PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Ripgut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwight Demaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ripgut comes to the cage accompanied by Abominable Putridity - Throat Fisting Abortion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ripgut
vs
Demaine

190 cm
21
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

194 cm
21
275 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Ripgut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dwight Demaine!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demaine misses with a series of wild punches.
Ripgut fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Demaine does no damage.
Demaine misses with a wild combination.
Ripgut tries to clinch up.
Ripgut connects with a solid leg kick.
Demaine lands with an overhand left.
Demaine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ripgut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ripgut wants to clinch up but Demaine keeps it at a distance.
Ripgut is looking to clinch.
Demaine swings for the body but Ripgut moves out of range.
Ripgut throws a quick inside leg kick.
Demaine just misses with a punch to the body.
Ripgut scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dwight Demaine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demaine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Demaine takes a swing at Ripgut's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demaine lands with a nice body punch.
Ripgut tries to clinch up but Demaine circles away and keeps his distance.
Demaine keeps the fight on the outside.
Demaine looks to score with a jab to the body but Ripgut is just out of range.
Demaine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ripgut moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A shot to de liver by Demaine. Beautiful body shot.
Demaine misses with a looping right.
Demaine lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ripgut blocks a jab.
Demaine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Demaine is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ripgut rather than just go for the knockout.

Ripgut closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ripgut crunches a lovely knee into Demaine's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ripgut prevents Demaine from breaking the clinch.
Ripgut scores a nice knee to the body.
Demaine looks gassed!
Ripgut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Demaine wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demaine blocks the elbow strike.
Ripgut is struggling to control the position.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but Demaine blocks with his arms.
Ripgut misses with a knee to the head.
Demaine drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ripgut pulls his leg out and moves away.
Demaine cracks Ripgut with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Demaine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Demaine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Demaine throws the left hand but Ripgut avoids the punch easily.
Ripgut keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some wild striking there from Demaine.
Ripgut tries to clinch but Demaine moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demaine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Demaine misses with a two punch combination.
Demaine misses with a double jab.
Demaine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ripgut moves away.

Ripgut rushes Demaine and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ripgut landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ripgut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ripgut prevents Demaine from breaking the clinch.
Ripgut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ripgut holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ripgut.
Ripgut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ripgut is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ripgut throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Demaine blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demaine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Ripgut.
Demaine wants to break free but Ripgut has control.
Nice elbow from Ripgut.

It looks like Dwight Demaine has been cut.
Demaine wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ripgut lands a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ripgut just misses with a elbow thrown towards Demaine's brow.
Ripgut keeps control of Demaine as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ripgut taking a breather.
Ripgut prevents Demaine from breaking the clinch.
Ripgut taking a breather.
Ripgut looking to throw knees to the head but Demaine is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Demaine avoids the damage to the body.
Demaine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ripgut has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ripgut.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but Demaine blocks it.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Ripgut dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dwight Demaine's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Demaine swinging wilding here.
Demaine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Demaine does no damage.
Dwight Demaine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ripgut tries to clinch up.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Demaine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ripgut with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Demaine to score with a decent uppercut.
Demaine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up but Demaine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ripgut wants to clinch up but Demaine keeps it at a distance.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Ripgut here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Demaine keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ripgut moves in looking to clinch but Demaine pushes him off.
Demaine throws a right hand that Ripgut ducks under and follows up with a left that Ripgut also avoids with ease.

Ripgut moves into range and clinches up with Demaine.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demaine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demaine can't break the clinch.
Ripgut is struggling to control the position.
Ripgut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Demaine managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but Demaine blocks it.
Ripgut throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Demaine blocks it with crossed arms.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but Demaine blocks with his arms.
Ripgut looking to throw knees to the head but Demaine is blocking nicely.
Ripgut landing knees to the body.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but Demaine blocks it.
Ripgut wants to stall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Demaine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Demaine jumps guard but Ripgut stands there with Demaine around his waist. Demaine gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ripgut with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Demaine has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Ripgut uses from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Demaine looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ripgut trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Ripgut gets to his feet. Demaine looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ripgut fails in his attempt to clinch.

Ripgut rushes Demaine and presses him up against the cage.
Ripgut landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Demaine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Demaine avoids the damage to the body.
Ripgut scores a nice knee to the body.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demaine.
Ripgut lands a knee to the body.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but Demaine blocks it.
Ripgut landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demaine.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut with a knee to the head.
Ripgut unloads a knee to the mid-section. Demaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ripgut unloads a knee to the mid-section. Demaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demaine.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but Demaine blocks with his arms.
Ripgut misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ripgut taking a breather.
Demaine lands with a left to the head.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demaine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut throws a knee to the head but misses.
Demaine blocks the elbow strike.
Demaine is trying to break free.
Demaine has had enough of the clinch but Ripgut keeps him there for the moment.
Demaine is looking to break free of the clinch but Ripgut has double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Demaine as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Demaine dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Demaine avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
A short right from Demaine on the inside.
Demaine tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ripgut misses with a knee strike.
A bit of stalling here from Ripgut.
Ripgut misses with a knee to the head.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Demaine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ripgut connects with a nasty looking knee right to Demaine's face.
Demaine is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Demaine breaks the clinch.
Demaine works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Ripgut dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dwight Demaine's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ripgut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ripgut moves in looking to clinch but Demaine pushes him off.
Demaine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ripgut tries to clinch there but Demaine circles away.
Demaine fails to land with a series of punches.
Demaine just misses with a punch to the body.
Demaine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ripgut.
A nice combination there by Demaine.
Ripgut bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demaine throws a hook but Ripgut avoids it easily.
Demaine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ripgut is looking to clinch.
Donk. Demaine catches Ripgut right on the button with a cross.
Demaine misses with a series of wild punches.

Ripgut clinches up with Demaine and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demaine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ripgut unloads a knee to the mid-section. Demaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demaine takes an elbow to the temple.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demaine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Demaine is looking to break free of the clinch but Ripgut has double underhooks.
Ripgut looking to stall.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but Demaine blocks with his arms.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Demaine avoids the damage to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demaine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut lands a knee to the body.
Ripgut unloads a knee to the mid-section. Demaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Demaine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but Demaine blocks with his arms.
Demaine can't break the clinch.
Ripgut is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demaine fails to pull guard.
Ripgut scores with a knee to the head.
Sean Ripgut has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Demaine wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ripgut misses with a knee to the head.
Ripgut trying to stall but Demaine improves his position.
Demaine wants to break the clinch but can't.
Demaine is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ripgut gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Demaine is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ripgut looking to stall.
Demaine tries to pull guard but Ripgut won't allow it.
Sean Ripgut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwight Demaine.
Ripgut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ripgut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Demaine is trying to break the clinch but Ripgut has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Ripgut to work.
Demaine managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demaine has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ripgut is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Demaine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ripgut lands a nice elbow.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ripgut stalling the fight.
Ripgut lands a knee to the head.
Ripgut throws a knee to the head but misses.
Demaine is trying to break the clinch but Ripgut has him pressed against the cage.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but Demaine blocks it.
Ripgut is looking to control Demaine's arms but Demaine gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ripgut has his back to the cage.
Demaine is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ripgut.
Ripgut lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dwight Demaine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ripgut lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ripgut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but Demaine blocks with his arms.
Ripgut prevents Demaine from breaking the clinch.
Ripgut blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demaine can't break the clinch.
Ripgut lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ripgut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ripgut misses with a knee strike.

Demaine manages to break the clinch.
Demaine thuds his right hand into Ripgut's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ripgut moves away from the strike by Demaine.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Demaine throws a series of punches but Ripgut avoids them all with ease.
Demaine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Demaine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sean Ripgut is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ripgut tries to clinch but Demaine is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Ripgut showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ripgut, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Ripgut!