PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuiskaaja Rajantakaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happy Flowers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flowers has chosen Wu Tang Clan - Tiger Style as his entrance music. The key to victory for Kuiskaaja Rajantakaa has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Rajantakaa
vs
Flowers

225 cm
23
260 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

195 cm
27
285 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kuiskaaja Rajantakaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Happy Flowers!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flowers lands a body shot.
Flowers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rajantakaa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Flowers connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rajantakaa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Flowers on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rajantakaa misses with a takedown attempt - Flowers sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Flowers misses with a hook
and Rajantakaa counters with a nice body kick.
Flowers throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rajantakaa counters with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rajantakaa connects with a body shot that sends Flowers's belly button to the back.
Flowers connects with a crisp jab.
Flowers connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rajantakaa lands the left hand.
Rajantakaa fails to land the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Flowers as Rajantakaa shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kuiskaaja Rajantakaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flowers takes a swing at Rajantakaa's ribcage but misses.
Rajantakaa connects with a looping right hand.
Rajantakaa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rajantakaa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rajantakaa looks for the body kick but Flowers saw that one coming.
Rajantakaa lands with a hook. Flowers tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rajantakaa scoring well with a low kick there.
Flowers uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Flowers has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rajantakaa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rajantakaa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Flowers.
Flowers looks gassed!
Rajantakaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Rajantakaa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rajantakaa with shots to the head and body - Flowers looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rajantakaa looking to finish Flowers with some ground and pound. This is bad for Flowers!
Rajantakaa unloading with bombs!
Rajantakaa will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rajantakaa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rajantakaa tries to control but Flowers wriggling away.
Rajantakaa looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rajantakaa lands a big shot there that rocks Flowers but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rajantakaa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rajantakaa controlling his opponent.
Flowers is in a horrible position here. Rajantakaa smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flowers is in a horrible position here. Rajantakaa smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rajantakaa unloading with bombs!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rajantakaa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Flowers is squirming around, avoiding Rajantakaa's attempts to control the action.
Rajantakaa controlling from mount.

Rajantakaa working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Rajantakaa controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flowers slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flowers is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rajantakaa scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rajantakaa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
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.
Rajantakaa slows the pace down in half guard.
Flowers is refusing to be controlled, as Rajantakaa sits in half guard.
Rajantakaa content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuiskaaja Rajantakaa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Flowers lands with a hook. Rajantakaa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Flowers swinging wildly here.
Rajantakaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Flowers walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rajantakaa.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rajantakaa.
Rajantakaa goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rajantakaa scores with a head kick.

It looks like Happy Flowers has been cut.
Rajantakaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That kick from Rajantakaa tenderised Flowers's leg. Flowers is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rajantakaa lands a brutal head kick. Flowers looks out on his feet and Rajantakaa throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Kuiskaaja Rajantakaa!