutana is defending well.
Plo trying to control the action but Ruutana is working from the bottom.
Plo lands a few punches from side control.
Plo with the ground and pound but Ruutana regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's two 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.
Ruutana is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Plo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Plo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Plo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana wants to control but Plo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Plo prevents Ruutana from improving his position.
Plo not doing much here.
Plo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

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.
Plo trying to control the action but Ruutana is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ruutana wants to control but Plo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Plo 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.

Ruutana misses with a hook.
Plo lands with an overhand left.
Ruutana throws a head kick that misses.

Ruutana clinches with his opponent.
Ruutana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ruutana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Plo backwards.
Ruutana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Plo tries to pull guard but Ruutana won't allow it.
Plo takes a knee right on the jaw!

Plo jumps guard.
Plo is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Ruutana trying to control the position from guard on top but Plo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Plo looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Ruutana stands up over Plo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plo has his hands on Ruutana's head, controlling the position.
Plo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Plo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ruutana does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Plo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Plo performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Plo looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

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.
Plo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Plo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ruutana is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ruutana misses with a straight right.
Ruutana throws a right and a left that both miss.

Plo gets a takedown into half guard.
Ruutana won't allow Plo to pass to mount.
Plo performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ruutana is looking for a sweep. Plo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Plo performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Plo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ruutana is just riding it out for now. Plo eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Plo dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Plo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Plo breaks from Ruutana's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Plo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ruutana's face.
Ruutana is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Plo unloading with bombs!
Ruutana working to try and regain half guard.
Plo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Plo avoids the attempt from Ruutana to control.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Plo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Plo breaks from Ruutana's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ruutana is squirming around, avoiding Plo's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Ruutana that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Plo looking to control but Ruutana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Plo is landing with some decent strikes but Ruutana is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Plo scoring with strikes but Ruutana is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ruutana wants to hold on but Plo pushes him away.

Plo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ruutana manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ruutana wants to control but Plo postures up.
Ruutana is being controlled here.
Plo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ruutana can't do much from the bottom here.

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.
Plo is chipping away with strikes.
Armas Ruutana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ruutana can't do much from the bottom here.
Ruutana gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Patrick Plo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ruutana won't allow Plo to pass to mount.
Still in half guard, Plo seems content to control.
Plo works his foot free and advances to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Plo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Plo, 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Plo!