PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Rinaldi (ranked 1079 p4p, 135 weight class) and Trond Asmundsen (ranked 1672 p4p, 205 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rinaldi
vs
Asmundsen

187 cm
27
195 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Rinaldi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trond Asmundsen!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asmundsen scores with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Rinaldi.
Rinaldi doesn't manage to clinch there - Asmundsen circles away.
Asmundsen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

It looks like Trond Asmundsen has been cut.

Rinaldi moves into range and clinches up with Asmundsen.
Rinaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Come on Asmundsen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rinaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Asmundsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rinaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Asmundsen looking to stall.
Asmundsen stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asmundsen lands a right hand.
Asmundsen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rinaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Asmundsen.
Asmundsen wants to stall.
Asmundsen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Asmundsen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rinaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rinaldi.
Asmundsen tries to stall but Rinaldi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Asmundsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rinaldi takes a shot to the head.
Rinaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Asmundsen.
Asmundsen scores with a nice hook to the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Asmundsen has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asmundsen.
Asmundsen scores with a shot to the side of Rinaldi's head.
Rinaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Asmundsen.
Asmundsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rinaldi as Asmundsen tries to tie him up.
Rinaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Asmundsen.
Rinaldi lands a nice uppercut.
Asmundsen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rinaldi misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi misses with some punches.
Asmundsen tries to work over Rinaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rinaldi.
Asmundsen blocking some punches.
Asmundsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rinaldi.
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!
Asmundsen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asmundsen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rinaldi lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Rinaldi fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asmundsen.
Rinaldi misses with some punches.
Rinaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rinaldi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rinaldi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Asmundsen backwards.
Asmundsen tries to throw a body punch but Rinaldi avoids it by throwing Asmundsen back against the cage.
Asmundsen tries to work over Rinaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rinaldi.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asmundsen blocks an uppercut.
Asmundsen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rinaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Asmundsen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asmundsen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rinaldi lands with a right to the head.
Asmundsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Asmundsen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rinaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rinaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Asmundsen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rinaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asmundsen.
Asmundsen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Asmundsen blocking some punches.
Rinaldi pushes Asmundsen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Asmundsen looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asmundsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Asmundsen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rinaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Asmundsen backwards.
Asmundsen misses with a punch to the body.
Asmundsen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rinaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rinaldi blocks a body shot from Asmundsen.
A bit of stalling here from Asmundsen.
Rinaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rinaldi working aggressively here.
Asmundsen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rinaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Asmundsen throws a head punch that misses.
Rinaldi working aggressively here.
Asmundsen looking to slow down the pace here.
Rinaldi throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Rinaldi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trond Asmundsen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Asmundsen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rinaldi connects with a superb combination that knocks Asmundsen out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Rinaldi before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Asmundsen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Sam Rinaldi!
Sam Rinaldi retains his middleweight title!
Sam Rinaldi 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.