PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arne Riseman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drake has chosen Εξομολογεισθ as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Riseman
vs
Drake

189 cm
24
280 lbs
9 - 6 - 1

198 cm
30
260 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Arne Riseman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joshua Drake!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riseman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Drake connects with a body shot that sends Riseman's belly button to the back.
Riseman avoids the body shot from Drake.
Riseman lands a jab to Drake's midsection.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Drake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riseman.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. Riseman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riseman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Riseman misses with a series of wild punches.
Drake moves out of range of the body kick from Riseman.
Drake misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riseman misses with a two punch combination.
Drake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Riseman can pounce on him.
Riseman throws a right and a left that Drake avoids nicely.
Drake swings for the body but Riseman moves out of range.
Drake swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Riseman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drake lands with a good body shot.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riseman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Drake connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Riseman scrambles back to his feet.
Drake throws a body punch but Riseman moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Riseman.
Drake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riseman moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Joshua Drake has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake misses the shot to the body.
Riseman misses with a low kick.
Drake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riseman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. Riseman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riseman fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riseman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riseman thows a body shot but no joy.
Drake scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Drake throws a series of punches but Riseman avoids them all with ease.
Riseman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drake counters with a three punch combo that has Riseman backing up. Riseman nods at Drake to acknowledge the strikes.
Riseman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Good exchange - Riseman coming out on top.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riseman manages to avoid it.
Riseman lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riseman throws out a leg kick but Drake moves out of range and Riseman only half commits.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riseman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Drake counters with a three punch combo that has Riseman backing up. Riseman nods at Drake to acknowledge the strikes.
Riseman swinging wildly here.
Drake keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sloppy strikes from Drake. Those never looked like landing.
Drake thuds his right hand into Riseman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Drake swinging wildly here.
Drake swinging wildly here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riseman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Riseman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joshua Drake will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joshua Drake's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Riseman delivers a nice body kick.
Drake throws a predictable looking body shot
and Riseman counters with an outside leg kick.
Riseman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Drake makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Arne Riseman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riseman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drake.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Drake throws a series of punches but Riseman avoids them all with ease.
Drake avoids the head kick by Riseman.
Riseman missing with a left hand there. Drake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riseman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drake counters with a straight right hand.
Riseman scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riseman.
Arne Riseman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drake thows a body shot but no joy.
Drake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riseman.
Drake works Riseman's body with a nice hook.
Drake misses with the combination.
Riseman throws a low kick but Drake avoids it.
Riseman misses with a series of wild punches.
Riseman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riseman moves away.
Riseman thumps Drake with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Riseman misses with a wild body shot.
Riseman scores with a jab. Drake acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riseman just misses with a punch to the body.
Riseman scores with a jab to the body.
Riseman is looking to wear down Drake with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Riseman looks to land a combination but Drake avoids it well.
Riseman throws a leg kick that is checked
and Drake makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Riseman throws a low kick but Drake avoids it.
Riseman throws a combination that misses
and Drake counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good work by Drake as he checks the leg kick.
Drake throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Riseman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riseman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riseman scores with a nice right hand.

That has opened up Joshua Drake's cut even more.
Riseman motions for Drake to come forward. Riseman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Riseman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sloppy strikes from Riseman. Those never looked like landing.
Drake throws a body punch but Riseman moves out of range.
A punch combination from Riseman misses.
Drake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Riseman is just out of range.
Riseman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Drake defending well as Riseman loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Riseman.
Drake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Riseman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Riseman!
Drake is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake throws a series of punches but Riseman avoids them all with ease.
Drake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Riseman.
No joy there for Drake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Riseman misses with a wild combination.
Riseman connects with the punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riseman lands with a good body shot.
Riseman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riseman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arne Riseman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joshua Drake's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Riseman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drake circles away quickly and effectively.
Drake's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Drake duly obliges.
Riseman sizes up Drake with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Drake has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riseman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riseman misses with a series of wild punches.
Riseman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Drake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Riseman.
Riseman connects with a body shot that sends Drake's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riseman misses with a few strikes there.
Drake takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Riseman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Riseman misses.
Riseman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arne Riseman is winning the standup battle so far.
Drake takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No joy there for Drake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drake changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Riseman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Riseman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Drake counters with a three punch combo that has Riseman backing up. Riseman nods at Drake to acknowledge the strikes.
Riseman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drake scores with a jab.
Riseman throws a right hand that Drake ducks under and follows up with a left that Drake also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Riseman connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake throws a jab but it's blocked by Riseman.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake takes a swing at Riseman's ribcage but misses.
Drake takes a swing at Riseman's ribcage but misses.
Drake slips a jab and a cross from Riseman.
Riseman ducks under a wild hook from Drake.
Nice jab there from Drake.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riseman moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Riseman, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drake misses with a looping left.
Riseman moves away from the strike by Drake.
Riseman throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Riseman with a jab.
Riseman tries to land a leg kick but Drake saw it coming and moves away.
Drake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riseman was well out of range. Poor timing from Drake.
Drake throws a right and a left that Riseman avoids nicely.
Riseman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drake.
Riseman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drake circles away quickly and effectively.
Riseman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drake lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses with a body shot.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
A combination from Riseman does no damage.
Riseman avoids the body shot from Drake.
Drake fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Drake misses with the combination.
Riseman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drake.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice jab there from Riseman.
Drake closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arne Riseman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Riseman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arne Riseman!