PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jarkko Rautavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deiter Myers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rautavaara comes to the ring accompanied by The Stranglers - No More Heroes. Deiter Myers will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rautavaara
vs
Myers

169 cm
27
166 lbs
10 - 13 - 0

186 cm
26
235 lbs
9 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jarkko Rautavaara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Deiter Myers!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Rautavaara. Myers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Myers tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rautavaara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Deiter Myers has been cut.
Myers on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rautavaara scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Myers doesn't seem bothered though.
Good standup being displayed there by Rautavaara as he connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Myers darts in trying to clinch
letting Rautavaara counter with a right hand.
Rautavaara's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rautavaara duly obliges.
Myers tries to clinch up
and Rautavaara makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Myers tries to clinch up
and Rautavaara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jarkko Rautavaara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rautavaara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Myers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rautavaara lands a jab to the head.
Rautavaara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Myers.
Myers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rautavaara wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Myers looks gassed!
Rautavaara bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rautavaara lands a nice hook to Myers's body. Myers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rautavaara lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Myers takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Rautavaara clinches up against the ropes.
Rautavaara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Myers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rautavaara with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Deiter Myers's cut even more.
Rautavaara pushes Myers back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Rautavaara lands an elbow inside.
A body shot lands from Rautavaara.
Rautavaara leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Rautavaara scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Rautavaara wants the takedown. Myers is fighting it off but Rautavaara persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Myers's guard against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rautavaara stands up over Myers, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Myers looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Rautavaara puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Rautavaara seems to be looking for submissions.
Rautavaara stalling.
Rautavaara has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Rautavaara is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rautavaara is keen to just control but Myers is a slippery customer.
Rautavaara lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Myers is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rautavaara scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rautavaara lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Myers on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rautavaara lands with a punch from half guard.
Myers is looking to improve his position.
Rautavaara passes the guard and advances to mount!
Myers tries to reverse the position but Rautavaara maintains control.
Rautavaara scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rautavaara trying to control but Myers is having none of it.
Rautavaara lands a heavy elbow.
BOOM! Rautavaara connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myers is looking to get to half guard.
Rautavaara raining down shots from the mount!
Myers regains half guard.
Rautavaara seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
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!
Rautavaara is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rautavaara winds up and cracks Myers with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rautavaara is thwarting Myers's attempts to control the position.
Nice strikes from Rautavaara there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Myers tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Rautavaara scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Rautavaara is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Myers has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarkko Rautavaara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Deiter Myers's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rautavaara throws a body punch but Myers moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rautavaara. That's going to slow Myers down.
Rautavaara lands a really nice looking cross but Myers seems unphased.
Rautavaara cracks Myers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rautavaara lands with a nice body punch.
Myers closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rautavaara counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Donk. Rautavaara catches Myers right on the button with a cross.
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!
Nice straight punches there by Rautavaara. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rautavaara.
Rautavaara swinging wildly here.
Rautavaara connects with a body shot.
Myers is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Myers stuffs the takedown attempt from Rautavaara. Rautavaara gets slowly back to his feet.
Jarkko Rautavaara is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice straight punches there by Rautavaara. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rautavaara.

The cut above Deiter Myers's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rautavaara fakes the leg kick and cracks Myers in the body.
Rautavaara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rautavaara listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Rautavaara pushes Myers up against the ropes in a clinch.
Rautavaara lands a nice elbow.
Rautavaara scores with a nice hook to the head.

Rautavaara successfully pulls guard.

Myers throws a sloppy strike and Rautavaara has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Myers is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Rautavaara!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jarkko Rautavaara!