PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafinha Capoeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Ponting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafinha Capoeira is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Capoeira
vs
Ponting

178 cm
32
168 lbs
21 - 16 - 2

170 cm
34
160 lbs
23 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Rafinha Capoeira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricky Ponting!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capoeira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Capoeira feinted with a counter takedown.
Ponting misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ponting moves away from the strike by Capoeira.
Ponting circles away from the clinch attempt.
Capoeira throws a sloppy head kick
letting Ponting counter with a right hand.
Capoeira doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ponting looks to throw the jab but Capoeira is out of range.
Ponting stalks Capoeira and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Capoeira's face. Capoeira staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Rafinha Capoeira has been cut.
Ponting slips under a jab from Capoeira.
Ponting has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ponting throws a hook to the side of Capoeira's head but Capoeira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Capoeira has managed to clinch.

Capoeira breaks from the clinch.
Ponting lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ponting waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Capoeira.
Ponting moves away from the strike by Capoeira.
Ponting throws a right and a left that Capoeira avoids nicely.
Ponting waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Capoeira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ponting pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rafinha Capoeira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Capoeira misses with a straight left.
Ponting tries a head kick but it misses.
Capoeira misses with an uppercut. Ponting saw that one coming.

Capoeira closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Capoeira breaks from the clinch.
Ponting scores with a nice strike.
Ponting lands with a good body shot.
Nice cross by Ponting.
Ponting scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A slow jab from Capoeira misses its intended target.
Capoeira uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Capoeira throws a looping overhand right but Ponting ducks down to avoid it.
Capoeira connects with a crisp jab.
Capoeira blocks a jab.
Capoeira looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Capoeira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Ponting. That snapped Capoeira's head back.
Capoeira lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ponting shoots in and drives through. Capoeira sprawls well.
Ponting digs a good hook to Capoeira's body.
Capoeira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ponting.
Ponting throws a right hand that Capoeira ducks under and follows up with a left that Capoeira also avoids with ease.
Ponting swings for the body but Capoeira moves out of range.
Capoeira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ponting moves out of range as Capoeira strikes.
Capoeira keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Capoeira throws an overhand right that lands on Ponting's shoulder, as Ponting tries to avoid the shot.
Ponting looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ponting throws a sloppy head kick and Capoeira moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira throws a jab when Ponting was well out of range.
Ponting looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Capoeira is looking to clinch but Ponting is avoiding it.
Ponting swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ponting lands a nice shot to the body.
A big left from Ponting misses.
Capoeira moves out of range as Ponting strikes.
Some wild striking there from Capoeira.
Capoeira slips a jab from Ponting.

Capoeira takes the fight into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Capoeira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ponting's brow.
Ponting has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Capoeira after a bit of a struggle.
Rafinha Capoeira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Ponting.
Capoeira is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ponting wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira can't find room to land a body shot as Ponting controls the action.
Nice body punch from Capoeira - that landed with a thud.
Ponting is trying to break the clinch but Capoeira is controlling him.
Ponting wants to break free but Capoeira has control.

Capoeira manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Capoeira.
Ponting throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Capoeira gets a clinch.
Ponting tries to break free but Capoeira pushes him back against the cage.

Capoeira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ponting pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Capoeira works the jab nicely.
Capoeira is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Capoeira rushes Ponting and presses him up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Capoeira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ricky Ponting will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rafinha Capoeira's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Capoeira is looking to score with low kicks.
Ponting lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A right-left combo lands from Ponting.
The fighters circle momentarily. Capoeira darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Capoeira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ponting counters with a left to the body.
Ponting just misses with a punch to the body.
Capoeira throws a jab when Ponting was well out of range.
Capoeira checks a leg kick.
Ponting misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Capoeira half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Ponting lands with an uppercut that bounces Capoeira off the cage and back into range.
Capoeira throws a body punch but Ponting moves out of range.
Capoeira throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Capoeira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ponting moves out of range of the strikes.
Ponting throws a head kick that misses.
Capoeira throws a hook to the side of Ponting's head but Ponting sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ponting throws a looping overhand right but Capoeira ducks down to avoid it.
Ponting misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ponting scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ponting throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ponting not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ponting trying to control from half guard but Capoeira is working away.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ponting lands a nice short elbow.
Ponting trying to control the action but Capoeira is working from the bottom.
Ponting frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ponting sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ponting is working for a guillotine from mount but Capoeira frees his head quite easily.
Ponting can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Capoeira is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ponting unloads with some shots from mount but Capoeira bucks and avoids them well.
Ponting unloads with some shots from mount but Capoeira bucks and avoids them well.
Ponting trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ponting working for a guillotine from mount but Capoeira is in no mood to give up.
Ponting working Capoeira over with strikes here.
Ponting throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ponting throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ponting looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ponting breaks from Capoeira's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ponting landing strikes from the mount and Capoeira is in trouble!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Ponting! Capoeira is hurt baaadly! Ponting is firing away with more strikes - Capoeira is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Ponting!
Our winner, Ricky Ponting, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.