PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jebediah Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reed has chosen Eighties as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Rauta
vs
Reed

192 cm
23
257 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

193 cm
20
293 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pertti Rauta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jebediah Reed!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rauta closes the distance and clinches.
Reed avoids a wild elbow strike from Rauta.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.
Rauta gets underhooks to prevent Reed's takedown attempt.
Reed goes for a takedown attempt but Rauta pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Reed shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rauta as he avoids it easily.
Pertti Rauta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jebediah Reed.
Rauta wants to clinch up but Reed keeps it at a distance.
Rauta throws a big shot that misses.
Rauta tries to clinch there but Reed circles away.
Reed lands with a cross.

It looks like Pertti Rauta has been cut.
Reed closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rauta circles away.
Reed works Rauta's body with a nice hook.
Rauta moves in looking to clinch but Reed pushes him off.
Rauta moves away from the strike by Reed.
Rauta tries to clinch there but Reed circles away.
Rauta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rauta tries to clinch there but Reed circles away.
Rauta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pertti Rauta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice body punch from Reed.
Rauta takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rauta wants to clinch.
Rauta tries to clinch up.
Rauta tries to clinch up but Reed circles away and keeps his distance.

Rauta closes the distance and clinches.
A short body shot lands from Rauta as the two fighters clinch.
Reed tries to score a body lock takedown but Rauta shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Reed goes for a takedown attempt but Rauta pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Reed looks gassed!
A big right from Reed misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Reed.
Reed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No luck for Reed with that takedown attempt.
Reed misses with a hook. Rauta ducked under it nicely.
Rauta sizes up Reed with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rauta tries to close the distance and clinch but Reed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rauta tries to clinch but Reed moves out of range.

Rauta clinches.
Reed managing to block the knees to the body from Rauta.
Rauta lands an elbow inside.
Rauta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reed lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rauta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Reed turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Rauta is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Rauta pushes Reed away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Reed gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Reed working the ground and pound from side control.
Reed has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Reed sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Rauta is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Reed sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Rauta is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Reed just misses with a punch to the body.
Rauta tries to clinch up.
The fighters circling - Reed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rauta tries to clinch up but Reed circles away and keeps his distance.
Rauta throws a hook to the side of Reed's head but Reed sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab from Rauta.
Rauta tries to clinch but Reed is having none of it.
Rauta moves in looking to clinch but Reed pushes him off.
Rauta tries to clinch up but Reed circles away and keeps his distance.
Reed swats away the attempt to clinch by Rauta.
Rauta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rauta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rauta throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rauta doesn't manage to clinch there - Reed circles away.
Rauta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rauta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jebediah Reed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pertti Rauta's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Reed scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reed swats away the attempt to clinch by Rauta.
Rauta closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pertti Rauta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rauta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reed.
Rauta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rauta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rauta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rauta tries to clinch up but Reed circles away and keeps his distance.
Reed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rauta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reed throws an overhand right that lands on Rauta's shoulder, as Rauta tries to avoid the shot.
Rauta tries to close the distance and clinch but Reed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Rauta takes the fight into the clinch.
Rauta lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Rauta.

It looks like Jebediah Reed has been cut.
Reed wants a takedown.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Reed 's eye.
Rauta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reed is breathing heavily.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rauta prevents the takedown attempt.
Rauta leaning against his opponent.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.
Rauta gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reed.
Pertti Rauta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jebediah Reed.
Rauta looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reed tries for a takedown but Rauta manages to get underhooks.
Rauta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rauta working aggressively here.
Rauta with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Rauta.
Rauta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Rauta connects with a knee to the head.

Reed is rocked!
Rauta landing knees to the body.
Reed is still on wobbly legs! Can Rauta finish him?
Rauta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reed backwards.
Rauta lands a big knee! That's hurt Reed! Oh, he's all over the place! Rauta lands another knee that sends Reed to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pertti Rauta!