PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sami Vatanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Baratheon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vatanen comes to the cage accompanied by Kalmah - Heros to Us. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Vatanen
vs
Baratheon

200 cm
20
300 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

198 cm
28
300 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sami Vatanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Baratheon!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baratheon dodges the punch combination from Vatanen.
Baratheon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vatanen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Baratheon counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Sami Vatanen has been cut.
A big left from Baratheon misses.
Baratheon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Baratheon. That's going to slow Vatanen down.
Vatanen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Robert Baratheon has been cut.
A punch lands to the side of Vatanen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vatanen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vatanen checks a leg kick.
Vatanen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vatanen with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Baratheon.
Baratheon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baratheon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baratheon throws a body shot but no joy.
Baratheon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baratheon moves away from the strike by Vatanen.
Vatanen moves out of range of the strikes.
Baratheon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vatanen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Contenders in the buildup to the fight.

Vatanen moves into range and clinches up with Baratheon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatanen scores a nice knee to the body.
Baratheon looks winded!
Vatanen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baratheon or not.
Vatanen working Baratheon over with knees to the body.
Vatanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Baratheon avoids the damage to the body.
Vatanen lands a shot to the body.
Vatanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vatanen working Baratheon over with knees to the body.
Vatanen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Baratheon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vatanen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vatanen gets through Baratheon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vatanen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baratheon.
Vatanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baratheon is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vatanen obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vatanen digs a right hand into Baratheon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Baratheon's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vatanen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Baratheon takes a shot to the head.
Vatanen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short uppercut from Vatanen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vatanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baratheon misses with a body punch.
Vatanen lands a nice knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Vatanen.
Vatanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Vatanen - that landed with a thud.
Vatanen landing knees to the head.
Vatanen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vatanen trying to land knees to the body.
Vatanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vatanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Baratheon avoids the damage to the body.
Vatanen landing knees to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vatanen.
Vatanen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baratheon backwards.
Vatanen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vatanen misses with a knee to the head.
Vatanen scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vatanen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baratheon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vatanen lands a knee to the body.
Vatanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head.
Vatanen with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Robert Baratheon's cut even more.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vatanen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head.
Vatanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vatanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baratheon is defending well for now.
Vatanen scores with a shoulder strike.
Vatanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baratheon blocks it with crossed arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vatanen landing knees to the body.
Vatanen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vatanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Baratheon avoids the damage to the body.
Vatanen gets through Baratheon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Vatanen.
Baratheon can't find room to land a body shot as Vatanen controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vatanen.
Vatanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Vatanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Vatanen.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vatanen obliges.
Vatanen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vatanen looking to throw knees to the head but Baratheon is blocking nicely.
Vatanen lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Vatanen.
Vatanen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Vatanen.
Vatanen lands a good knee to the midsection. Baratheon won't want to take too many of those.
Vatanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

The cut above Robert Baratheon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vatanen cracks Baratheon with a nice body shot.
Vatanen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baratheon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short left from Vatanen.
Vatanen gets through Baratheon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sami Vatanen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Vatanen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vatanen scores with a nice right hand.
Vatanen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vatanen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baratheon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Vatanen moves out of range of the leg kick from Baratheon.
Vatanen moves out of range of the body kick from Baratheon.
Baratheon lands a high kick!

Sami Vatanen's cut is getting worse.

Vatanen clinches with his opponent.
Baratheon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vatanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vatanen cracks Baratheon with a nice body shot.
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!
Vatanen lands a nice shot to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Baratheon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vatanen is working Baratheon over against the cage.
Baratheon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vatanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vatanen lands a knee to the head.
Sami Vatanen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Baratheon is breathing heavily.
Vatanen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Baratheon backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatanen scores with a knee to the head.
Baratheon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vatanen lands a nice uppercut.
Vatanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baratheon's face.
Vatanen working Baratheon over with knees to the body.
Vatanen lands a knee to the body.
Baratheon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vatanen landing knees to the body.
Vatanen lands a shoulder strike.
Baratheon has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Vatanen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Baratheon can turn it around.
Baratheon takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Vatanen on the inside.

Robert Baratheon's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Vatanen working Baratheon over with knees to the body.
Vatanen lands a body shot in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Vatanen.
Vatanen presses Baratheon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vatanen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vatanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baratheon is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vatanen scores with a knee to the head.
Vatanen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baratheon can do to turn this around?
Vatanen digs a right hand into Baratheon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Baratheon's gas tank.
Vatanen with a knee to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Robert Baratheon's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sami Vatanen!
A relieved looking Sami Vatanen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.