PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juha Suttu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riku Raakalainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juha Suttu could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Riku Raakalainen's chin.

Suttu
vs
Raakalainen

180 cm
19
198 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Takomo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juha Suttu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Riku Raakalainen!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raakalainen shoots in and drives through. Suttu sprawls well.
Raakalainen looks for a takedown but Suttu sprawls well.
Raakalainen throws a head kick that misses.
Suttu waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Raakalainen. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Raakalainen to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Raakalainen is rocked!

It looks like Riku Raakalainen has been cut.
Raakalainen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Suttu manages to get himself to full guard.
Raakalainen is still in real trouble! Can Suttu finish him?
Raakalainen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Suttu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Raakalainen seems to have recovered his senses.

Raakalainen is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Suttu is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Suttu has escaped and now he's on top!

Raakalainen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Suttu is in close to Raakalainen's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Raakalainen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Suttu passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Raakalainen tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Suttu presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Raakalainen is desperately trying to improve his position but Suttu has a good base and remains in mount.
Suttu takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Raakalainen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Raakalainen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Suttu controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Raakalainen working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Suttu controlling the position easily from mount.
Raakalainen is working to get back to half guard.
Suttu takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Raakalainen can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suttu controlling his opponent.
Raakalainen gets back to half guard.

Suttu escapes and gets back to his feet.
Raakalainen staying out of range there.
Suttu thows a body shot but no joy.
Suttu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raakalainen moves away.
Suttu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raakalainen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Juha Suttu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Riku Raakalainen.
Suttu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raakalainen moves away.
Raakalainen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Raakalainen counters with a big head kick but Suttu shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raakalainen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Raakalainen looks gassed!

Suttu darts in and clinches Raakalainen up against the cage.

Suttu manages to break the clinch.
Raakalainen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Suttu as he avoids it easily.
Suttu throws a hook to the side of Raakalainen's head but Raakalainen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raakalainen throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suttu loads up on a big right hand but Raakalainen slips the punch.
Raakalainen lands a high kick!
Raakalainen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Suttu circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juha Suttu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Riku Raakalainen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Suttu darts in and clinches Raakalainen up against the cage.

Suttu breaks from the clinch.
Suttu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raakalainen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raakalainen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Suttu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Suttu lands a body shot.
Riku Raakalainen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Suttu takes a swing at Raakalainen's ribcage but misses.

Suttu moves into range and clinches up with Raakalainen.

Suttu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suttu looks to land a left hand but Raakalainen moved out of range nicely.
Suttu thows a body shot but no joy.
Suttu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Raakalainen manages to avoid it.

Suttu gets the takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lull in the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raakalainen is trying to improve his position.
The referee asks Suttu politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Suttu prefers to stall for the moment though.
Suttu landing strikes.
Raakalainen is trying to buck Suttu off.
Suttu is working Raakalainen over with some ground and pound from side control.
Raakalainen is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Raakalainen wants to get back to his feet but Suttu drags him back down.
Raakalainen tries to buck Suttu off but Suttu is having none of it.
Suttu lands an elbow.
Suttu staying calm.
Raakalainen is looking for a sweep.
Suttu passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Raakalainen!
Suttu controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Raakalainen can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suttu content just to control the position here.
Suttu lands a big shot there that rocks Raakalainen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Raakalainen wants to get back to his feet.
Raakalainen tries to reverse the position but Suttu maintains control.
Suttu controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raakalainen is looking to get to half guard.
Suttu lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Raakalainen is desperately trying to improve his position but Suttu has a good base and remains in mount.
Raakalainen is in a horrible position here. Suttu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Suttu sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suttu prevents Raakalainen from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juha Suttu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Riku Raakalainen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Suttu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suttu lands a right hook to the body.

Suttu rushes Raakalainen and presses him up against the cage.

Suttu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suttu misses with a wild body shot.
Raakalainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Raakalainen has his takedown stuffed
letting Suttu counter with a right hand.
Suttu loads up on a big right hand but Raakalainen slips the punch.
Suttu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suttu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Raakalainen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Suttu throws a right hand that Raakalainen ducks under and follows up with a left that Raakalainen also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Raakalainen scores with a takedown into Suttu's guard.
Suttu wants to sweep but no luck.
Raakalainen wants to stand but Suttu is controlling his posture from full guard.
Suttu wants to sweep but no luck.

Raakalainen has gone for a leg lock! Suttu slips out almost immediately though and dives into Raakalainen's guard.
Suttu slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raakalainen is looking to regain half guard here but Suttu keeps moving and retains side control.

Suttu decides to stand back up. Suttu steps back and let's Raakalainen get back to his feet.
Suttu throws a shot from downtown. Raakalainen moves away and avoids it.
Suttu connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Raakalainen misses with a takedown attempt
letting Suttu counter with a right hand.
Suttu keeps the fight on the outside.
Juha Suttu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Suttu is looking to wear down Raakalainen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raakalainen throws a body kick that misses.
Suttu misses with a wild body shot.
Suttu misses with a looping left.
Suttu takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Suttu is looking to clinch.
Raakalainen moves out of range as Suttu strikes.
Raakalainen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Suttu counters with a left and a right that stings Raakalainen.
Juha Suttu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Riku Raakalainen.
A head kick misses from Raakalainen.
Donk. Suttu catches Raakalainen right on the button with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Suttu moves into the clinch.
Raakalainen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Suttu fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Suttu lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Riku Raakalainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suttu scores with a body shot.
Raakalainen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Suttu counters with a right hand to the body.
Suttu works the jab nicely.
Raakalainen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Suttu clinches up with Raakalainen and pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juha Suttu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Suttu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Juha Suttu!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Juha Suttu!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Juha Suttu!

Juha Suttu wins by unanimous decision!