PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jarmo Raikonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oskars Treimanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Raikonen
vs
Treimanis

185 cm
22
220 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

189 cm
22
207 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

No Contest Clothing

North
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarmo Raikonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Oskars Treimanis!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raikonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Treimanis.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Raikonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Treimanis is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Raikonen misses the target.
Treimanis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Raikonen throws a head kick but Treimanis moves out of range.
Treimanis throws a lazy right hand but Raikonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Treimanis misses with a kick to the body.
Raikonen is looking to land body kicks.
Treimanis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Raikonen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Treimanis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Treimanis misses with a low kick.
Treimanis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Raikonen misses the shot to the body.
Raikonen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Raikonen throws a body punch but Treimanis moves out of range.
Treimanis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Raikonen throws out the jab.
Raikonen slips a jab from Treimanis.
Treimanis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Raikonen's calf.
Treimanis looks for the body kick but Raikonen saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Treimanis misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raikonen cracks Treimanis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Raikonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Treimanis.
Treimanis slips a jab from Raikonen.
Raikonen looks to land a left hand but Treimanis moved out of range nicely.
Treimanis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Raikonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Treimanis moves away.
Treimanis slips under a jab from Raikonen.
Raikonen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Treimanis is looking to land body kicks.
Treimanis scores with a nice body kick.
Raikonen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Treimanis can pounce on him.
Raikonen misses with a shot to the body
and Treimanis counters with a leg kick.
Raikonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Treimanis.
Raikonen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Raikonen is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Treimanis feints and then cracks Raikonen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Raikonen down.
Treimanis lands with a nice body punch.
Raikonen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Treimanis swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raikonen misses the body punch
and Treimanis counters with a nice body shot.
Good leg kick by Treimanis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Raikonen ducks under a wild hook from Treimanis.
Raikonen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Treimanis.
Raikonen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Raikonen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Raikonen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Raikonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Treimanis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sloppy strikes from Raikonen. Those never looked like landing.
A good leg kick by Treimanis.
Treimanis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Raikonen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Raikonen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Treimanis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Raikonen ducks right into an uppercut from Treimanis.
Treimanis lands the left hand.
Raikonen slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Treimanis. That's going to slow Raikonen down.
Raikonen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Treimanis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Treimanis blocks a head kick by Raikonen.
Raikonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Treimanis fakes the leg kick and cracks Raikonen in the body.
Treimanis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Treimanis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Raikonens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raikonen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Treimanis.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Treimanis. Raikonen shrugs it off though.
Treimanis lands with a straight right. Raikonen didn't see that one coming.

Raikonen is rocked!
Treimanis throws a right hand that Raikonen ducks under and follows up with a left that Raikonen also avoids with ease.
Raikonen blocks a head kick by Treimanis.
Treimanis throws a body kick that misses.
Treimanis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Treimanis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Treimanis throws a big shot that misses.
A punch combination from Treimanis misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Treimanis.
Treimanis connects with a leg kick. Raikonen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Raikonen ducks under a wild hook from Treimanis.
Raikonen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Oh Raikonen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raikonen throws a shot from downtown. Treimanis moves away and avoids it.
Raikonen seems to have got his legs back now.
That kick from Treimanis tenderised Raikonen's leg. Raikonen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Treimanis is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Raikonen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Raikonen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Treimanis slips a straight right by Raikonen.
Treimanis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Treimanis.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Treimanis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Treimanis.
Treimanis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Raikonen.
Raikonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oskars Treimanis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Treimanis connects with a jab.
Treimanis throws a low kick but Raikonen avoids it.
Treimanis has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Raikonen slips under a jab.
Treimanis avoids the body shot from Raikonen.
Raikonen slips under a jab from Treimanis.
Treimanis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Raikonen looks to land a combination but Treimanis avoids it well.
A punch combination from Raikonen misses.
Raikonen misses with the combination.
Treimanis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Treimanis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Raikonen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Treimanis.
Treimanis tries a head kick but it misses.
A big left from Raikonen misses.
Raikonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Treimanis misses the target.

Treimanis staggers Raikonen with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Raikonen looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Treimanis misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raikonen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Treimanis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Treimanis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Raikonen throws out the jab.
Treimanis throws a lazy right hand but Raikonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Treimanis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Oskars Treimanis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Treimanis throws a jab but it's blocked by Raikonen.

Raikonen walks into a big right hand from Treimanis and goes down! The referee sends Treimanis to a neutral corner as Raikonen gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Treimanis misses with a kick to the body.
Raikonen fakes the leg kick and cracks Treimanis in the body.
Raikonen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Treimanis tries to bum rush Raikonen with a series of wild strikes but Raikonen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Raikonen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Raikonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Treimanis moves away from the strike by Raikonen.
Treimanis digs a good hook to Raikonen's body.
Treimanis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Treimanis connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Raikonen onto his butt! Raikonen bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
Raikonen throws a sloppy head kick
and Treimanis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Raikonen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Treimanis cracks Raikonen with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Raikonen is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Raikonen is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Good leg kick by Treimanis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
BAM! Treimanis delivers a spinning backfist that drops Raikonen like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Oskars Treimanis!