PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samu Sand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaiohun Rayo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sand
vs
Rayo

180 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Samu Sand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaiohun Rayo!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rayo misses with a hook. Sand ducked under it nicely.
Sand fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sand tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Sand closes the distance and pushes Rayo back into the ropes.
Rayo has had enough of the clinch but Sand keeps him there for the moment.
Sand gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Kaiohun Rayo has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rayo as Sand tries to tie him up.
Sand keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rayo's efforts to push away.
Sand tries a knee to the head but Rayo blocks it.
Sand throws an elbow but it misses.
Sand throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rayo blocks it with crossed arms.
Rayo managing to block the knees to the body from Sand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rayo as Sand tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sand looking to throw knees to the head but Rayo is blocking nicely.
Rayo tries to break free but Sand pushes him back against the ropes.
Sand tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Rayo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rayo jabs Sand right on the nose. Sand blinks but takes it well.

Sand fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rayo, pushing him back against the ropes.
Sand is trying to stall.
Rayo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rayo gets underhooks to prevent Sand's takedown attempt.

Rayo manages to break the clinch.
Sand on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rayo stuffs the takedown attempt from Sand. Sand gets slowly back to his feet.
Rayo throws a nice looking combination but Sand bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sand wants to clinch up but Rayo keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rayo.
Sand fails in his attempt to clinch.

Sand gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Sand escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sand scores with a head kick. Rayo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sand looks to clinch
letting Rayo counter with a right hand.
Sand tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rayo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rayo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sand moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rayo swinging wildly here.
Rayo throws a right and a left that Sand avoids nicely.
Sand scores with a head kick.
Sand fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sand ducks under a wild hook from Rayo.
Sloppy strikes from Rayo. Those never looked like landing.
Rayo scores with a shot to the body.
Sand tries to clinch but Rayo is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sand tries to clinch up but Rayo circles away and keeps his distance.

Sand takes the fight into the clinch.
Sand is trying to stall.

Rayo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rayo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sand tries a head kick but it misses.
Sand tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Rayo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sand ducks under a wild hook from Rayo.
Sand wants to clinch
and Rayo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sand tries to clinch but Rayo moves out of range.
Sand tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Rayo counter with a right hand.

Sand moves into the clinch successfully.
Rayo managing to block the knees to the body from Sand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rayo tries to break the clinch but Sand is controlling the position.
Rayo blocking some punches.
Sand tries to land knees in the clinch but Rayo avoids the damage to the body.
Rayo tries to circle away but Sand has him pinned against the ropes.
Rayo prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samu Sand. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sand tries a knee to the head but Rayo blocks it.
Rayo tries to break the clinch but Sand is controlling the position.

Rayo breaks from the clinch.
Kaiohun Rayo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rayo cracks a nice hook into Sand's ribs.
Rayo looks to land a left hand but Sand moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sand rushes Rayo and presses him up against the ropes.
Rayo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Sand breaks the clinch.
Rayo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
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 Samu Sand will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kaiohun Rayo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Rayo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sand.
Sand is looking to clinch.
Sand misses the shot to the body.
Rayo misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sand looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rayo cracks a nice hook into Sand's ribs.
Sand fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sand chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sand tries to close the distance and clinch but Rayo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Sand closes the distance and pushes Rayo back into the ropes.
Sand trying to stall but Rayo improves his position.
Rayo is trying to break the clinch but Sand is controlling him.
Rayo tries to break free but Sand pushes him back against the ropes.
Sand is trying to maintain a safe position but Rayo gets an underhook and turns Sand into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rayo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Rayo breaks from the clinch.
Sand slips under a jab from Rayo.
Sand slips a jab and a cross from Rayo.
Rayo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sand tries to clinch up.
Rayo misses with a wild body shot.
Sand tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Rayo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Sand.
A jab from Rayo finds it's way through Sand's defenses.
Rayo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sand throws a head kick but Rayo moves out of range.

Rayo lands a left and a right that send Sand crashing to the mat, dazed. Rayo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Sand is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sand tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rayo comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! Sand stumbles back against the ropes, looking to regain his senses but Rayo is on him like rabid pit bull! Sand slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaiohun Rayo!
Kaiohun Rayo tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.