PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Calaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sakke Pietila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calaway comes to the cage accompanied by R.I.P.. Pietila has chosen Hard Night Out by Professor Green as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Calaway
vs
Pietila

208 cm
29
296 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

183 cm
32
276 lbs
21 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

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 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Calaway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sakke Pietila!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pietila tries a low kick but Calaway avoids it.
Calaway tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Calaway jabs at Pietila's body.
Pietila throws a jab but it's blocked by Calaway.
Calaway is looking to clinch.
Calaway throws the left hand but Pietila avoids the punch easily.
Pietila jabs Calaway right on the nose. Calaway blinks but takes it well.
Calaway misses with a series of wild punches.
Calaway ducks under a wild hook from Pietila.
Pietila connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Calaway.
Pietila lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pietila works Calaway's body with a nice hook.
Pietila lands a lovely overhand right.
Calaway throws a looping overhand right but Pietila ducks down to avoid it.
Pietila wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pietila looks to throw the jab but Calaway is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calaway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pietila manages to avoid it.
Pietila fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pietila scores with a jab. Calaway acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Calaway throws out a loose jab but Pietila uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pietila scores with a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Calaway. Pietila does a little dance to reset his feet.

Calaway gets a clinch.
Calaway softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Calaway wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pietila has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pietila fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Pietila.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Calaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Pietila.
Calaway lands a left hand.
Pietila lands with a light punch inside.
Calaway lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Calaway.
Calaway takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaway tries to work over Pietila's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pietila looking to slow down the pace here.
Calaway blocks a body shot from Pietila.
A nice right hand lands inside from Calaway.
Pietila blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Calaway lands with a short head shot on the inside.

It looks like Sakke Pietila has been cut.
Calaway's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Calaway can't find room to land a body shot as Pietila controls the action.
Pietila avoids a wild elbow strike from Calaway.
Calaway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pietila taking a breather.
Calaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Pietila.
Pietila tries to land knees in the clinch but Calaway avoids the damage to the body.
Calaway misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietila blocks an uppercut.
Pietila is looking to control Calaway's arms but Calaway gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pietila has his back to the cage.
Pietila scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pietila keeps control of Calaway as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pietila blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Calaway fails to land.
Calaway can't find room to land a body shot as Pietila controls the action.
Pietila taking a breather.
Pietila blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pietila misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Pietila.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pietila throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Calaway pushes off an throws an elbow but Pietila leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Calaway lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Pietila scores with a nice short uppercut.
Calaway lands a hook that snaps the head of Pietila backwards.
A knee to the head by Pietila.
Pietila blocks an uppercut.
Calaway wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pietila is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Calaway is keeping busy.
A short right from Pietila on the inside.
Pietila blocks an elbow strike from Calaway.
Calaway lands a hook that snaps the head of Pietila backwards.

Pietila is rocked!
Calaway has a couple of punches blocked by Pietila.
Pietila lands a body shot.
Calaway working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot in the inside from Pietila.
Pietila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pietila throws a punch but it's blocked by Calaway.
Calaway tries to break the clinch but Pietila is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sakke Pietila dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sakke Pietila's cut.
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.

Calaway drops Pietila with a big left hand! Pietila is injured, injured bad! Calaway jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Calaway!
Post fight, an emotional Mark Calaway said 'Resssttt in... Peeeaaccceee'.