PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Takeru Mark Kyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauta has chosen Frederik - Harva Meistä On Rautaa as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mark Kyle
vs
Rauta

185 cm
30
285 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

192 cm
40
264 lbs
38 - 25 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Nippon Outfitters
Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Milwaukee's Best 160
Meet the Future

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeru Mark Kyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Rauta!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyle throws a body punch but Rauta moves out of range.
Takeru Mark Kyle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rauta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Rauta drives through and clinches with Kyle against the cage.
Kyle misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kyle fails to land.
Kyle misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rauta.
Rauta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Takeru Mark Kyle has been cut.
Rauta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rauta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rauta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kyle.
Rauta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyle.
Kyle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kyle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kyle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kyle.
A head punch on the inside from Kyle fails to land.
Kyle throws a punch but it's blocked by Rauta.
Kyle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rauta crunches a lovely knee into Kyle's ribcage.
Kyle is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rauta gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle tries to throw a body punch but Rauta avoids it by throwing Kyle back against the cage.
Kyle working aggressively here.
Kyle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rauta's elbow.
Rauta lands an elbow that stopped Kyle in his tracks for a moment.
Rauta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kyle throws a punch but it's blocked by Rauta.
Rauta misses with some punches.
Kyle 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.
Kyle misses with a punch on the inside.
Rauta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rauta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kyle throws a punch but it's blocked by Rauta.
Kyle misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Rauta.
Rauta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Rauta.
Kyle is breathing heavily.
Rauta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kyle or not.
Rauta lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rauta lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rauta scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rauta.
Rauta unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rauta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rauta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kyle's defenses.
Rauta lands a nice knee to the body.
Rauta cracks Kyle with a nice body shot.
Rauta lands a left hand.
Rauta tries a body shot but Kyle blocks it.
Kyle takes a shot to the head.
Rauta lands a knee to the body.
Rauta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rauta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kyle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kyle misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Rauta.
Kyle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rauta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kyle backwards.
Rauta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rauta lands with a short shot to the head.
Rauta can't find room to land a body shot as Kyle controls the action.
Kyle working aggressively here.
Rauta lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rauta.
Rauta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kyle misses with a punch on the inside.
Kyle misses with the head strike.
Rauta tries to throw a body punch but Kyle avoids it by throwing Rauta back against the cage.
Rauta gets underhooks to prevent Kyle's takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rauta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kyle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rauta scores a nice knee to the body.
Rauta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rauta.
Rauta lands a shot to the body.
Kyle prevents a body shot from Rauta.
Rauta blocking some punches.
Rauta lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rauta.
Rauta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Rauta.
Rauta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rauta digs a right hand underneath Kyle's ribcage. Kyle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rauta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rauta.
Kyle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Rauta.
Rauta is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rauta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rauta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rauta digs a right hand into Kyle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kyle's gas tank.
Rauta crunches a lovely knee into Kyle's ribcage.
Rauta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kyle backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rauta lands a good knee to the midsection. Kyle won't want to take too many of those.
Rauta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Rauta.
Rauta lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pertti Rauta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Takeru Mark Kyle's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kyle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rauta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rauta scores with a decent looking hook.
Rauta is looking to clinch but Kyle is avoiding it.
Kyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kyle lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rauta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kyle throws out the jab.
Rauta moves in looking to clinch but Kyle pushes him off.
Kyle misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Rauta.
Kyle throws a push kick but Rauta slaps the foot to one side.
Kyle misses with a body shot
and Rauta makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kyle really felt that one!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Rauta. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rauta.
Rauta lands an overhand right.
Rauta throws a good cross that connects.
Rauta is looking to clinch.
Kyle jabs at Rauta's body.
Kyle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rauta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kyle throws a hook but Rauta avoids it easily.
Rauta throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyle dives in for a single leg takedown but Rauta sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Kyle takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rauta scores with a hook to the body.
Rauta looking to throw knees to the head but Kyle is blocking nicely.
Rauta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rauta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kyle or not.
Rauta cracks Kyle with a nice body shot.
Pertti Rauta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rauta pushes Kyle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rauta digs a right hand underneath Kyle's ribcage. Kyle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rauta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rauta digs a right hand into Kyle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kyle's gas tank.
Rauta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rauta scores a nice knee to the body.
Rauta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rauta connects with a knee to the head.
Kyle managing to block the knees to the body from Rauta.
Rauta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rauta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauta crunches a lovely knee into Kyle's ribcage.
A left hand lands to the body for Rauta.
Kyle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Rauta.
Kyle tries to throw a body punch but Rauta avoids it by throwing Kyle back against the cage.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kyle avoids it.
Rauta tries a body shot but Kyle blocks it.
Rauta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rauta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyle.
Kyle has a couple of punches blocked by Rauta.
Kyle misses with a punch on the inside.
Kyle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rauta tries to land knees in the clinch but Kyle avoids the damage to the body.
Kyle struggles to land a body shot inside as Rauta controls his hands.
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rauta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kyle's defenses.
Kyle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kyle swings wildly with an uppercut but Rauta uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyle.
Rauta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rauta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Rauta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Takeru Mark Kyle's cut is getting worse.
Rauta crunches a lovely knee into Kyle's ribcage.
Kyle misses with a body punch.
Kyle throws a head punch that misses.
Rauta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kyle.
Rauta lands a body shot.
Rauta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rauta lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kyle prevents a body shot from Rauta.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kyle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kyle swings wildly with an uppercut but Rauta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kyle misses with a punch to the body.
Kyle struggles to land a body shot inside as Rauta controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pertti Rauta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Takeru Mark Kyle'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Kyle motions for Rauta to come forward. Kyle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rauta scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kyle misses with a double jab.
Kyle throws a hook but Rauta blocks it.
Rauta takes a swing at Kyle's ribcage but misses.
Kyle scores with a jab to the body.

Rauta moves into the clinch.
Kyle throws a punch but it's blocked by Rauta.
Rauta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kyle swings wildly with an uppercut but Rauta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rauta lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rauta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kyle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta lands an elbow that stopped Kyle in his tracks for a moment.
Rauta misses with a punch to the body.
Rauta digs a right hand underneath Kyle's ribcage. Kyle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rauta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kyle backwards.
Rauta scores with a shot to the side of Kyle's head.
Rauta digs a right hand underneath Kyle's ribcage. Kyle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kyle tries for a takedown. No joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rauta looking to throw knees to the head but Kyle is blocking nicely.
Kyle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rauta prevents a body shot from Kyle.
Kyle misses with some punches.
Rauta lands a body punch in the clinch.

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

Kyle is rocked!
Kyle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rauta.
Oh Kyle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kyle is looking to wear down Rauta with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rauta lands a brutal uppercut that launches Kyle off his feet! Kyle tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pertti Rauta!
Pertti Rauta decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.