PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Spede Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tosi Retale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Tosi Retale struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Spede Gonzales could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tosi Retale's chin.

Gonzales
vs
Retale

166 cm
22
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Spede Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tosi Retale!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Retale scores with a one two! Gonzales had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gonzales is breathing heavily.
Gonzales throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gonzales could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gonzales walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Horrible takedown by Gonzales or perhaps it was just good defense by Retale which made him look bad.
A decent looking cross lands there for Retale.
Gonzales shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Retale dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gonzales. That did some damage!
A cross from Retale lands.
Retale keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spede Gonzales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Retale scores with a three punch combo!
Gonzales throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Retale is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Retale's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Retale duly obliges.
Retale keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gonzales shoots for a takedown but Retale saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gonzales is looking to clinch but Retale is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales shoots in looking for a takedown. Retale tries to sprawl out of it but Gonzales keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Retale manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Retale swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gonzales shoots in for a double leg but Retale sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Retale is looking to slow Gonzales down with leg kicks.
Retale swats away the attempt to clinch by Gonzales.

Gonzales shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Retale prevents Gonzales from taking his back.
Gonzales looking to ground and pound but Retale is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales punching from mount but Retale doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Gonzales has control of Retale's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Retale regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Retale tries to reverse the position but Gonzales maintains control.
Gonzales cracks Retale with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

It looks like Tosi Retale has been cut.

Gonzales is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Retale is surviving well by controlling Gonzales's body position as best he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gonzales has control of Retale's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Retale regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Retale stops Gonzales from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.

Gonzales working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Gonzales wants to finish this one by submission but Retale is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gonzales.
Gonzales pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
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 Spede Gonzales will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gonzales shoots in for a double leg but Retale sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Retale keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Retale fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gonzales is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Retale.
Gonzales throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Retale's waist but Retale gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gonzales off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spede Gonzales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Retale lands a with a good body shot.
Retale throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gonzales's head.
Retale stuffs the takedown attempt from Gonzales. Gonzales gets slowly back to his feet.
Retale lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Retale stuffs the takedown.
Spede Gonzales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Retale lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gonzales backs up against the cage.
Gonzales has a takedown stuffed.
Retale fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Gonzales or perhaps it was just good defense by Retale which made him look bad.
Retale paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gonzales fails with the takedown.
Retale cracks Gonzales with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gonzales is looking to clinch but Retale is avoiding it.
Retale throws a sloppy head kick and Gonzales moves out of range easily.
Gonzales shoots in but Retale avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Retale throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gonzales's head.
Gonzales shoots in for a double leg but Retale sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gonzales closes the distance and clinches up with Retale, looking for a takedown. Gonzales pushes Retale against the cage but Retale circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gonzales gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gonzales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Retale.

Gonzales scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gonzales is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Retale is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
An elbow from Gonzales crashes against the mat.
Gonzales tries to advance to mount but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Gonzales tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gonzales has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ground and pound from Gonzales seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale prevents Gonzales from moving into mount.

Gonzales is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Retale has escaped the position, nice work there.

Gonzales tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gonzales has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four 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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Retale throws a leg kick which misses Gonzales's front leg but catches the back leg as Gonzales tries to avoid it.
Retale misses with a low kick.
Gonzales throws a lazy head kick
and Retale counters with a body kick.
Nice takedown defense from Retale. No joy for Gonzales on that attempt.
Gonzales throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Retale keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gonzales shoots in but Retale avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Retale works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Spede Gonzales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gonzales shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tosi Retale will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!

Nice sprawl there from Retale as Gonzales shoots in.
Retale scores with a head kick.
Gonzales has his takedown stuffed
letting Retale counter with a right hand.
A nice combination there by Retale.
Gonzales shoots and misses
and Retale connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spede Gonzales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzales walks forward, straight into a front kick from Retale.
Gonzales shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Retale connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gonzales's hands.
Gonzales throws a head kick that misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Retale.
Gonzales fails with the takedown.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Retale.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Retale closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gonzales shoots for a double leg takedown but Retale sprawls well. He's pushed Gonzales's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gonzales fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales tries to clinch up.
Gonzales shoots in but no luck this time.
Retale throws a head kick that Gonzales semi-blocks.
Horrible takedown by Gonzales or perhaps it was just good defense by Retale which made him look bad.
Retale looks to land a combination. Gonzales sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gonzales throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Retale's waist but Retale gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gonzales off to one side.
Gonzales will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gonzales fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Retale as Gonzales shoots in.
Retale moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Retale stuffs the takedown attempt from Gonzales. Gonzales gets slowly back to his feet.
Retale lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Retale works over Gonzales's head and body with a nice combination.
Retale connects with a looping right hand.
Retale circles away from the clinch attempt.
Retale dips to his left and cracks Gonzales with an uppercut!
Retale keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gonzales looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Retale throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gonzales shoots in but no luck this time.
Retale lands a with a good body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gonzales.
A head kick by Gonzales misses
and Retale cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good leg kick by Retale there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gonzales takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gonzales misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Retale scores with a jab.
Gonzales looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gonzales takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gonzales with a poor takedown
and Retale counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gonzales's knee momentarily.

Gonzales darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gonzales wants to pass the guard but Retale is defending well.
Gonzales passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Retale can't escape the position.

Gonzales has hold of Retale's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Retale manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Retale blocking the ground and pound.

Gonzales looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tosi Retale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Retale has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tosi Retale!