PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angus McButticutty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimo Tuomela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McButticutty comes to the cage accompanied by Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McButticutty
vs
Tuomela

190 cm
28
201 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

184 cm
28
192 lbs
15 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Angus McButticutty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raimo Tuomela!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuomela looks for the body kick but McButticutty saw that one coming.
Tuomela checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tuomela ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Tuomela gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Tuomela as the two fighters clinch.
Tuomela prevents a body shot from McButticutty.
Tuomela is leaning against McButticutty and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Tuomela fails to land.
McButticutty blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McButticutty doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from McButticutty fails to land.
Tuomela working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tuomela.
Tuomela can't find room to land a body shot as McButticutty controls the action.
Tuomela lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tuomela pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tuomela throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McButticutty misses with a left hand
and Tuomela counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Angus McButticutty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheers as McButticutty lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tuomela doesn't seem phased though.
McButticutty connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tuomela's hands.
Tuomela lands a nice shot that snaps McButticutty's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tuomela. McButticutty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tuomela misses with an uppercut.
McButticutty tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tuomela throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tuomela tries to close the distance and clinch up but McButticutty swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tuomela throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tuomela throws a shot from downtown. McButticutty moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuomela connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tuomela smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tuomela scores with a body shot.
McButticutty is breathing heavily.
Tuomela fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McButticutty is out of range.
No luck for Tuomela with that takedown attempt.
Tuomela fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McButticutty is out of range.
McButticutty throws a right hand that misses
and Tuomela counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A shot to the body from Tuomela misses
and McButticutty counters with a straight right hand.
McButticutty has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tuomela.
A jab from Tuomela does it's job there.
Tuomela keeps McButticutty at a distance using the push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuomela lands with a good body shot.
Tuomela digs a good hook to McButticutty's body.
Tuomela scores with a push kick.
McButticutty on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tuomela thuds his shin into the meat of McButticutty's side.
Tuomela lands a jab.
A jab from Tuomela does it's job there.

McButticutty is rocked!
Tuomela lands with a nice body kick.
Nice straight punches there by Tuomela. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tuomela.
Tuomela works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tuomela fails with the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McButticutty misses with a hook
and Tuomela counters with a stiff right hand.
McButticutty on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Tuomela moves into the clinch.
Tuomela lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tuomela misses with a shot to the kidneys.

McButticutty breaks the clinch.
McButticutty wants to clinch
and Tuomela counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tuomela jabs at McButticutty's body.
Tuomela digs a good body shot into McButticutty's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tuomela swings for the body but McButticutty moves out of range.
McButticutty takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McButticutty doesn't manage to clinch there - Tuomela circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raimo Tuomela 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.

Tuomela looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for McButticutty!
Tuomela controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuomela takes McButticutty's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, McButticutty is in trouble.

McButticutty fending off the submission attempt from Tuomela.
Tuomela controlling from the back.
Tuomela has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two 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.
McButticutty holding both Tuomela 's hands and preventing any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tuomela is riding his opponent, not letting McButticutty buck him off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Raimo Tuomela.
Tuomela ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McButticutty moves away.
McButticutty scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Raimo Tuomela seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A left lands for McButticutty.
Tuomela misses the body punch
and McButticutty counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tuomela tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McButticutty was well out of range. Poor timing from Tuomela.
Tuomela walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McButticutty checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McButticutty misses with a left hand
and Tuomela counters with a good, hard body kick but McButticutty shrugs it off.
Tuomela takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McButticutty swings widly with a right hand
and Tuomela counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McButticutty thinking.
Tuomela throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McButticutty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McButticutty tries to close the distance and clinch but Tuomela swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tuomela looks to throw a body kick
and McButticutty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tuomela closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
McButticutty stops Tuomela from passing to mount.
Tuomela in side control, just content to control the action for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raimo Tuomela showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Tuomela throws an overhand right that lands on McButticutty's shoulder, as McButticutty tries to avoid the shot.
Tuomela tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tuomela keeps the fight on the outside.
McButticutty misses with a body shot
and Tuomela makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tuomela misses with an uppercut
and McButticutty counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McButticutty will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuomela with a nice cross.
Jab, jab by Tuomela - just one landing.
McButticutty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tuomela moves away.
Tuomela takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McButticutty misses the body punch

and Tuomela counters with a shoot takedown. McButticutty fights it but they end up in guard.
Tuomela sitting in guard here, content to control.
Tuomela trying to control the position from guard on top but McButticutty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tuomela showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Let's hope that Tuomela has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Tuomela stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McButticutty swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Raimo Tuomela is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuomela wants to control from the top but McButticutty keeps moving.

Raimo Tuomela has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Tuomela thows a left - swing and a miss!
McButticutty keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tuomela.
Tuomela misses with a shot to the body
and McButticutty counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A low kick from McButticutty is predictable there
and Tuomela counters with a straight right hand.
McButticutty tries to clinch up
and Tuomela counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McButticutty thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McButticutty bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McButticutty ducks under a wild hook from Tuomela.
McButticutty tries to clinch up but Tuomela circles away and keeps his distance.
Tuomela fails with an attempt to clinch.
McButticutty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tuomela walks into a stiff left hand from McButticutty.

McButticutty moves into the clinch.
McButticutty lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tuomela tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tuomela tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McButticutty's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tuomela.
McButticutty fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tuomela blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McButticutty is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
McButticutty tries a body shot but Tuomela blocks it.
Angus McButticutty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tuomela tries to work over McButticutty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McButticutty's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McButticutty is pushing Tuomela up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raimo Tuomela comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tuomela 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raimo Tuomela!