PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kaito Rin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enzo Moretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tracktor Bowling - Scars. Moretti is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Donnie Brasco: Forget About It. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rin
vs
Moretti

179 cm
24
179 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

178 cm
24
182 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kaito Rin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Enzo Moretti!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Moretti is fending him off so far but Rin persists. Nope, Moretti circles away and we're back to standing.
Rin throws a leg kick but Moretti checks it.
Moretti stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rin.
Rin misses with a hook.
Rin throws a looping overhand right but Moretti ducks down to avoid it.
Moretti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rin checks a leg kick.
Rin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Moretti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Moretti throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rin blocks the body kick.
Rin tries to work over Moretti's front leg with a kick but Moretti checks it.
Moretti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rin.
Moretti feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rin's calf.
Moretti throws a jab when Rin was well out of range.
Jab from Rin.
Rin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moretti moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rin throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Moretti tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Rin is in Moretti's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Moretti tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Moretti looking for a sweep. Not yet Moretti, not yet.
Moretti looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Rin tries to free his leg and advance position but Moretti is retaining full guard.
Rin sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Enzo Moretti.
Rin throws a leg kick that misses.
Moretti lands with a nice combination. Rin backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Kaito Rin has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rin lands a two punch combo.
Moretti tries to clinch there but Rin circles away.
Moretti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Moretti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Moretti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rin misses with an uppercut. Moretti saw that one coming.

Moretti has taken the fight to the clinch.

Rin breaks from the clinch.
Rin works the jab nicely.
Moretti cracks the inside of Rin's front leg.
Enzo Moretti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moretti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Moretti moves out of range as Rin strikes.
Moretti clobbers Rin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Moretti connects with a leg kick. Rin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Moretti stuffs the takedown attempt from Rin. Rin gets slowly back to his feet.
Rin with a nice cross.
Rin throws a low kick but Moretti moves out of range easily.

Moretti gets caught flat footed, as Rin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Moretti is trying to control the position but Rin postures up.
Rin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rin prevents Moretti from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rin is working hard here to advance position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Rin throws an elbow that misses. Moretti uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rin's guard. Nice move by Moretti!
Moretti is fighting to break Rin's control of his arms but Rin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moretti tries to free his leg and advance position but Rin is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Enzo Moretti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kaito Rin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Moretti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rin moves away.
Moretti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kaito Rin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moretti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rin misses with an uppercut.
Rin slips a jab from Moretti.
Moretti looks to score with a jab to the body but Rin is just out of range.
Rin throws a hook but Moretti blocks it.
Enzo Moretti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moretti misses the jab.
Rin looks to throw the jab but Moretti is out of range.
Rin slips under a jab.

Rin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Moretti looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Rin tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Moretti tries to buck Rin off but Rin is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rin throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Moretti is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Moretti avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rin tries for a kimura but Moretti is defending well.

Rin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Rin thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moretti is not content to let Rin control the position.
Rin cracks Moretti with a big elbow.
Rin wants to control but Moretti is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moretti tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rin misses with the ground and pound.
Rin taking a break here but Moretti is having none of it and regains half guard.
Moretti moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaito Rin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kaito Rin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Rin drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Moretti is keeping the position for now.
Rin looking to sit in guard and control but Moretti gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Moretti is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kaito Rin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Moretti trying to move into half guard but instead Rin has managed to sweep!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moretti has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Rin won't allow Moretti to sweep him here.
Rin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moretti swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rin trying to control but Moretti is working from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Enzo Moretti hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Moretti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rin lands a jab to the nose.
Rin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Moretti misses with an uppercut. Rin saw that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by Rin there.
Rin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Moretti pinned against the cage. Moretti gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Moretti tries a head kick but it misses.
Rin dips to his left and cracks Moretti with an uppercut!
Moretti misses the body punch
and Rin counters with a thumping low kick.
Rin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Moretti has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Moretti and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rin takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rin shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Moretti trying to control but Rin postures up.
Moretti gets back to full guard.
Rin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rin preventing the sweep.
Moretti is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Moretti keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Rin flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Rin looking for submissions off his back.
Rin is refusing to be controlled, as Moretti sits in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kaito Rin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rin 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaito Rin!
Our winner, Kaito Rin, 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.