PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaques Du Coudray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veikko Rastila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rastila has chosen One Hit as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Du Coudray
vs
Rastila

198 cm
24
270 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

209 cm
26
285 lbs
12 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

LOD: Affordable Quality

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jaques Du Coudray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Veikko Rastila!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rastila moves out of range of the body kick from Du Coudray.
Rastila throws a good cross that connects.
A looping hook to the body misses from Du Coudray. Rastila does a little dance to reset his feet.
Du Coudray throws a leg kick but Rastila checks it.
Rastila lands a body shot.
Rastila throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rastila has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Du Coudray is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Rastila throws a jab but it's blocked by Du Coudray.
Du Coudray cracks Rastila with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Veikko Rastila has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rastila fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Du Coudray looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Du Coudray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Du Coudray misses the shot to the body.
Rastila throws a shot to the body.
Rastila tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Du Coudray defends well and Rastila ends up having to push Du Coudray into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Du Coudray lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Rastila manages to break the clinch.
Rastila connects with a single shot there.
Du Coudray throws a head kick but Rastila moves out of range.
Du Coudray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rastila throws a lazy right hand but Du Coudray sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Du Coudray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rastila moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Rastila slams his shin into Du Coudray's torso.
Du Coudray plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Du Coudray throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rastila counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Du Coudray throws a head kick that misses.
Du Coudray lands a glancing blow to the side of Rastila's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Du Coudray gets caught napping as Rastila dives in and scores a takedown. Du Coudray manages to retain guard.
Du Coudray keeping moving, preventing Rastila from controlling successfully.
Du Coudray looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rastila is one step ahead there.
Rastila trying to control the position from guard on top but Du Coudray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Du Coudray not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rastila throws a big elbow that misses.

Du Coudray escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rastila gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rastila is looking to work some ground and pound but Du Coudray has wrist control.
Rastila missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Du Coudray trying to control the position.
Rastila postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rastila with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rastila throwing strikes from guard but Du Coudray blocks nicely.
Rastila wants to pass the guard but Du Coudray is keeping the position.
Rastila trying to control the position from guard on top but Du Coudray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du Coudray controlling Rastila's posture.

Du Coudray working for a triangle but Rastila defends it easily.
Rastila stopping the sweep attempt from Du Coudray.
Du Coudray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Du Coudray trying to control the position.
Rastila stands and throws Du Coudray's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rastila misses with the ground and pound.
Du Coudray might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Du Coudray takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Check out the look on Rastila's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rastila tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Rastila wants to lay and pray for a moment but Du Coudray keeps working.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Du Coudray managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Rastila.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Du Coudray is trying to control Rastila's posture but Rastila avoids it.
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.

Du Coudray lands a nice looking body shot.
Du Coudray misses with a hook. Rastila ducked under it nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Du Coudray.
Rastila avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rastila scores with a hook.
Rastila with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rastila moves out of range as Du Coudray strikes.
Du Coudray stuffs the takedown attempt from Rastila. Rastila gets slowly back to his feet.
Rastila drops his hands momentarily and Du Coudray takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A clash of legs there as Du Coudray blocks the low kick.
Rastila feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Du Coudrays jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Du Coudray walks into a left hand.

Du Coudray gets caught flat footed, as Rastila shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Rastila stopping the sweep attempt from Du Coudray.
Rastila trying to control but Du Coudray is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rastila postures up in Du Coudray's guard and throws a big left but Du Coudray blocks it.
Du Coudray preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Du Coudray is pulling down on Rastila's head. It's preventing any offense from Rastila, at least for the moment.
Rastila wants to get up but he can't break Du Coudray's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Du Coudray trying to keep a closed guard but Rastila is proving a slippery customer.
Rastila sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Du Coudray scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rastila throws a leg kick but Du Coudray moved away.
Du Coudray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rastila ducks under a wild hook from Du Coudray.
Rastila stuns Du Coudray with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rastila tries to score with a low kick but Du Coudray moves his leg out of the way.
Rastila connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Du Coudray throws a front kick aimed at Rastila's knee but Rastila avoids it well.
Rastila lands a glancing blow to the side of Du Coudray's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rastila dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Du Coudray. That did some damage!
Du Coudray has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Du Coudray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Du Coudray lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rastila circles away quickly and effectively.
Du Coudray takes one to the side of the head.
Du Coudray misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rastila turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Rastila shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rastila is trying to control the action in half guard but Du Coudray is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rastila lands with a punch from half guard.
Du Coudray trying to control but Rastila postures up.
Du Coudray blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rastila.
Du Coudray is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Veikko Rastila has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rastila wants to control but Du Coudray is keeping him busy.
Du Coudray is looking for a sweep. Rastila is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rastila throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Du Coudray trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rastila seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Du Coudray does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Well, if Rastila is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Du Coudray is looking to control Rastila's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Du Coudray avoid being mounted?

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Du Coudray misses with a head kick.
Rastila is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Du Coudray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rastila.
Du Coudray looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Veikko Rastila seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rastila throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rastila throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Du Coudray misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rastila scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rastila lands a nice looking kick to the body. Du Coudray takes a step back to recover.
Du Coudray 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veikko Rastila showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Rastila scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rastila lands a nice looking body shot.
Rastila lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rastila has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rastila lands a leg kick that knocks Du Coudray off balance momentarily.
Nice body kick there by Rastila.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rastila connects with a body shot.
Rastila scores with a jab to the head.
Rastila chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rastila scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rastila ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rastila looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rastila scores with a nice strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Du Coudray stuffs the takedown attempt from Rastila. Rastila gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch lands to the side of Du Coudray 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab lands there for Rastila.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Du Coudray throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rastila digs a good hook to Du Coudray's body.
Du Coudray displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rastila.
Jaques Du Coudray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Veikko Rastila.
Du Coudray lands a head kick!
Du Coudray jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Du Coudray slaps away a takedown attempt from Rastila, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rastila lands with a right hand.
Du Coudray just misses with a punch to the body.
Rastila has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rastila there as he acknowledges the shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Rastila.
Du Coudray feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rastila's calf.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rastila, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Du Coudray keeps the fight on the outside.
Du Coudray sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rastila throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jaques Du Coudray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rastila tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Du Coudray was well out of range. Poor timing from Rastila.
Decent striking displayed by Rastila there.
Rastila takes a swing at Du Coudray's ribcage but misses.
Rastila chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jaques Du Coudray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Du Coudray doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Du Coudray tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rastila lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A jab from Rastila finds it's way through Du Coudray's defenses.
Du Coudray throws a head kick that misses.
Du Coudray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rastila.
Du Coudray throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rastila lands a nice looking kick to the body. Du Coudray takes a step back to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rastila lets loose with a powerful body kick. Du Coudray will feel that in the morning.
Du Coudray throws a jab when Rastila was well out of range.
Rastila cracks a nice hook into Du Coudray's ribs.
Du Coudray throws out a powerful jab.
Rastila feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Du Coudray's calf.
Rastila with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rastila shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Du Coudray as he avoids it easily.
Du Coudray missing with a left hand there. Rastila was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Du Coudray looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rastila has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rastila comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Du Coudray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Du Coudray takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Rastila. That's going to slow Du Coudray down.
Rastila scores with a jab to the body.
Rastila connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Du Coudray's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Du Coudray. Rastila does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Du Coudray. Rastila does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rastila with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Du Coudray tries a head kick but it misses.
Du Coudray has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rastila.
Rastila keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Du Coudray will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rastila moves in looking to clinch but Du Coudray pushes him off.
Rastila fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Du Coudray manages to avoid it.
Rastila listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rastila avoids the body shot from Du Coudray.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rastila.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Du Coudray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Du Coudray throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rastila counters with a nice leg kick.
Rastila thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Du Coudray if he has to take too many more of those.
Rastila sizes up Du Coudray with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veikko Rastila really dominated that round.
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!

Rastila avoids the head kick by Du Coudray.
Du Coudray swings for the body but Rastila moves out of range.
Rastila lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Du Coudray tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rastila shoots in for a takedown but Du Coudray shows good takedown defense.
Rastila moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Du Coudray fails to land with a series of punches.
Rastila fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Du Coudray has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A jab lands there for Rastila.
Rastila looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Du Coudray is fending him off so far but Rastila persists. Nope, Du Coudray circles away and we're back to standing.
Du Coudray is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Du Coudray takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rastila lands a nice looking body kick.
Du Coudray throws a jab but it's blocked by Rastila.
Du Coudray throws a series of punches but Rastila avoids them all with ease.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Du Coudray misses with a double jab.
Rastila connects with a leg kick. Du Coudray looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rastila fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Du Coudray, pushing him back against the cage.
Rastila lands a left hand that snaps the head of Du Coudray backwards.

Du Coudray is rocked!
Du Coudray throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Oh Du Coudray is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rastila's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Rastila breaks from the clinch.
Du Coudray on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Du Coudray gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Rastila gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Du Coudray is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Veikko Rastila!
Veikko Rastila is the new heavyweight champion!
Veikko Rastila very nearly forgot to thank Perkele! amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.