PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pasi Rauha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauha comes to the cage accompanied by Age of Aquarius. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Rauha
vs
Smith

180 cm
22
194 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

179 cm
19
184 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Random Name Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pasi Rauha!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rauha throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith stuffs the takedown.

Rauha feints and as Smith raises his hands in defense, Rauha changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rauha tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
Rauha throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rauha working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Rauha distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith wants to stand and escape but Rauha is having none of it.
Rauha tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
Smith throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Rauha trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rauha cracks Smith with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rauha fails with a takedown attempt.

Rauha gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith looks gassed!
Smith is looking to reverse the position.
Rauha scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Smith to see if he's OK.
Check out the look on Rauha's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rauha working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauha working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Rauha lands a decent elbow from side control.
Rauha working the ground and pound from side control.
Rauha in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Rauha grinds an elbow into Smith's temple.
Smith is trying to get back to half guard.
Rauha lands an elbow.
Smith is looking to reverse the position.
Smith gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Rauha with the ground and pound from mount.
Rauha fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smith working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauha breaks from Smith's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smith can't escape the position.
The referee warns Smith that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smith tries to reverse the position but Rauha maintains control.
The referee warns Smith that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rauha cracks Smith with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Smith takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Smith is rocked!
Rauha has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Smith's face.
Smith is still in real trouble! Can Rauha finish him?
Rauha unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Smith wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Rauha celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pasi Rauha!
Pasi Rauha retains his middleweight title!