PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Veikko Rastila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). von Goethe has chosen ERA - enae Volare Mezzo as his entrance music. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rastila
vs
Wolfgang von Goethe

209 cm
22
285 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

221 cm
31
289 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Veikko Rastila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
von Goethe misses with a leg kick.
Rastila lands a glancing blow to the side of von Goethe's head.
Rastila scores with a nice head shot.
Rastila looks to land a left hand but von Goethe moved out of range nicely.
von Goethe tries to bum rush Rastila with a series of wild strikes but Rastila uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
von Goethe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
von Goethe throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rastila.
Rastila ducks under a wild hook from von Goethe.
von Goethe dodges the punch combination from Rastila.
Rastila checks a low kick from von Goethe.
Rastila thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Rastila has von Goethe up against the cage in a clinch.
Rastila misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rastila lands an uppercut.
Rastila wants to break the clinch but can't.
von Goethe gets through Rastila's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
von Goethe wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rastila has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rastila wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but von Goethe has him pressed against the cage.
Rastila tries to circle away but von Goethe has him pinned against the cage.

von Goethe breaks from the clinch.
Rastila avoids a kick to the body.
Rastila misses with a double jab.
Rastila takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
von Goethe is looking to score with low kicks.
Rastila dips to his left and cracks von Goethe with an uppercut!
Rastila lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
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!
von Goethe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
von Goethe takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rastila moves into range and connects with a jab.

von Goethe is rocked!
von Goethe walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Rastila! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Veikko Rastila!