PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony McParland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarkko Rautavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rautavaara has chosen The Stranglers - No More Heroes as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. McParland is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Anthony McParland looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

McParland
vs
Rautavaara

185 cm
18
295 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

169 cm
28
166 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony McParland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jarkko Rautavaara!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rautavaara lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McParland is breathing heavily.
Rautavaara jabs McParland to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McParland ducks right into an uppercut from Rautavaara.
McParland could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McParland takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rautavaara ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rautavaara lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rautavaara throws a quick inside leg kick.
A cross from Rautavaara lands.
McParland takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rautavaara scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rautavaara throws a shot to the body.
Rautavaara lands a nice shot to the body.
Rautavaara bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McParland seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Rautavaara shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! McParland is backing up but Rautavaara catches him with a final right hook that drops him! McParland covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Rautavaara Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jarkko Rautavaara!