PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Piper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerhard Rihmakallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rihmakallo has chosen Blood For Blood-Living In Exile as his entrance music. Gerhard Rihmakallo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Peter Piper's chin.

Piper
vs
Rihmakallo

190 cm
27
238 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

185 cm
25
245 lbs
7 - 19 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Piper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gerhard Rihmakallo!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Piper moves into the clinch.

Piper pulls Rihmakallo into guard.
Piper thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Piper is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rihmakallo wants to control from the top but Piper keeps moving.
Rihmakallo thows a big elbow that misses.
Piper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Piper tries to strike from the bottom.
Rihmakallo is working Piper over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Piper is trying to control the position but Rihmakallo postures up.
Piper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Piper is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rihmakallo is aware though and is defending well.

Rihmakallo gets to his feet - Piper follows without any prompting.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rihmakallo fails with a takedown attempt.

Piper rushes Rihmakallo and presses him up against the cage.
Piper is trying to force a seperation but Rihmakallo has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rihmakallo has Piper pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Rihmakallo pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Piper tumbling to the mat - Rihmakallo dives into Piper's guard.
Rihmakallo prevents Piper from getting back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rihmakallo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rihmakallo postures up in Piper's guard and throws a big left but Piper blocks it.
Rihmakallo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rihmakallo is working Piper over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rihmakallo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Piper struggling a bit here.
Rihmakallo working the ground and pound.
Piper trying to control but Rihmakallo flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rihmakallo lands a shot to the body.
Rihmakallo lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

Rihmakallo looking for the choke but no joy.
Piper tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rihmakallo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Piper manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Rihmakallo throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Rihmakallo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Piper is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rihmakallo landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piper on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rihmakallo scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Piper is trying to improve his position.
Rihmakallo working the ground and pound.

Rihmakallo stands up.
Rihmakallo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Piper forces Rihmakallo back against the cage and clinches.
Rihmakallo tries to land a knee to the head but Piper blocks with his arms.

Piper pulls guard successfully.
Rihmakallo works over Piper with some ground and pound from guard.
Rihmakallo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rihmakallo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piper keeping moving, preventing Rihmakallo from controlling successfully.
Rihmakallo distracts Piper with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rihmakallo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Piper looking for a sweep. Not yet Piper, not yet.
Rihmakallo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rihmakallo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rihmakallo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Piper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rihmakallo connects with a couple of short punches.
Rihmakallo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rihmakallo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Piper keeping moving, preventing Rihmakallo from controlling successfully.
Rihmakallo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerhard Rihmakallo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Piper drives through with a takedown into guard.

Rihmakallo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Piper trying to control but Rihmakallo is working from the bottom.

Rihmakallo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Rihmakallo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Piper defends well.

Rihmakallo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Piper defends it easily.
Rihmakallo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rihmakallo looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rihmakallo looking for subs off his back but Piper has passed one foot through into half guard.

Piper is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rihmakallo sees it coming and defends easily.

Rihmakallo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Piper pulls his head out easily.
Rihmakallo wants to sweep but Piper has passed to side control!
Rihmakallo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Rihmakallo wants to control but Piper is keeping him busy.
Piper is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Piper is trying to maintain the position but Rihmakallo is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rihmakallo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Piper's head.
Rihmakallo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Piper controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Piper is looking to escape.
Rihmakallo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Rihmakallo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are battling for position here. Piper manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rihmakallo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rihmakallo stands and throws Piper's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rihmakallo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Piper keeps working.
Rihmakallo is putting a hurting on Piper here, landing some big shots from side control.
Piper knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rihmakallo on the ground.

Rihmakallo tries for a kimura but Piper is defending well.
Rihmakallo landing strikes.
Piper takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gerhard Rihmakallo has got the better of the ground game so far.
You can see the frustration on Piper's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rihmakallo looks up at the clock and then as Piper takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rihmakallo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rihmakallo cracks Piper with a big right hand but Piper just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Piper is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Rihmakallo is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Piper that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

It looks like Peter Piper has been cut.
Piper takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Rihmakallo's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gerhard Rihmakallo!