PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Baratheon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarmo Rautakallio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rautakallio has chosen Finlandia Hymni as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baratheon
vs
Rautakallio

197 cm
21
285 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

182 cm
28
230 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Fast

Arcticus University: London

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Baratheon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tarmo Rautakallio!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rautakallio gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Baratheon.
Rautakallio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baratheon.
Baratheon looks to score with a jab to the body but Rautakallio is just out of range.
Baratheon works the jab nicely.
Baratheon has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Diamond Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Baratheon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rautakallio.
Rautakallio misses with a body shot.
Rautakallio walks into a straight right hand from Baratheon.
Rautakallio misses with a looping left.
Baratheon throws a shot from downtown. Rautakallio moves away and avoids it.
Rautakallio looks to land a left hand but Baratheon moved out of range nicely.
Rautakallio walks forward, straight into a front kick from Baratheon.
Rautakallio throws a lazy right hand but Baratheon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baratheon misses with a body shot.
Rautakallio tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Rautakallio takes one to the chin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rautakallio avoids a kick to the body.
Rautakallio misses with a hook.
Baratheon quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Robert Baratheon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rautakallio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baratheon.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baratheon. Rautakallio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rautakallio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baratheon.
Baratheon looks to land a body kick but Rautakallio moved away.
Rautakallio moves out of range of the body kick.
Rautakallio misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Baratheon counter with a right hand.
Baratheon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rautakallio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baratheon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rautakallio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Baratheon misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rautakallio is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Baratheon is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Baratheon misses with a body kick.
Baratheon connects with a right hand. Rautakallio shakes it off.
Rautakallio misses with an uppercut.
Rautakallio lands the left hand.
Baratheon avoids the body shot from Rautakallio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rautakallio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baratheon.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rautakallio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baratheon throws out the jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Baratheon!
Rautakallio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rautakallio ducks under a wild hook from Baratheon.
And Rautakallio tries to counter it with a takedown but Baratheon pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Rautakallio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rautakallio avoids a kick to the body.
Rautakallio feints the counter takedown.
Rautakallio moves out of range of the body kick from Baratheon.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Baratheon, as that shot connected.
Baratheon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Baratheon lands a nice looking body kick.
Rautakallio looks winded!
Rautakallio takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rautakallio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Baratheon does it's job there.
Rautakallio avoids the body shot from Baratheon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baratheon misses with a straight left.
Rautakallio is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Baratheon throws the kick towards the body but Rautakallio avoids it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Baratheon.
Rautakallio misses with a looping right.
Rautakallio doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rautakallio staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baratheon. Rautakallio does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Baratheon. Beautiful body shot.
Rautakallio avoids a kick to the body.
Baratheon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Baratheon thuds his shin into the meat of Rautakallio's side.
Baratheon listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Baratheon scores with a jab. Rautakallio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rautakallio staying out of range there.
Whack! Baratheon lands a heavy head kick that drops Rautakallio. The ref tackles Baratheon to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Rautakallio was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Robert Baratheon!
Robert Baratheon retains his heavyweight title!
Robert Baratheon bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.