PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Silakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauta comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Maiden - The Trooper. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rauta
vs
Silakka

192 cm
25
257 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

218 cm
25
265 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Rauta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timo Silakka!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rauta gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rauta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silakka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silakka shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rauta but Rauta pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice takedown defense from Rauta. No joy for Silakka on that attempt.
Silakka swats away the attempt to clinch by Rauta.
Rauta takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silakka connects with a looping right hand.
Nice sprawl there from Rauta as Silakka shoots in.
Pertti Rauta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timo Silakka.
Rauta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silakka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silakka throws a nice looking combination but Rauta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Rauta gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silakka has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rauta is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silakka avoids the elbow strike from Rauta, against the cage.
Rauta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Timo Silakka has been cut.
Silakka avoids the elbow strike from Rauta, against the cage.
Rauta lands a nice elbow.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silakka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rauta connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silakka's face.
Knees to the body from Rauta.
Silakka looks gassed!
Rauta tries to land a knee to the head but Silakka blocks with his arms.
Rauta landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rauta putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silakka in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rauta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rauta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rauta.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.
Rauta lands a nice knee to the body.
Rauta lands an elbow inside.
Silakka takes an elbow to the temple.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.
Rauta lands a nice knee to the body.
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rauta stalling against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta working Silakka over with knees to the body.
Rauta stalling.
Rauta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Timo Silakka's cut even more.
Nice elbow from Rauta.
Rauta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rauta lands a nice elbow.
Rauta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silakkas head.
Rauta'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.
Rauta working aggressively here.
Rauta misses with a knee strike.
Silakka takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silakka tries for a takedown but Rauta manages to get underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Rauta.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Silakka 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauta lands a right hand.

The cut above Timo Silakka's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Silakka tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Silakka 's eye.
Rauta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Timo Silakka's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A shot in the inside from Rauta.
Silakka can't get the takedown.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Silakka 's eye.
Rauta lands an elbow that stopped Silakka in his tracks for a moment.

Silakka is rocked!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pertti Rauta!