PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arvydas Sabonis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauta kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Frederik - Harva Meistä On Rautaa. Arvydas Sabonis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rauta
vs
Sabonis

192 cm
37
264 lbs
34 - 22 - 0

210 cm
29
300 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 34 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Rauta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arvydas Sabonis!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sabonis has managed to clinch.
Sabonis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sabonis swings wildly with an uppercut but Rauta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sabonis misses with the head strike.
Sabonis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

It looks like Pertti Rauta has been cut.
Rauta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rauta is looking to control Sabonis's arms but Sabonis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rauta has his back to the cage.
Rauta missing with knees to the body.
Rauta working aggressively here.
Sabonis stalling in the clinch but Rauta improves position.
Rauta is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sabonis is keeping busy.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rauta as Sabonis tries to tie him up.
Sabonis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta trying to land knees to the body.
Sabonis gets through Rauta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rauta throws an elbow but misses.
Sabonis lands a shoulder strike.
Sabonis avoids the elbow strike from Rauta, against the cage.
Rauta misses with an elbow strike.
Sabonis tries to throw a body punch but Rauta avoids it by throwing Sabonis back against the cage.
Rauta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Sabonis.
Sabonis tries to work over Rauta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rauta trying to land knees to the body.
Rauta missing with knees to the body.
Sabonis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rauta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sabonis blocks a body shot from Rauta.
Rauta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sabonis.
Sabonis blocks an elbow strike from Rauta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta trying to land knees to the body.
Rauta misses with an elbow over the top.
Rauta blocks a body shot from Sabonis.
Sabonis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rauta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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!
Sabonis avoids the elbow strike from Rauta, against the cage.
Sabonis lands a left hand.
Sabonis misses with some punches.
Rauta trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Rauta.
Sabonis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sabonis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Sabonis.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sabonis avoids it.
Rauta letting Sabonis take a breather here.
Rauta looking to throw knees to the head but Sabonis is blocking nicely.
Sabonis digs a right hand into Rauta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rauta's gas tank.
Sabonis leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sabonis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rauta is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sabonis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Rauta.

It looks like Arvydas Sabonis has been cut.
Sabonis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rauta prevents a body shot from Sabonis.
Sabonis managing to block the knees to the body from Rauta.
Sabonis is working Rauta over against the cage.
Rauta is breathing heavily.
Sabonis lands with a short shot to the head.
Rauta pushes off an throws an elbow but Sabonis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rauta stalling in the clinch but Sabonis improves position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sabonis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sabonis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rauta trying to control the position but instead, Sabonis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rauta into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Sabonis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rauta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sabonis.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sabonis.
Rauta misses with the head strike.
Rauta is trying to maintain a safe position but Sabonis gets an underhook and turns Rauta into the cage.
Sabonis tries to throw a body punch but Rauta avoids it by throwing Sabonis back against the cage.
Sabonis looking to slow down the pace here.
Sabonis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sabonis can't find room to land a body shot as Rauta controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabonis pushes Rauta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rauta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rauta trying to control the position but instead, Sabonis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rauta into the cage.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arvydas Sabonis dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Rauta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sabonis throws an uppercut from hell that sends Rauta clean off his feet! He's out cold! Sabonis stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Arvydas Sabonis!
A relieved looking Arvydas Sabonis thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.