PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauli Raunio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steel comes to the cage accompanied by Kollegah - Bossaura. David Steel looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Steel
vs
Raunio

190 cm
40
215 lbs
37 - 24 - 1

198 cm
33
207 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Bullet Proof System
Voodoo Nutrition

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 37 - 24 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rauli Raunio!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel misses with a straight left.
Steel has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Raunio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Raunio with a nice cross.
Raunio has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Steel is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Raunio scores with the left hand. Steel knows he should have avoided that one.
Steel misses with a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Raunio! But no joy.
Steel misses with an uppercut
and Raunio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Raunio staying out of range there.
Raunio lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Raunio scores with a body shot.
Steel throws a jab when Raunio was well out of range.
A shot to the body from Steel misses
and Raunio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Raunio clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Raunio.
Raunio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Raunio.
Steel blocking some punches.
Steel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raunios head.

Steel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Raunio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel just misses with a punch to the body.
Steel throws a hook to the side of Raunio's head but Raunio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steel misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Raunio counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Steel is breathing heavily.
Steel throws a head kick that misses.
Raunio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jab from Raunio.
Decent striking displayed by Raunio there.
Raunio scores with a punch to the head.

Raunio steps into range and cracks Steel with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Steel flops backwards and Raunio dives into his guard looking to finish!

Steel is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raunio is working Steel over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Oh Steel is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raunio lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Steel seems to have got his legs back now.
Raunio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Raunio connects with a couple of short punches.
Raunio is in close to Steel's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raunio looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Raunio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Raunio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Raunio working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Raunio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Raunio scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Raunio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Raunio wants to pass the guard but Steel is keeping the position.
Raunio throwing strikes from guard but Steel blocks nicely.
Steel being controlled here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raunio landing with the ground and pound.
Raunio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Raunio chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Raunio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Raunio trying to control the position from guard on top but Steel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Raunio is looking to work some ground and pound but Steel has wrist control.
Raunio postures up.
Steel keeping moving, preventing Raunio from controlling successfully.
Steel wants to get back to his feet but Raunio is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Raunio moved out of range nicely.
Raunio throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Steel is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Raunio's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A nice leg kick lands there from Raunio.
Steel scores with a nice strike.
Steel looks to throw a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Raunio.
Nice straight punches there by Raunio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Raunio.
Raunio lands with a nice body punch.
David Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raunio cracks Steel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Steel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Steel there as he acknowledges the shot.

Raunio moves into the clinch.
Raunio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel.
Steel can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rauli Raunio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Raunio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Raunio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raunio unleashes a big counter combination but Steel bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Steel throws a push kick but Raunio slaps the foot to one side.
Steel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Steel misses with a right hand
enabling Raunio to counter with a crisp jab.
Raunio scores with a shot to the body.
Raunio throws a nice outside leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Raunio.

Raunio drops Steel with a big left hand and mounts him. Steel is in big trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raunio looking to control and managing it successfully.
Steel is looking to get to half guard.
Raunio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raunio is landing with some decent strikes but Steel is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Raunio loads up with a big shot that hurts Steel! He's pulled Raunio in close but Raunio has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Steel survive? More strikes from Raunio and Steel is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rauli Raunio!
Rauli Raunio decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.