PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alen Zalac (ranked 5633 p4p, 4229 weight class) and Tarmo Rajantaka (ranked 615 p4p, 516 weight class). Tarmo Rajantaka acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Zalac
vs
Rajantaka

185 cm
28
211
3 - 3 - 0

187 cm
21
213
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alen Zalac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tarmo Rajantaka!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zalac takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rajantaka lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Alen Zalac has been cut.
Zalac lands a lovely overhand right.

Rajantaka clinches up with Zalac and pushes him back against the cage.
Rajantaka tries a knee to the head but Zalac blocks it.
Knees to the body from Rajantaka.
Rajantaka using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rajantaka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zalac is breathing heavily.
Rajantaka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zalac's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rajantaka landing knees to the head.
Rajantaka unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rajantaka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rajantaka working Zalac over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Rajantaka.
Rajantaka comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice body punch from Rajantaka.
Rajantaka lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rajantaka lands a good knee to the midsection. Zalac won't want to take too many of those.
A bit of stalling here from Rajantaka.
Rajantaka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rajantaka lands an elbow that stopped Zalac in his tracks for a moment.
Zalac being controlled against the cage.
Rajantaka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rajantaka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zalac's face.
Rajantaka lands a damaging elbow.
Rajantaka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Rajantaka.

Alen Zalac's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rajantaka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zalac takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rajantaka scores with a knee to the head.

Zalac is rocked!
Rajantaka crunches a lovely knee into Zalac's ribcage.
Oh Zalac is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rajantaka lands a right hand.
Rajantaka jerks Zalac's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Zalac drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Rajantaka goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Rajantaka because Zalac was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Tarmo Rajantaka!
A very excited looking Tarmo Rajantaka made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.