PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arne Riseman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luola Mies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mies has chosen Can't be touched as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Riseman
vs
Mies

189 cm
22
280 lbs
7 - 1 - 1

202 cm
23
280 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Arne Riseman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luola Mies!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mies lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Luola Mies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riseman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riseman misses with a lunging right hand
and Mies counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Arne Riseman has been cut.
Mies tries to clinch up but Riseman circles away and keeps his distance.
Mies misses with a body kick.
Mies throws a right hand that misses
and Riseman counters with a one-two to the body.
Riseman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mies.
Riseman scores with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick by Mies misses
and Riseman counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Riseman looks to land a combination but Mies avoids it well.
Mies throws a poor cross that misses
and Riseman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Riseman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Riseman falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Mies to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mies just misses with a punch to the body.
Mies misses with a double jab
and Riseman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mies swings widly with a right hand
and Riseman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Riseman swinging wildly here.
Riseman avoids the body shot from Mies.
Mies misses the jab.
Riseman scores with a one two! Mies had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mies lands a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riseman misses with a double jab.
Mies listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A combination from Riseman does no damage.
Mies throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mies tries to clinch up.
Riseman misses with a double jab
and Mies makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Riseman misses with a combination
and Mies makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Riseman misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mies looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Riseman is breathing heavily.
Mies throws a leg kick but Riseman moved away.
Mies misses the body punch
and Riseman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mies throws a looping overhand right but Riseman ducks down to avoid it.
Mies pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mies misses the shot to the body.
Mies throws a head kick but Riseman moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Riseman.
Mies throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riseman avoids the head kick by Mies.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riseman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Riseman lands a body shot.
Mies throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Riseman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riseman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mies swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Riseman to counter with a crisp jab.
Mies misses with a body punch
and Riseman counters with a series of strikes. Mies will be more careful next time no doubt.
Riseman slips a straight right by Mies.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mies will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Riseman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mies.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Arne Riseman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arne Riseman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A solid leg kick lands there for Mies.
Riseman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riseman misses with a double jab
and Mies connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mies connects with a leg kick. Riseman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Riseman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mies misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Riseman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mies.
Mies throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Riseman to counter with a crisp jab.
Riseman misses with a body punch
and Mies connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Riseman misses with a double jab
letting Mies counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mies attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Riseman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mies counters with a two punch combo.
Arne Riseman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Riseman throws a nice looking combination but Mies bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Riseman.
Mies needs to keep his hands up - Riseman had a free shot at his head there.
Mies lands with a kick to the temple. Riseman shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Riseman moves out of range of the strikes.
Mies throws a lazy head kick
and Riseman counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riseman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mies turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mies takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A head kick misses from Mies.
Riseman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Riseman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mies counters with a nice uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Riseman.
Mies lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mies lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riseman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mies was well out of range. Poor timing from Riseman.
Riseman misses with a left hand
and Mies makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mies misses with a hook
and Riseman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mies misses with a body kick.
Mies rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Riseman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mies digs a good hook to Riseman's body.
Mies tries to clinch up
and Riseman counters with a nice body shot.
Mies fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Riseman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mies tries to clinch up
and Riseman counters with a left to the body.
Riseman lands a jab-cross combination.
Riseman swinging wildly here.
Mies throws a chopping leg kick but Riseman manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mies sizes up Riseman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riseman misses with a wild combination.
Mies misses with a lunging right hand
and Riseman counters with a left and a right that stings Mies.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luola Mies showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Arne Riseman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Mies wants to clinch up but Riseman keeps it at a distance.
Mies tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Riseman is able to avoid easily.
Some wild striking there from Riseman.
Riseman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Riseman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Riseman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mies throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riseman misses with a double jab.
Luola Mies seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mies moves to clinch but Riseman breaks away
enabling Riseman to counter with a crisp jab.
Riseman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mies looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mies throws a sloppy head kick
and Riseman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mies shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mies throws a head kick but Riseman moves out of range.
Riseman misses with a combination
and Mies counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A combination from Mies does no damage.
Riseman looks to land a combination. Mies sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Riseman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Riseman throws a body punch but Mies moves out of range.
Mies has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riseman blocks a leg kick.
Riseman misses with a combination
and Mies counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mies wants to clinch.
Riseman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mies.
Riseman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mies moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mies tries to clinch up
and Mies takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mies throws a series of punches but Riseman avoids them all with ease.
Mies cracks the inside of Riseman's front leg.
Riseman throws a combination that misses
and Mies cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mies throws a leg kick but Riseman sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Riseman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mies counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mies tries a head kick but it misses.
Riseman tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mies works over Riseman's head and body with a nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riseman connects with a nice looking jab.
Riseman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Mies to counter with a crisp jab.
Mies lands a body shot.
Mies throws a shot to the body.
Mies throws a left and a right that both miss
and Riseman counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mies throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Riseman.
Riseman swings widly with a right hand
and Mies counters with a solid body kick.
Mies looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mies tries to clinch but Riseman moves out of range.
Riseman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luola Mies comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mies 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luola Mies!