PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valuva Vatulaattori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Rangaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vatulaattori
vs
Rangaze

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Nordic Nutrition (160 Recovery $99)

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Valuva Vatulaattori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roger Rangaze!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Rangaze.
Vatulaattori misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rangaze counters with a right hand to the body.
Vatulaattori looks to land a left hand but Rangaze moved out of range nicely.
Vatulaattori moves out of range of the strikes.
Vatulaattori throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rangaze counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vatulaattori dips to his left and cracks Rangaze with an uppercut!
Vatulaattori misses with a body punch
and Rangaze counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vatulaattori takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vatulaattori misses with a hook to the body
and Rangaze counters with a straight right hand.
A combination from Vatulaattori does no damage.
A big right from Vatulaattori misses.
Rangaze gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vatulaattori misses with a body punch
and Rangaze connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vatulaattori rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Rangaze counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rangaze thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rangaze throws a hook to the side of Vatulaattori's head but Vatulaattori sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rangaze with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vatulaattori to score with a decent uppercut.
Rangaze lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Vatulaattori misses with an uppercut
and Rangaze counters with a two punch combo.
Rangaze lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Vatulaattori misses with a jab to the body
and Rangaze counters with a nice uppercut.
Vatulaattori throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rangaze counters with a one-two to the body.
Rangaze digs a good hook to Vatulaattori's body.
Vatulaattori throws a body punch but Rangaze moves out of range.
Rangaze might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rangaze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vatulaattori.
A shot to the liver by Vatulaattori. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vatulaattori misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rangaze.
Rangaze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vatulaattori.
A combination from Vatulaattori does no damage.
Vatulaattori throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rangaze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Valuva Vatulaattori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vatulaattori misses with an uppercut. Rangaze saw that one coming.
Rangaze jabs Vatulaattori right on the nose. Vatulaattori blinks but takes it well.
Vatulaattori stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fighters circling - Rangaze throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rangaze misses with a hook. Vatulaattori ducked under it nicely.
Rangaze swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Vatulaattori counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rangaze! Vatulaattori lets Rangaze back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Rangaze is rocked!

It looks like Roger Rangaze has been cut.
Rangaze looks gassed!
A shot to the body from Vatulaattori misses
and Rangaze connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rangaze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vatulaattori misses with a left hand
and Rangaze counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rangaze missing with a left hand there. Vatulaattori was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rangaze lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vatulaattori swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vatulaattori swinging wildly here.
Rangaze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vatulaattori looks to score with a jab to the body but Rangaze is just out of range.
Rangaze is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vatulaattori misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rangaze.
Vatulaattori throws a right hand that misses
and Rangaze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vatulaattori moves away from the strike by Rangaze.
Vatulaattori throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Vatulaattori misses with a body punch
and Rangaze counters with a nice body shot.
Vatulaattori just misses with a punch to the body.
Vatulaattori with a nice cross.
Vatulaattori misses with a shot to the body
and Rangaze counters with a left and a right that stings Vatulaattori.
Vatulaattori just misses with a punch to the body.
Vatulaattori misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vatulaattori scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vatulaattori misses with a body shot.
Vatulaattori takes a swing at Rangaze's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rangaze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vatulaattori moves away.
Rangaze works Vatulaattori's body with a nice hook.
A swing and a miss from Vatulaattori.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valuva Vatulaattori dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roger Rangaze'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.

A looping hook to the body misses from Vatulaattori. Rangaze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vatulaattori throws a looping overhand right but Rangaze ducks down to avoid it.
Vatulaattori is looking to wear down Rangaze with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rangaze looks to land a right hand but Vatulaattori moved out of range.
Rangaze fails to land with a series of punches.
Vatulaattori swings for the body but Rangaze moves out of range.
Vatulaattori throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rangaze counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rangaze moves away from the strike by Vatulaattori.
Vatulaattori throws an off balance right hand
and Rangaze counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vatulaattori swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rangaze avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rangaze walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vatulaattori misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vatulaattori takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vatulaattori just misses with a punch to the body.
Vatulaattori changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rangaze is breathing heavily.
Rangaze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vatulaattori throws a sloppy body shot
and Rangaze cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Vatulaattori drops Rangaze with a beautiful combination! Rangaze stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Vatulaattori is looking for the KO!
Rangaze is still on wobbly legs! Can Vatulaattori finish him?
Valuva Vatulaattori is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vatulaattori stuns Rangaze with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vatulaattori fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rangaze manages to avoid it.
Rangaze seems to have recovered his senses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Rangaze might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Vatulaattori has got the better of the exchanges.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vatulaattori. Rangaze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vatulaattori misses with a right hand
and Rangaze counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vatulaattori throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vatulaattori misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vatulaattori waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rangaze.
Rangaze misses with a looping left.
Rangaze swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vatulaattori staying out of range there.
Vatulaattori lands with a cross.
Vatulaattori is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rangaze can do to turn this around?
Vatulaattori throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vatulaattori tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rangaze was well out of range. Poor timing from Vatulaattori.
Vatulaattori throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vatulaattori dodges the punch combination from Rangaze.
Vatulaattori misses with a jab to the body
and Rangaze counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vatulaattori lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vatulaattori lands with an overhand left.
Vatulaattori batters Rangaze with a massive right followed by a huge left! Rangaze is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Vatulaattori lands a final crushing right hand to drop Rangaze to the mat with a gruesome thud! Vatulaattori is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Valuva Vatulaattori!