PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rasputin Erasmus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veikkko Wainamoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erasmus comes into the arena with Rasputin blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Erasmus
vs
Wainamoinen

201 cm
31
288 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

190 cm
29
240 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rasputin Erasmus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Veikkko Wainamoinen!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wainamoinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Wainamoinen moves into range and clinches up with Erasmus.
Wainamoinen working aggressively here.
Wainamoinen keeps control of Erasmus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wainamoinen tries to work over Erasmus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Erasmus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wainamoinen.

Erasmus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wainamoinen misses with a body shot.
Erasmus half committed to a counter leg kick.
Erasmus fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wainamoinen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rasputin Erasmus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Erasmus throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wainamoinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Rasputin Erasmus has been cut.
Erasmus misses with a low kick.
Erasmus throws a body punch but Wainamoinen moves out of range.
Wainamoinen lands with an overhand left.
A nice inside leg kick there by Erasmus. That's going to slow Wainamoinen down.
Erasmus misses with a body shot.
Nice shot by Erasmus.

It looks like Veikkko Wainamoinen has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wainamoinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Erasmus misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wainamoinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Erasmus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wainamoinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Erasmus should have avoided that one.
Erasmus throws an off balance right hand
and Wainamoinen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wainamoinen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Wainamoinen is rocked!
Wainamoinen misses with a looping right.
Erasmus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wainamoinen.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Erasmus, right into the meat.
Erasmus thows a leg kick but Wainamoinen checks it
and Wainamoinen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Erasmus misses with a body shot
and Wainamoinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Erasmus misses with a straight right.
Wainamoinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Erasmus manages to avoid it.
Wainamoinen tries to clinch there but Erasmus circles away.

Erasmus lands a big right hand that sends Wainamoinen crashing to the mat! Erasmus stays standing though and waves Wainamoinen back to his feet!
Wainamoinen is still on wobbly legs! Can Erasmus finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Erasmus cracks Wainamoinen with a hook to the temple - Wainamoinen is on wobbly legs here! Erasmus swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Wainamoinen falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Erasmus wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rasputin Erasmus!