PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niklas Nort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauta's entrance music is Frederik - Harva Meistä On Rautaa. A fine choice. Nort is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Riverside - Forgotten Land. Niklas Nort acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Rauta
vs
Nort

192 cm
34
264 lbs
28 - 16 - 0

210 cm
25
300 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Brute

•• Beast Mode ••
Brute

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 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Rauta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Niklas Nort!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rauta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rauta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rauta tests Nort's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nort throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rauta.
Nort fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rauta manages to avoid it.
Nort listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Pertti Rauta has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nort throws a series of punches but Rauta avoids them all with ease.
Rauta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nort's calf.

Rauta moves into range and clinches up with Nort.
Nort lands an elbow inside that Rauta shrugs off.
Nort throws a head punch that misses.
Nort lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nort scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rauta.
Rauta landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta misses with a knee to the head.
Nort looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nort lands a right hand.
Rauta lands a right hand.
Nort missing with knees to the body.
Nort tries to land knees in the clinch but Rauta avoids the damage to the body.
Nort tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nort on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rauta blocks a body shot from Nort.
Nort working aggressively here.
Rauta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rauta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nort lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rauta throws a head punch that misses.
Nort can't find room to land a body shot as Rauta controls the action.
Rauta lands an elbow inside that Nort shrugs off.

It looks like Niklas Nort has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Rauta.
Rauta blocks an uppercut.
Rauta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nort looks gassed!
Rauta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rauta is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nort is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta landing knees to the body.
Rauta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Rauta.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nort avoids it.
Nort avoiding damage as Rauta throws knees to the body.
Nort on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rauta working Nort over with knees to the body.
Rauta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A knee to the head by Nort.
Rauta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nort.
Rauta lands an elbow that stopped Nort in his tracks for a moment.
Nort misses with the head strike.
Nort prevents a body shot from Rauta.
Rauta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nort blocking some punches.
Nort looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rauta misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rauta.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Rauta.
Nort on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rauta is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nort throws a punch but it's blocked by Rauta.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nort avoids it.
Rauta lands an elbow inside that Nort shrugs off.
Rauta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nort.
Nort misses with some punches.
Rauta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nort's elbow.
Nort misses with a punch to the body.
Rauta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nort is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rauta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nort.
Nort misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nort misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nort managing to block the knees to the body from Rauta.
Rauta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rauta crunches a lovely knee into Nort's ribcage.
Rauta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nort's defenses.
Rauta lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nort takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nort swings wildly with an uppercut but Rauta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rauta lands a shoulder strike.
Nort on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rauta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nort's elbow.
Rauta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short body shot lands from Rauta as the two fighters clinch.
Rauta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rauta lands a good knee to the midsection. Nort won't want to take too many of those.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rauta.

Nort is rocked!
Rauta dips a shoulder and cracks Nort with a mighty uppercut! Nort falls back against the cage and Rauta unloads with a barrage of strikes! Nort is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Rauta screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pertti Rauta!
Pertti Rauta decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.