PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauta comes into the arena with Frederik - Harva Meistä On Rautaa blaring out of the sound system. Overeem has chosen Anthem as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rauta
vs
Overeem

192 cm
35
264 lbs
30 - 18 - 0

196 cm
31
264 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

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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 30 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Rauta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem scores with a sloppy right hand. Rauta should have avoided that one.
Rauta blocks a low kick nicely.
Rauta throws a wild body kick that Overeem sees coming a mile off.
Rauta takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Left hook, right uppercut from Overeem.
Rauta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rauta throws a leg kick but Overeem sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Overeem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rauta.
Overeem connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Overeem thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rauta if he has to take too many more of those.
Overeem scores with a head kick.
Rauta blocks a head kick by Overeem.
Overeem tried to score with a low kick but Rauta checks it.
Overeem misses with a wild combination.
Overeem moves out of range of the body kick.
Overeem tries a low kick but Rauta avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem misses with a body kick.
Overeem dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rauta. That did some damage!
Rauta tests Overeem's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rauta thows a body shot but no joy.
Overeem looks to throw a body kick
and Rauta counters with a nice leg kick.
Rauta keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Overeem motions for Rauta to come forward. Overeem throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rauta slips a jab from Overeem.
Rauta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Overeem is out of range and Rauta settles back down.
Rauta takes a jab right on the kisser.

Overeem has managed to clinch.

Overeem breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Overeem lands a head kick. Rauta smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Pertti Rauta has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Overeem pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem throws a wild body kick that Rauta sees coming a mile off.
Overeem looks for the body kick but Rauta saw that one coming.

Overeem closes the distance and clinches.
Rauta missing with knees to the body.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Rauta blocks with his arms.
A body shot lands from Rauta.
Rauta is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rauta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Overeem 's eye.
Overeem managing to block the knees to the body from Rauta.
Rauta tries to throw a body punch but Overeem avoids it by throwing Rauta back against the cage.
Overeem pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Overeem tries a knee to the head but Rauta blocks it.
Overeem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Overeem looking to throw knees to the head but Rauta is blocking nicely.
Overeem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rauta tries a knee to the head but Overeem blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem swings wildly with an uppercut but Rauta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rauta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rauta missing with knees to the body.
Overeem tries to throw a body punch but Rauta avoids it by throwing Overeem back against the cage.
Rauta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Overeem's defenses.

Overeem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Overeem closes the distance and pushes Rauta back into the cage.
Rauta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rauta tries a body shot but Overeem blocks it.
Nice body punch from Rauta.
Rauta managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Overeem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rauta misses with a hook to the ribs.

Overeem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rauta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alistair Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Overeem lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rauta takes a step back to recover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Overeem is looking to slow Rauta down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem keeps the fight on the outside.
Rauta looks for the body kick but Overeem saw that one coming.
Rauta thows a body shot but no joy.
Rauta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Overeem was well out of range. Poor timing from Rauta.
Overeem fails to land with a series of punches.
Rauta takes one on the button.
Rauta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Overeem cracks Rauta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Overeem feints a jab promting Rauta to slip. Overeem then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rauta slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rauta doesn't manage to clinch there - Overeem circles away.
Overeem throws a looping overhand right but Rauta ducks down to avoid it.
Overeem showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rauta.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistair Overeem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pertti Rauta's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Overeem checks a low kick from Rauta.
Overeem throws a front kick aimed at Rauta's knee but Rauta avoids it well.
Overeem swings widly with a right hand
and Rauta counters with a left to the body.
Overeem attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rauta is looking to wear down Overeem with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Overeem swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rauta counters with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Overeem throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A head kick misses from Overeem.
Rauta throws a body punch but Overeem moves out of range.
Alistair Overeem is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rauta throws a left and a right that both miss
and Overeem makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rauta connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Overeem has closed the distance and engaged Rauta in a clinch.
Overeem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rauta scores with a hook to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rauta.
Overeem is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short body shot lands from Rauta as the two fighters clinch.
Rauta lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rauta lands a right hand.
Rauta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Rauta on the inside.
Rauta unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rauta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rauta misses with a punch to the body.
Overeem blocks an elbow strike from Rauta.
Overeem managing to block the knees to the body from Rauta.
Rauta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Overeem using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rauta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Rauta drops Overeem with a big knee straight up the middle! Overeem is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Overeem is rocked!

It looks like Alistair Overeem has been cut.
Rauta misses with a body shot.
Overeem is still on wobbly legs! Can Rauta finish him?

Rauta rushes Overeem and presses him up against the cage.
Overeem seems to have recovered his senses.
Overeem blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta lands with a light punch inside.
Rauta putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Overeem in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rauta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rauta.
Rauta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Come on Rauta - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Overeem breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rauta is looking to clinch.
Rauta moves in looking to clinch but Overeem pushes him off.
Rauta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Overeem has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Overeem swats away the attempt to clinch by Rauta.
Overeem throws a big shot that misses.
Overeem misses with a body kick.
Overeem throws a right and a left that Rauta avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rauta.
Rauta ducks under a wild hook from Overeem.
Alistair Overeem seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Overeem takes a swing at Rauta's ribcage but misses.
Rauta tries to clinch there but Overeem circles away.
Rauta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Overeem.
Rauta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Overeem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rauta. Overeem does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rauta with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Overeem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rauta.
Rauta scores with a jab.
Overeem misses with a kick to the body.
Rauta throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rauta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rauta wants to clinch up but Overeem keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overeem takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Overeem throws a leg kick but Rauta checks it.
Rauta throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rauta fails with an attempt to clinch.

Rauta sends Overeem crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Rauta is motioning to the referee to let Overeem up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Rauta throws a front kick aimed at Overeem's knee but Overeem avoids it well.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rauta.
Rauta fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Overeem to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Overeem looks to clinch but Rauta throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Overeem taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pertti Rauta!
An out of breath Pertti Rauta thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.