PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kulma Rauta (ranked 2358 p4p, 3166 weight class) and Vic Fontaine (ranked 301 p4p, 398 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rauta
vs
Fontaine

190 cm
19
178
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
170
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kulma Rauta!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vic Fontaine!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fontaine throws a looping overhand right but Rauta ducks down to avoid it.
Rauta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fontaine throws a shot from downtown. Rauta moves away and avoids it.
Rauta throws a low kick but Fontaine moves out of range easily.
Fontaine is looking to clinch.
Rauta moves into range and connects with a jab.

Rauta tries to keep at a distance but Fontaine has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fontaine misses with a knee strike.
Fontaine blocks a body shot from Rauta.
Fontaine lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Kulma Rauta has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Rauta fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rauta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rauta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rauta stalling.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fontaine using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right from Rauta on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fontaine misses with a knee strike.
Rauta tries to work over Fontaine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rauta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fontaine's elbow.
Rauta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fontaine letting Rauta take a breather here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rauta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fontaine unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rauta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fontaine landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fontaine missing with knees to the body.
Fontaine unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fontaine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rauta avoiding damage as Fontaine throws knees to the body.
Rauta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fontaine trying to land knees to the body.
Fontaine connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rauta's face.
Fontaine prevents a body shot from Rauta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fontaine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rauta is defending well for now.
Fontaine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fontaine looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fontaine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rauta managing to block the knees to the body from Fontaine.
Fontaine missing with knees to the body.
Fontaine misses with a knee strike.
Rauta throws a punch but it's blocked by Fontaine.
Rauta pushes Fontaine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Rauta.
Rauta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rauta misses with a body punch.
Fontaine working Rauta over with knees to the body.
Fontaine letting Rauta take a breather here.
Rauta gets through Fontaine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauta has a couple of punches blocked by Fontaine.
Rauta swings wildly with an uppercut but Fontaine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rauta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rauta misses with a punch on the inside.
Rauta lands with a short shot to the head.
Rauta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fontaine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rauta is defending well for now.
Fontaine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rauta is defending well for now.
Rauta throws a head punch that misses.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rauta avoids it.
Rauta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fontaine backwards.
Rauta misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Rauta.
Rauta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rauta will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fontaine up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rauta avoiding damage as Fontaine throws knees to the body.
Rauta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fontaine missing with knees to the body.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rauta avoids it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rauta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fontaine prevents a body shot from Rauta.
Rauta is struggling to control the position.
Rauta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rauta misses with a short punch on the inside.

Rauta breaks the clinch.
Rauta moves away from the strike by Fontaine.
Rauta was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rauta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kulma Rauta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kulma Rauta's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Rauta lands a jab to Fontaine's midsection.
Rauta scores with a nice right hand.
Rauta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Rauta.
Rauta swats away the attempt to clinch by Fontaine.
Rauta moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Rauta misses.
Fontaine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rauta.
Rauta thows a body kick. Fontaine tries to catch it but that hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fontaine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Fontaine misses.
Fontaine throws a hook to the side of Rauta's head but Rauta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rauta moves away from the strike by Fontaine.
Rauta appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fontaine throws a leg kick but Rauta moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fontaine takes one on the button.
A big left from Rauta misses.
Rauta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fontaine missing with a left hand there. Rauta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rauta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rauta scores with the left hand. Fontaine knows he should have avoided that one.
Rauta swats away the attempt to clinch by Fontaine.
Rauta feints and then cracks Fontaine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fontaine down.
Rauta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fontaine.
Rauta misses with a low kick.
Fontaine is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Rauta throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fontaine.
Rauta with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fontaine to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rauta lands a slapping body shot.
Rauta lands a jab to Fontaine's midsection.
Rauta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fontaine can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rauta throws a looping overhand right but Fontaine ducks down to avoid it.
Fontaine shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Fontaine drives through and clinches with Rauta against the cage.
Rauta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fontaine backwards.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rauta controlling the action here for a moment.
Rauta controlling the action here for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Rauta scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauta misses with a punch on the inside.
Rauta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Rauta on the inside.
Rauta lands with a short shot to the head.
Fontaine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rauta is defending well for now.
Kulma Rauta has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Rauta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rauta misses the jab.
Fontaine throws a lazy right hand but Rauta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fontaine misses with a hook. Rauta ducked under it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Rauta on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fontaine misses with a looping right.
Rauta is looking to counter punch.
Fontaine misses with a hook. Rauta ducked under it nicely.
Fontaine takes one to the chin there.
Rauta throws a sloppy head kick and Fontaine moves out of range easily.
Rauta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fontaine is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauta scores with a jab to the jaw.
A slow jab from Rauta misses its intended target.
Fontaine lands with a nice combination. Rauta backs away looking to recover.
Fontaine is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fontaine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rauta is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Fontaine wants to clinch up but Rauta keeps it at a distance.
Fontaine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fontaine slips under a jab from Rauta.
Rauta slips under a jab.
Fontaine misses with a left hand
enabling Rauta to counter with a crisp jab.
Fontaine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Rauta was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Fontaine.
Rauta's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fontaine under the eye.
Fontaine blocks a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kulma Rauta dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kulma Rauta's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rauta throws a body kick that misses.
Rauta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rauta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fontaine.
Rauta throws a leg kick but Fontaine checks it.
Fontaine steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rauta.
Rauta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fontaine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rauta on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Fontaine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fontaine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fontaine tries to clinch but Rauta moves out of range.
Nice cross by Fontaine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rauta will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rauta takes a swing at Fontaine's ribcage but misses.
Rauta sets himself, and Fontaine steps forward looking for the clinch! Rauta avoids it this time.
Fontaine misses with a looping left.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fontaine.
Fontaine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rauta paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta scores with a hook to the body. Fontaine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Fontaine moves into the clinch.
Fontaine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rauta is defending well for now.
Rauta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rauta is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rauta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rauta stalling in the clinch but Fontaine improves position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rauta.
Rauta cracks Fontaine with a nice body shot.
Fontaine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rauta avoiding damage as Fontaine throws knees to the body.
Rauta leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rauta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rauta just leaning against Fontaine, taking a breather.
Rauta misses with a punch on the inside.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rauta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rauta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rauta pushes Fontaine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rauta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rauta takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rauta wants to stall.
Still in the clinch, Rauta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rauta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fontaine looking to throw knees to the head but Rauta is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rauta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fontaine looks to land a left hand but Rauta moved out of range nicely.
Fontaine misses with a straight left.
Rauta throwing a counter right hand but Fontaine manages to avoid it.
Rauta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fontaine misses with a hook. Rauta ducked under it nicely.
Rauta thuds a left hand into Fontaine's body.
Fontaine tests Rauta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rauta thuds his right hand into Fontaine's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rauta is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rauta connects with the punch.
Rauta keeps the fight on the outside.
As Fontaine backs away, Rauta returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Rauta throws a body punch but Fontaine moves out of range.
Rauta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rauta sets himself, and Fontaine steps forward looking for the clinch! Rauta avoids it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauta staying out of range there.
Rauta moves out of range as Fontaine strikes.
Rauta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rauta connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fontaine throws the left hand but Rauta avoids the punch easily.
Rauta takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fontaine lands with an uppercut that bounces Rauta off the cage and back into range.
Fontaine scores with a jab. Rauta acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rauta scores with a sloppy right hand. Fontaine should have avoided that one.
Fontaine throws a leg kick which misses Rauta's front leg but catches the back leg as Rauta tries to avoid it.
Jab from Fontaine.
Fontaine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rauta's head backwards.
Fontaine doesn't manage to clinch there - Rauta circles away.
Rauta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fontaine.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Kulma Rauta did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Kulma Rauta's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Good leg kick by Rauta.
A telegraphed right hand from Fontaine misses the target.
Rauta is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Fontaine throws a looping overhand right but Rauta ducks down to avoid it.
Rauta lands a jab to Fontaine's midsection.
Fontaine slips a straight right by Rauta.
Rauta moves away from the strike by Fontaine.
Rauta lands with a nice body punch.

Fontaine moves into the clinch.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rauta avoids it.
Rauta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fontaine trying to land knees to the body.
Fontaine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rauta holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Fontaine tries a knee to the head but Rauta blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fontaine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rauta.
Rauta swings wildly with an uppercut but Fontaine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fontaine looking to throw knees to the head but Rauta is blocking nicely.
Rauta trying to control the position but instead, Fontaine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rauta into the cage.
Rauta lands a nice uppercut.
Fontaine tries to land knees in the clinch but Rauta avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rauta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fontaine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fontaine tries a knee to the head but Rauta blocks it.
Fontaine tries to land knees in the clinch but Rauta avoids the damage to the body.
Fontaine tries to land knees in the clinch but Rauta avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rauta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rauta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rauta is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rauta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rauta is stalling here.
Rauta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fontaine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rauta.
Fontaine trying to land knees to the body.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rauta avoids it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fontaine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rauta is defending well for now.

Rauta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fontaine walks into a straight right hand from Rauta.
Fontaine misses with a hook. Rauta ducked under it nicely.
Fontaine throws a hook to the side of Rauta's head but Rauta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fontaine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fontaine throws a hook but Rauta blocks it.
Nice jab there from Fontaine.
Rauta cracks Fontaine with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fontaine loads up on a big right hand but Rauta slips the punch.
Rauta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fontaine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rauta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fontaine thinking.
Fontaine checks a leg kick.

Fontaine gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rauta misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine blocks an uppercut.
Fontaine misses with a knee to the head.
Rauta will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fontaine up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Rauta fails to land.
Rauta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rauta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rauta avoiding damage as Fontaine throws knees to the body.
Rauta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rauta avoids it.
Rauta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fontaine's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Rauta.
Rauta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Kulma Rauta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kulma Rauta's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Fontaine with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rauta to score with a decent uppercut.
Fontaine throws the left hand but Rauta avoids the punch easily.
Rauta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rauta slips a jab from Fontaine.
It looked like Rauta wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rauta throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fontaine tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rauta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fontaine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rauta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rauta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fontaine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rauta scores with a leg kick.
Fontaine misses with a double jab.
Fontaine closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rauta counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slow jab from Fontaine misses its intended target.
Rauta slips under a jab.
Fontaine stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A big right from Fontaine misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rauta. Fontaine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rauta looks to land a combination but Fontaine avoids it well.
Fontaine throws a hook but Rauta avoids it easily.
Rauta throws a jab but it's blocked by Fontaine.
Rauta sets himself, and Fontaine steps forward looking for the clinch! Rauta avoids it this time.
Fontaine connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rauta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rauta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fontaine was well out of range. Poor timing from Rauta.
Fontaine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rauta lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vic Fontaine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Fontaine blocks the leg kick.
Fontaine tries to counter with a clinch but Rauta shakes him off and moves away.
Rauta thumps Fontaine with a low kick.
Rauta blocks a low kick nicely.
Rauta swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rauta scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rauta throws a looping overhand right but Fontaine ducks down to avoid it.
Fontaine is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fontaine slips a jab from Rauta.
Rauta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fontaine throws out the jab.
Fontaine darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fontaine misses with a left hand
and Rauta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rauta throws a sloppy head kick and Fontaine moves out of range easily.
Fontaine scores with a jab to the head.
Fontaine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rauta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fontaine.
Rauta thinks about countering with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kulma Rauta is winning the standup battle so far.
Fontaine looks to throw the jab but Rauta is out of range.
Rauta fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fontaine checks it well.
An inside leg kick lands from Rauta.
Rauta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rauta with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rauta looks to score with a jab to the body but Fontaine is just out of range.
Rauta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fontaine.
Rauta ducks under a wild hook from Fontaine.
Rauta throws a nice head kick!
Rauta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fontaine takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Fontaine misses.
Fontaine misses with a hook. Rauta ducked under it nicely.
Rauta slips a straight right by Fontaine.
Rauta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fontaine manages to avoid it.
Fontaine fails with an attempt to clinch.

Fontaine closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rauta managing to block the knees to the body from Fontaine.
Fontaine tries to land knees in the clinch but Rauta avoids the damage to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rauta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fontaine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rauta.
Fontaine tries to land knees in the clinch but Rauta avoids the damage to the body.
Fontaine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rauta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fontaine lands a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kulma Rauta.
Well Rauta has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Kulma Rauta!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Kulma Rauta!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Kulma Rauta!

Kulma Rauta wins by unanimous decision!
Kulma Rauta is the new welterweight champion!