PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Christopher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veikko Rastila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Christopher
vs
Rastila

185 cm
20
265 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

209 cm
23
285 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leonard Christopher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Veikko Rastila!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christopher avoids a kick to the body.
Rastila tries a head kick but it misses.
Rastila misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rastila swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A cross from Rastila lands.
A big left from Christopher misses.
Christopher misses with a hook.
Rastila lands with a shot to the body.
Rastila takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Christopher stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rastila.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christopher throws a lazy right hand but Rastila sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rastila moves away from the strike by Christopher.
Christopher throws a hook but Rastila avoids it easily.
Rastila avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Christopher misses with an uppercut
and Rastila makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rastila misses with a straight right.
Christopher is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rastila's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rastila lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Christopher throws a quick inside leg kick.
Christopher loads up on a big right hand but Rastila slips the punch.
Rastila with a jab.
Christopher throws a big shot that misses.
Rastila looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Christopher feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rastila's calf.
Rastila dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Christopher. That did some damage!
Christopher showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rastila.
Christopher rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Rastila to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rastila throws a low kick but it's checked well by Christopher.
Rastila throws a shot from downtown. Christopher moves away and avoids it.
Christopher misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rastila throws a low kick but Christopher avoids it.
Christopher blocks a jab.
Rastila throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Christopher.
Rastila jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Christopher misses the jab.
Christopher misses with a hook. Rastila ducked under it nicely.
Rastila takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rastila looks to land a left hand but Christopher moved out of range nicely.
Christopher lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Christopher.

It looks like Veikko Rastila has been cut.
Rastila throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Rastila misses.
Rastila with a jab.
Christopher staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Christopher.
Rastila thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Christopher misses.
Christopher takes one to the chin there.
Christopher misses with a looping left.
Rastila dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Christopher. That did some damage!
Rastila throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Christopher counters with a stiff right hand.
Veikko Rastila seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Rastila misses.
Rastila misses with a head kick.
Rastila swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rastila takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Christopher checks a leg kick.
Rastila ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christopher avoids the body shot from Rastila.
Rastila moves in looking to clinch but Christopher pushes him off.
Christopher loads up on a big right hand but Rastila slips the punch.
Rastila scores with a jab to the head.
Decent striking displayed by Rastila there.
Rastila throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Christopher.
Rastila jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rastila blocks a jab.
Christopher misses with an uppercut.
Rastila staying out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rastila takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rastila lands a nice leg kick that just misses Christopher's sensitive parts.
Christopher misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veikko Rastila dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Veikko Rastila's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rastila defending well as Christopher loads up on a big left hand.
Rastila on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rastila connects with a solid leg kick.
Christopher connects with a looping right hand.
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!
A punch combination from Rastila misses.
Rastila lands a jab-cross combination.
Rastila uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christopher.
Veikko Rastila seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rastila swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rastila takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Christopher misses with a low kick.
No joy there for Rastila, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Christopher scores with a nice strike.
Rastila feints and then cracks Christopher's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Christopher down.
Rastila moves out of range as Christopher strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Rastila misses.
Rastila throws a head kick but Christopher moves out of range.
Rastila keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Christopher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rastila.
Rastila throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Christopher on the side of the head.
Christopher is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rastila is looking to chop away at Christopher's legs.
A punch combination from Rastila misses.
Christopher jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Christopher takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Christopher throws a body kick that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rastila.
Rastila thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rastila with a nice cross.
Christopher throws an overhand right that lands on Rastila's shoulder, as Rastila tries to avoid the shot.
Christopher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rastila.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christopher scores with a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Christopher misses its intended target.
Rastila throws a low kick but it's checked well by Christopher.
Rastila throws a low kick, looking for Christopher's leg but Christopher calmly moves out of range.
Christopher jabs Rastila right on the nose. Rastila blinks but takes it well.
Jab, jab by Rastila - just one landing.
Christopher throws a jab but it's blocked by Rastila.
Rastila misses with a wild combination.
Rastila throws out a loose jab but Christopher uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rastila misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rastila is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Christopher throws a hook to the side of Rastila's head but Rastila sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rastila defending well as Christopher loads up on a big left hand.
Rastila scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rastila walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rastila swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Christopher throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rastila on the side of the head.
Rastila motions for Christopher to come forward. Rastila throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Christopher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rastila.
Christopher is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rastila.
Christopher misses with a looping right.
Christopher throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rastila moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Christopher misses with a straight right.
Christopher missing with a left hand there. Rastila was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Christopher on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rastila loads up on a big right hand but Christopher slips the punch.
Rastila looks for the body kick but Christopher saw that one coming.
Rastila scores with a head kick.
Christopher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rastila.
Rastila connects with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rastila misses with a wild body shot.
Christopher throws a jab but it's blocked by Rastila.
Christopher wants to land a leg kick but Rastila is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Leonard Christopher will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Veikko Rastila's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Rastila uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christopher.
Christopher takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rastila takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rastila.
Christopher throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rastila makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jab from Rastila.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rastila jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rastila lands a leg kick that knocks Christopher off balance momentarily.
Rastila fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Christopher has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rastila throws out a powerful jab.
Rastila closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rastila fails to land with a series of punches.
Christopher throws a shot from downtown. Rastila moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rastila dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Christopher. That did some damage!
Rastila looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rastila pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Christopher walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rastila swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Christopher jabs Rastila right on the nose. Rastila blinks but takes it well.
Rastila wants to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Christopher.
Rastila misses with a looping right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rastila, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rastila lands a head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rastila misses with a low kick.
Rastila lands with a nice body punch.
Rastila is looking to land body kicks.
Christopher throws a looping overhand right but Rastila ducks down to avoid it.
Rastila looks to score with a jab to the body but Christopher is just out of range.
Rastila's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Christopher connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rastila scrambles back to his feet.
Rastila moves out of range as Christopher strikes.
Christopher jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rastila avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rastila moves away from the strike by Christopher.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Christopher 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rastila lands a lovely overhand right.
Christopher throws a right hand that misses
and Rastila counters with a head kick.
Rastila swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Christopher walks into a jab.
Christopher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rastila.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rastila moves out of range as Christopher strikes.
Christopher throws a hook to the side of Rastila's head but Rastila sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rastila throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rastila throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd cheers as Rastila lands an impressive looking overhand right. Christopher doesn't seem phased though.
A left and a right from Christopher both land. Nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rastila throws a head kick but Christopher moves out of range.
Rastila uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rastila throws a shot from downtown. Christopher moves away and avoids it.
Christopher cracks Rastila with a right hand to the side of the head.
Christopher displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rastila throws out the jab.
Rastila fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Christopher manages to avoid it.
Rastila throws a hook to the side of Christopher's head but Christopher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Christopher looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Christopher throws a shot from downtown. Rastila moves away and avoids it.
Rastila cracks Christopher with a good jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rastila tries a head kick but it misses.
Rastila throws a jab when Christopher was well out of range.
Christopher takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Veikko Rastila comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rastila has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Veikko Rastila!