PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pasi Rantala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paavali Pietari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pietari has chosen The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Pasi Rantala could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Paavali Pietari's chin.

Rantala
vs
Pietari

195 cm
29
190 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
188 lbs
7 - 9 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pasi Rantala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Paavali Pietari!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pietari misses with a series of wild punches.
Rantala circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rantala shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Pietari clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rantala wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rantala avoiding damage as Pietari throws knees to the body.
Rantala is working Pietari over against the cage.
Rantala is trying to stall.
Pietari with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pietari with a knee to the head.
Rantala wants to get back to striking at distance but Pietari won't allow it.
Pietari is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rantala lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rantala wants to get back to striking at distance but Pietari won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pietari stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pietari lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rantala can't break the clinch.
Pietari misses with a knee to the head.
Pietari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rantala has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pietari trying to land knees to the body.
Rantala being controlled against the cage.
Rantala unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rantala working hard to break the clinch.
Pietari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rantala struggles to land a body shot inside as Pietari controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietari is stalling here.
Pietari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rantala's efforts to push away.
Pietari stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pietari crunches a lovely knee into Rantala's ribcage.
Rantala tries to stall but Pietari uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Rantala breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Pietari has managed to clinch.
Pietari takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pietari scores with a knee to the head.
Pietari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pietari is looking to control Rantala's arms but Rantala gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pietari has his back to the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rantala is trying to break the clinch but Pietari has him pressed against the cage.
Pietari tries to land a knee to the head but Rantala blocks with his arms.
Pietari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rantala being controlled against the cage.
Rantala is trying to push Pietari away but Pietari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Rantala breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pietari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rantala tries to bum rush Pietari with a series of wild strikes but Pietari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Rantala rushes Pietari and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rantala is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rantala blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pietari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietari throws a knee to the head but misses.

Rantala escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rantala looks to land a combination but Pietari avoids it well.

Pietari darts in and clinches Rantala up against the cage.
Pietari avoiding damage as Rantala throws knees to the body.
Pietari tries to land knees in the clinch but Rantala avoids the damage to the body.
Pietari tries to land knees in the clinch but Rantala avoids the damage to the body.
Rantala avoiding damage as Pietari throws knees to the body.
Rantala managing to block the knees to the body from Pietari.
Rantala wants to break free but Pietari has control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pietari misses with an elbow strike.
Rantala tries to break the clinch but Pietari is controlling the position.
Pietari tries a knee to the head but Rantala blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rantala landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paavali Pietari will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pietari is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Rantala forces Pietari back against the cage and clinches.
Rantala tries to break free but Pietari pushes him back against the cage.
Rantala is trying to force a seperation but Pietari has the dominant position.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pietari in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Rantala pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pietari tries to clinch up
and Rantala counters with a stiff right hand.
Rantala drops Pietari with a huge uppercut! Pietari drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Rantala is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pasi Rantala!