PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauta comes to the cage accompanied by Frederik - Harva Meistä On Rautaa. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Rauta
vs
Red

192 cm
26
257 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

195 cm
26
275 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Skinshop (LOTS OF GIF`S!)

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Rauta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Red!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Red throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rauta on the side of the head.
Rauta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rauta throws a shot from downtown. Red moves away and avoids it.
Red lands a nice shot to the body.
Red throws a quick inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Rauta blocks the leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Red there.
Red throws a hook to the side of Rauta's head but Rauta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Red darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Red slips a jab from Rauta.
A big right from Rauta misses.
Rauta tries to close the distance and clinch but Red swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rauta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Red lunges at Rauta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rauta's hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Red checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Rauta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Red blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rauta throws an elbow but misses.
Rauta gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Red.
Red blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Red avoids it.
Red avoiding damage as Rauta throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rauta throws an elbow but misses.
Red fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rauta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Red wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Red tries to work over Rauta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rauta lands an elbow that stopped Red in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Jimmy Red has been cut.
Rauta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rauta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Red.
Red works on Rauta's body with a couple of short punches.
Red tries to pull guard but Rauta won't allow it.
Pertti Rauta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Red.
Rauta prevents a body shot from Red.
Rauta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Red struggles to land a body shot inside as Rauta controls his hands.
Red lands with a right to the head.
Red lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Red.
Red lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rauta backwards.
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Red misses with a hook to the ribs.
Red misses with the head strike.
Red takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rauta trying to land knees to the body.
Rauta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Red digs a right hand underneath Rauta's ribcage. Rauta let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rauta just misses with a elbow thrown towards Red's brow.
Red dodges an elbow strike from Rauta.
Nice body punch from Red.
Red cracks Rauta with a nice body shot.
Rauta is breathing heavily.
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!
Red lands a shot to the body.

Red tightens his grip and picks Rauta up, before dumping him to the ground. Rauta manages to land in guard.
Red working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rauta's head.
Red throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rauta works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Red working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Red trying to control but Rauta is working from the bottom.
Red thows a big elbow that misses.
Red wants to control from the top but Rauta keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauta working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Red.

Red drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Red seems to have locked his on tight now - Rauta screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Red, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jimmy Red!