PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taisto Rahapussi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dougie Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rahapussi comes to the cage accompanied by Caged in A Rage . Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rahapussi
vs
Silva

178 cm
20
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

188 cm
21
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taisto Rahapussi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dougie Silva!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Silva. Rahapussi shrugs it off though.
Rahapussi throws a shot to the body.
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Rahapussi.
Rahapussi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silva under the eye.
Rahapussi misses the jab.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Taisto Rahapussi has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rahapussi.
Rahapussi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Rahapussi lands with a shot to the body.
Rahapussi avoids the head kick by Silva.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Rahapussi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rahapussi tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Rahapussi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Rahapussi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rahapussi looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Rahapussi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rahapussi misses with a head kick.
Rahapussi thows a body shot but no joy.
Rahapussi misses with an uppercut.
Rahapussi lands with a good body shot.
Rahapussi throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Rahapussi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rahapussi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Silva throws a head kick but Rahapussi moves out of range.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Rahapussi misses with an uppercut.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rahapussi takes a step back to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rahapussi is breathing heavily.
Rahapussi misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Rahapussi.
Silva looks for the body kick but Rahapussi saw that one coming.
Rahapussi misses with an uppercut.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rahapussi blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva lands a head kick!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva throws a push kick but Rahapussi slaps the foot to one side.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Rahapussi moved away.
Rahapussi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Rahapussi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rahapussi blocks a head kick by Silva.
Rahapussi throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahapussi misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Rahapussi.
Rahapussi looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
Rahapussi misses with a body shot.
Rahapussi misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with a head kick that wobbles Rahapussi - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Silva sends him down. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dougie Silva!