PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eino Kivi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Ripgut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ripgut has chosen Abominable Putridity - Throat Fisting Abortion as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kivi
vs
Ripgut

200 cm
21
284 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
225 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eino Kivi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Ripgut!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ripgut gets a clinch.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kivi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut looking to stall.

Kivi ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kivi no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Ripgut trying to control the position from guard on top but Kivi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ripgut stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kivi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ripgut has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kivi is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut throws a big right hand that misses.
Ripgut is looking to stand up but Kivi won't let him.
Kivi can't keep his opponent in guard - Ripgut advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ripgut seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kivi.
Ripgut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sean Ripgut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ripgut moves in looking to clinch but Kivi pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ripgut doesn't manage to clinch there - Kivi circles away.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch but Kivi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kivi keeps the fight on the outside.

Kivi shoots in and bounces Ripgut off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Kivi throws a big right hand that misses.
Ripgut looking to control.
Kivi throwing strikes from guard but Ripgut blocks nicely.
Ripgut keeping moving, preventing Kivi from controlling successfully.
Ripgut bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kivi's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kivi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ripgut controls the pace.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ripgut is looking to stand up but Kivi won't let him.
Ripgut's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ripgut looking to pass the guard.

Ripgut postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Kivi is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ripgut, into his guard.
Ripgut bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kivi's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut is stalling in the full guard.
Ripgut trying to control the position from guard on top but Kivi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ripgut has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kivi is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kivi is trying to keep Ripgut in close.
Ripgut sitting in guard here, content to control.

Ripgut stands up and waves to Kivi to follow him.
Kivi lands a nice hook to Ripgut's body. Ripgut takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch but Kivi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ripgut.
Kivi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A leg kick checked by Kivi.
Ripgut tries to clinch up.
Kivi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ripgut tries to score with a low kick but Kivi moves his leg out of the way.

Kivi closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ripgut did well to prevent Kivi getting side control.
Kivi thows a huge punch but Ripgut dodges it nicely.
Kivi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ripgut keeps working.
Ripgut is controlling Kivi's trapped leg to prevent Kivi from advancing to side control.
Ripgut trying to hold on to Kivi's head to control him but Kivi postures up.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kivi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ripgut is trying to stand back up but Kivi is controlling him
Kivi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ripgut trying to control from the bottom.
Ripgut is pressing down on Kivi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ripgut working a defensive guard here.
Ripgut wants to get back to his feet but Kivi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ripgut tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ripgut moves in looking to clinch but Kivi pushes him off.
Kivi lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Sean Ripgut has been cut.
Ripgut scores with a nice body kick.
Kivi is breathing heavily.
Kivi throws a shot from downtown. Ripgut moves away and avoids it.
Ripgut feints and then cracks Kivi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kivi down.
Kivi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kivi swats away the attempt to clinch by Ripgut.

Ripgut instigates a clinch.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kivi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.

Ripgut manages to break the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Ripgut moves into the clinch successfully.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but Kivi blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the head but Kivi blocks with his arms.
Ripgut throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kivi blocks it with crossed arms.

Ripgut breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sean Ripgut is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kivi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kivi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ripgut tries to avoid it but Kivi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ripgut to the ground. Ripgut escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ripgut scores with a nice body kick.
Ripgut feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kivi's calf.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch but Kivi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kivi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Eino Kivi has been cut.
Ripgut tries to clinch up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ripgut. That's going to slow Kivi down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ripgut lands a big head kick that sends Kivi tumbling to the mat! Ripgut takes a step backwards and waves Kivi back to his feet - he wants the finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Ripgut dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kivi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Kivi is rocked!
Ripgut wants to clinch up but Kivi keeps it at a distance.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kivi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ripgut throws a sloppy head kick and Kivi moves out of range easily.
Eino Kivi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ripgut fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kivi.
Kivi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ripgut uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kivi.
Kivi throws a right and a left that Ripgut avoids nicely.
Ripgut throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ripgut fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ripgut feints and then cracks Kivi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kivi down.
Ripgut tries to clinch up.
Ripgut feints and then cracks Kivi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kivi down.
Nice uppercut there from Ripgut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ripgut moves in looking to clinch but Kivi pushes him off.
Ripgut is looking to clinch but Kivi is avoiding it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ripgut tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Ripgut. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut moves in looking to clinch but Kivi pushes him off.
Ripgut tries to clinch up.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kivi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ripgut is looking to clinch.
Kivi misses with a double jab.
Ripgut moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kivi keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice straight punches there by Ripgut. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ripgut.

Eino Kivi's cut is getting worse.
Ripgut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ripgut tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ripgut is looking to clinch.
Ripgut connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kivi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ripgut feints and then cracks Kivi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kivi down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ripgut tries to clinch up.
Ripgut cracks the inside of Kivi's front leg.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ripgut looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Ripgut breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Ripgut does it's job there.
Ripgut tries to clinch up.
Kivi looks to score with a jab to the body but Ripgut is just out of range.
Ripgut turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kivi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kivi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ripgut tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kivi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ripgut.
Kivi swats away the attempt to clinch by Ripgut.
Ripgut tries to clinch but Kivi moves out of range.
Ripgut fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ripgut moves away from the strike by Kivi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ripgut closes the distance and clinches.
Ripgut has Kivi pressed against the ropes, preventing Kivi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kivi tries to pull guard but Ripgut holds him up against the ropes and eventually Kivi drops back down to his feet.
Ripgut connects with a knee to the head.
Ripgut unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kivi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ripgut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kivi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut has Kivi pushed against the ropes.
Kivi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ripgut with a knee to the head.

Eino Kivi's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ripgut has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ripgut throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ripgut scores with a knee to the head.
Ripgut unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ripgut lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut tries a knee to the head but Kivi blocks it.
Ripgut connects with a knee to the head.

Jeez, Eino Kivi's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ripgut lands a knee to the head.
Ripgut lands an elbow just above Kivi 's eye.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Eino Kivi's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sean Ripgut!