PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jaska Raatikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raatikainen comes to the cage accompanied by Children of Bodom - Are you dead yet. Johnny Knox will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Raatikainen
vs
Knox

162 cm
20
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
136 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaska Raatikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Knox!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves away
and Raatikainen counters with a nice body kick.
Knox tries to clinch there but Raatikainen circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raatikainen.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen is having none of it.
Raatikainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Knox.
Knox walks forward, straight into a front kick from Raatikainen.
Knox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Raatikainen.
A slapping body kick lands there for Raatikainen.
Raatikainen pushes Knox away with a front kick.
Knox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Raatikainen.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch but Raatikainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both fighters circling a little - Raatikainen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Knox tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raatikainen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Knox takes a step back to recover.
Johnny Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves away
and Raatikainen counters with a low kick, right behind Knox 's knee.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch but Raatikainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Raatikainen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knox has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Raatikainen.
Raatikainen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Knox is looking to clinch.
Raatikainen thumps Knox with a low kick.
Raatikainen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Raatikainen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knox.
Raatikainen scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox tries to clinch there but Raatikainen circles away.
Knox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Raatikainen.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Raatikainen.
Knox has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Raatikainen.
Knox tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Knox is looking to clinch.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Raatikainen counters with a nice leg kick.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch but Raatikainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knox's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raatikainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knox takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knox does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Knox thows a leg kick but Raatikainen checks it
and Raatikainen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Raatikainen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Raatikainen working hard to break the clinch.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raatikainen's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Raatikainen misses with a punch to the body.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raatikainen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knox.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.

Raatikainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Raatikainen counters with a good low kick that Knox was not able to check.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Raatikainen moved out of range.
Knox tries to clinch up.
Knox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Raatikainen at a distance.
A head kick from Raatikainen lands but Knox takes it in his stride.
Knox doesn't manage to clinch there - Raatikainen circles away.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Raatikainen is just out of range.
Raatikainen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Raatikainen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox wants to clinch.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knox wants to clinch
and Raatikainen counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaska Raatikainen dominated that round.
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.

Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Raatikainen counters with an outside leg kick.
Knox wants to clinch but Raatikainen slips to the side
and Raatikainen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Knox wants to clinch.
Raatikainen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Knox wants to clinch.
Knox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Knox doesn't manage to clinch there - Raatikainen circles away.
Knox tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Raatikainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raatikainen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knox. That did some damage!
Knox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves out of range.
Raatikainen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves away
and Raatikainen counters with a thumping low kick.
Knox on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A head kick misses from Raatikainen.
Raatikainen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Knox will feel that in the morning.
Knox wants to clinch but Raatikainen slips to the side
and Raatikainen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Knox really felt that one!
Raatikainen keeps the fight on the outside.
A shot to the body from Knox misses
and Raatikainen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Raatikainen slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Raatikainen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raatikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Raatikainen.
Knox is breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raatikainen.
Knox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Raatikainen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raatikainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice body kick there by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knox is looking to clinch but Raatikainen is avoiding it.
Nice body kick there by Raatikainen.
Knox darts in trying to clinch
and Raatikainen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Knox's knee momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knox thows a body shot but no joy.
Raatikainen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Raatikainen lands a body shot.
Knox looks to clinch
and Raatikainen counters with an inside leg kick.
Knox tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves away
and Raatikainen counters with an inside leg kick.
Raatikainen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A thudding body kick lands there by Raatikainen!
Raatikainen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Knox's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raatikainen is looking to slow Knox down with leg kicks.
Knox takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Raatikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Raatikainen stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Raatikainen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Raatikainen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Knox is rocked!
Knox is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Raatikainen Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Knox is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jaska Raatikainen!
A very excited looking Jaska Raatikainen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.