PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Callum Tweedie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan comes to the cage accompanied by Delerium - Silence . Tweedie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Snow Patrol - Chocolate. 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.

Ryan
vs
Tweedie

195 cm
44
280 lbs
32 - 24 - 0

197 cm
38
258 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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 32 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Callum Tweedie!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan tries to clinch up but Tweedie circles away and keeps his distance.
Ryan scores with a nice right hand.
Ryan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tweedie misses with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Tweedie.
Ryan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ryan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tweedie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ryan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tweedie. Tweedie obviously looking to wear him down.
Ryan misses with a low kick as Tweedie jumps back.
Tweedie slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ryan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tweedie counters with a good low kick that Ryan was not able to check.
Ryan delivers a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tweedie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Ryan gets a clinch.
Ryan misses with some punches.
Ryan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ryan has a couple of punches blocked by Tweedie.
Tweedie pushes Ryan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ryan stalling against the cage.
Ryan swings wildly with an uppercut but Tweedie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tweedie lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tweedie lands a knee to the body.
Ryan just leaning against Tweedie, taking a breather.
Ryan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ryan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tweedie up against the cage.
Ryan lands a nice shot to the body.
Ryan has a couple of punches blocked by Tweedie.
Ryan throws a punch but it's blocked by Tweedie.
Ryan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tweedie's elbow.
Ryan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tweedie tries to land knees in the clinch but Ryan avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ryan misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Ryan - that landed with a thud.
Ryan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tweedie throws an elbow but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Ryan.
Tweedie prevents a body shot from Ryan.
Ryan working aggressively here.
Ryan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ryan has a couple of punches blocked by Tweedie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan stalling the fight.
Ryan just leaning against Tweedie, taking a breather.
Ryan prevents Tweedie from breaking the clinch.
Ryan stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jack Ryan.
Ryan wants to clinch.
Ryan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ryan misses with a hook
and Tweedie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tweedie cracks Ryan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ryan tries to clinch up but Tweedie circles away and keeps his distance.
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 Jack Ryan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jack Ryan'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.

Tweedie moves out of range of the strikes.
Ryan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tweedie.
Tweedie misses with a few strikes there.
Ryan tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tweedie manages to circle out of the way.
Good leg kick by Tweedie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ryan scores with a jab to the body.
Ryan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tweedie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jack Ryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tweedie misses the shot to the body.
Tweedie misses with a body shot.
Ryan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tweedie moves away.
Tweedie tries to close the distance and clinch but Ryan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ryan digs a good body shot into Tweedie's ribs.
Tweedie blocks a jab.
Ryan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tweedie.
Tweedie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Callum Tweedie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tweedie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tweedie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And Ryan counters with a quick kick to the body but Tweedie blocks it.
Ryan throws a low kick but Tweedie moves out of range easily.
Ryan throws a leg kick but Tweedie checks it.
Tweedie throws out a counter right but Ryan avoids it with no problem.
Ryan tries to clinch up
and Tweedie counters with a nice body shot.
Ryan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ryan throws a leg kick but Tweedie sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jack Ryan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ryan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tweedie scores with a head kick.
Ryan throws a leg kick but Tweedie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tweedie tries to counter with a clinch but Ryan shakes him off and moves away.
Ryan scores with a hook to the body. Tweedie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ryan doesn't manage to clinch there - Tweedie circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tweedie avoids the body shot from Ryan.
Ryan tries to clinch there but Tweedie circles away.
Ryan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tweedie defending well as Ryan loads up on a big left hand.
Ryan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tweedie was well out of range. Poor timing from Ryan.
Ryan misses with a series of wild punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ryan moves out of range of the body kick from Tweedie.
Ryan tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tweedie manages to circle out of the way.

Ryan clinches with his opponent.
Ryan misses with a punch on the inside.
Ryan taking a breather.
Tweedie blocks a body shot from Ryan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tweedie takes a shot to the head.
Ryan tries to stall but Tweedie uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tweedie blocks a body shot from Ryan.
Tweedie digs a right hand into Ryan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ryan's gas tank.
Ryan misses with a punch on the inside.
Ryan taking a breather.
Ryan misses with the head strike.
Tweedie landing knees to the head.
Ryan taking a breather.
Tweedie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ryan.
Ryan leaning against his opponent.
Ryan misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tweedie tries to land knees in the clinch but Ryan avoids the damage to the body.
Ryan throws a head punch that misses.
Tweedie pushes off an throws an elbow but Ryan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ryan throws a head punch that misses.
Ryan stalling.
Ryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tweedie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A left hand lands to the body for Ryan.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tweedie.

Tweedie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tweedie misses with a hook. Ryan ducked under it nicely.
Ryan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jack Ryan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jack Ryan's cut.
That's time! Ryan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Ryan throws the left hand but Tweedie avoids the punch easily.
Ryan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ryan tries to clinch up
and Tweedie counters with a two punch combo.
Ryan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tweedie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ryan scores with a jab.
Ryan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ryan throws a body shot but no joy.
Ryan moves to clinch but Tweedie breaks away
and Tweedie counters with a nice uppercut.
Callum Tweedie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick from Ryan misses.
Ryan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Tweedie counter with a right hand.
Ryan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tweedie circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tweedie moves out of range of the leg kick from Ryan.
Ryan scores with a jab to the body.
Ryan swings widly with a right hand
and Tweedie counters with a straight right hand.
Tweedie is looking to score with low kicks.
Ryan misses with an uppercut.
Ryan scores with a nice body kick.
Tweedie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Tweedie. Those never looked like landing.
Ryan misses the jab.
Ryan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tweedie lands a front kick.
Tweedie swats away the attempt to clinch by Ryan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan throws a chopping leg kick but Tweedie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ryan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ryan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ryan wants to clinch up but Tweedie keeps it at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tweedie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ryan is looking to clinch but Tweedie is avoiding it.
Ryan looks to throw the jab but Tweedie is out of range.
Tweedie wants to counter with a clinch but Ryan pushes him away.
Ryan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tweedie throws a body shot but no joy.
Ryan is looking to counter with a body kick.
Tweedie moves into range and connects with a jab.

Ryan closes the distance and pushes Tweedie back into the cage.
Ryan misses with the head strike.
Ryan slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Tweedie.
Ryan misses with the head strike.
Ryan can't find room to land a body shot as Tweedie controls the action.
Tweedie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ryan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tweedie lands a nice knee to the body.
Jack Ryan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A short left from Tweedie.
Tweedie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ryan stalling the fight.
Ryan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ryan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tweedie lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tweedie lands a damaging elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Ryan.
Ryan lands with a short shot to the head.
Tweedie landing knees to the body.
Ryan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ryan gets through Tweedie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Callum Tweedie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tweedie pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ryan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ryan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ryan.
Ryan misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Callum Tweedie.
I think Ryan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Ryan!
An out of breath Jack Ryan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Callum Tweedie was interviewed post fight and said 'Eh..... Ok.....'.