PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomi Juntunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Ruanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juntunen comes to the cage accompanied by Lumessakahlaajat. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Juntunen
vs
Ruanti

198 cm
28
220 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

187 cm
35
205 lbs
39 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Merciless Gladiators

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear
Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tomi Juntunen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Daniel Ruanti!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juntunen cracks Ruanti with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Juntunen blocks a low kick nicely.
Juntunen misses the shot to the body.
Juntunen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ruanti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Juntunen throws a leg kick
and Ruanti counters with a low kick, right behind Juntunen 's knee.
Ruanti takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ruanti catches Juntunen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Juntunen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ruanti finds it's way round the side to connect with Juntunen's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Juntunen.
The fighters circling - Juntunen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good work by Ruanti as he checks the leg kick.
Ruanti scores with a spinning back kick!
A clash of legs there as Ruanti blocks the low kick.
Juntunen misses with a two punch combination.
Juntunen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ruanti. That did some damage!
Juntunen misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Juntunen is predictable there
and Ruanti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Juntunen is breathing heavily.

Ruanti closes the distance and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ruanti takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ruanti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Juntunen trying to land knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Juntunen has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Juntunen as Ruanti tries to tie him up.
Ruanti prevents a body shot from Juntunen.
Ruanti lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Juntunen backwards.
Ruanti letting Juntunen take a breather here.
Ruanti gets through Juntunen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Juntunen.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juntunen throws a leg kick that misses.
Ruanti lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruanti defending well as Juntunen loads up on a big left hand.
Ruanti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Juntunen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ruanti misses with a low kick as Juntunen jumps back.
Juntunen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ruanti's sensitive parts.
Juntunen misses with a leg kick
and Ruanti counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Juntunen is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ruanti slips under a jab.
Ruanti misses with a head kick.
Ruanti lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Tomi Juntunen has been cut.
Juntunen misses with a body shot.
Ruanti throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Juntunen's head.

Juntunen is rocked!
Ruanti cracks the inside of Juntunen's front leg.
Juntunen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ruanti counters with a big right hand! Oh Juntunen is in trouble here! Ruanti follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Ruanti!
After winning the bout, Daniel Ruanti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.