PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raise Hell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arto Bryggare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hell's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth (Front Lines). Bryggare has chosen Immortal Technique - Goonies Never Die as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hell
vs
Bryggare

183 cm
22
192 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
195 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Raise Hell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arto Bryggare!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Bryggare.
Bryggare is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hell.
Jab from Bryggare.
A big right from Bryggare misses.
Arto Bryggare seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hell ducks under a wild hook from Bryggare.
As Bryggare tries to get set, Hell tries to push him back and clinch up but Bryggare manages to avoid the attempt.
Bryggare avoids a kick to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Bryggare misses.
Hell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little jabbing left from Bryggare on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hell slips under a jab from Bryggare.
Bryggare throws a body punch but Hell moves out of range.
Bryggare scores with a punch to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hell looks to throw the jab but Bryggare is out of range.
Hell misses with a right hand
and Bryggare counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hell walks into a stiff left hand from Bryggare.
Hell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hell tries to counter by clinching up but Bryggare breaks away and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryggare moves away from the strike by Hell.
A big left from Bryggare misses.
Bryggare with a jab.
Hell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hell changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Bryggare throws a shot from downtown. Hell moves away and avoids it.
Hell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hell throws a leg kick
and Bryggare counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hell ducks under a wild hook from Bryggare.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hell, right into the meat.
Hell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bryggare.
Bryggare takes one to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hell jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bryggare misses the shot to the body.
Hell wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Hell with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick from Hell misses.
Hell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bryggare.
Bryggare checks a leg kick nicely.
Bryggare blocks a jab.
Hell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bryggare throws a shot from downtown. Hell moves away and avoids it.
Bryggare lands a nice looking body shot.
Hell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bryggare.
Hell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hell ducks under a wild hook from Bryggare.
Bryggare loads up on a big right hand but Hell slips the punch.
Hell pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bryggare is out of range and Hell settles back down.
Hell ducks under a wild hook from Bryggare.
Hell half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bryggare waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hell.
Bryggare misses with a hook.
Hell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bryggare misses with a body shot.
Hell looks to throw the jab but Bryggare is out of range.
Bryggare scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bryggare throws a hook but Hell blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bryggare.
Bryggare looks to land a left hand but Hell moved out of range nicely.
Hell throws a low kick but Bryggare moves out of range easily.
Hell looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bryggare sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bryggare throws a lazy right hand but Hell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bryggare is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hell had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hell stuns Bryggare with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bryggare will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bryggare scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hell slips under a jab from Bryggare.
A jab from Bryggare misses.
Hell throws an off balance right hand
enabling Bryggare to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arto Bryggare dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bryggare bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hell's head.
Hell has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hell staying out of range there.
Hell tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bryggare manages to circle out of the way.
Bryggare loads up on a big right hand but Hell slips the punch.
Hell attempts a counter takedown but Bryggare avoids it well and moves away.
Hell throws a big shot that misses.
Bryggare throws a lazy right hand but Hell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bryggare lands a jab to Hell's midsection.
Hell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bryggare.
Hell appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hell feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bryggare's calf.
Bryggare throws a shot from downtown. Hell moves away and avoids it.
Hell is looking to counter the offense by Bryggare and move into the clinch.
Hell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hell lands with a slapping head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hell swings widly with a right hand
and Bryggare counters with a straight right hand.
Bryggare has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bryggare moves out of range of the strikes.
Bryggare swings for the body but Hell moves out of range.
Hell is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bryggare.
Bryggare avoids a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hell.
Bryggare swinging wildly here.
Hell wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bryggare lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bryggare clobbers Hell with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hell might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hell walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hell misses with a body kick.
Bryggare keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bryggare throws a jab when Hell was well out of range.
Bryggare throws the left hand but Hell avoids the punch easily.
Hell changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Nice shot lands for Hell.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hell. That's going to slow Bryggare down.
Hell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jab, jab by Bryggare - just one landing.
Bryggare connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hell's hands.
Bryggare takes a swing at Hell's ribcage but misses.
Hell feinted with a counter takedown.
Hell throws a jab when Bryggare was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryggare checks a leg kick.
It seemed like Bryggare was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters circling - Bryggare throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hell throws a push kick but Bryggare slaps the foot to one side.
Hell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hell.
Bryggare throws out a loose jab but Hell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab by Bryggare.
Bryggare bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bryggare scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bryggare misses with a hook.
A cross from Bryggare lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryggare uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hell.
Hell moves out of range as Bryggare strikes.
Hell seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hell.
Bryggare misses with a left hand

and Hell counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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!
Hell trying to control the position from guard on top but Bryggare is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hell wants to pass the guard but Bryggare is keeping the position.
Hell is working hard here to advance position.
Bryggare has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Arto Bryggare will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.

Hell blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bryggare. Hell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bryggare falls off balance throwing a combination

and Hell counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bryggare gets underhooks to prevent Hell's takedown attempt.
Hell pushes Bryggare back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hell misses with the head strike.
Bryggare blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hell has a couple of punches blocked by Bryggare.
Hell tries a body shot but Bryggare blocks it.
Bryggare wants to break free but Hell has control.
Bryggare takes a shot to the head.
Hell tries to work over Bryggare's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hell looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Come on Bryggare - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bryggare blocking some punches.
Hell working aggressively here.

Bryggare breaks the clinch.
Hell misses with a left hand
enabling Bryggare to counter with a crisp jab.
Hell misses with a looping right.
Bryggare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hell moves away.
Hell wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bryggare's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hell slips under a jab.
Hell drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bryggare sprawls and moves away.
Hell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A lazy body kick from Hell
and Bryggare counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bryggare takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hell just misses with a punch to the body.
Hell lands with a straight right. Bryggare didn't see that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bryggare misses with a lunging right hand

and Hell holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A hook to the body from Hell.
Bryggare blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Hell.
Hell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bryggare manages to break the clinch.
Hell throws a poor cross that misses
and Hell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bryggare throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hell changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Bryggare throws a hook but Hell blocks it.
Bryggare throws the left hand but Hell avoids the punch easily.
Hell half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Hell tries to land a leg kick but Bryggare saw it coming and moves away.
Hell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bryggare throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Hell counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bryggare won't be happy with that.

Hell is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bryggare knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hell scoring with punches from side control.
Arto Bryggare is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hell trying to control the position but Bryggare is working away.
Bryggare wants to control but Hell postures up.
Bryggare gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hell lands with some strikes.
Hell landing strikes from the mount.
Raise Hell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bryggare avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hell.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raise Hell showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bryggare has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arto Bryggare!
Our winner, Arto Bryggare, 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.