PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Scaresfedor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scaresfedor has chosen fedor is a big fat chicken as his entrance music. Brock Scaresfedor will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rauta
vs
Scaresfedor

192 cm
23
257 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
23
270 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Russia GOLD
Takomo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pertti Rauta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brock Scaresfedor!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Rauta as Scaresfedor shoots in.

Rauta clinches with his opponent.
Rauta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scaresfedor looking for a takedown.
Rauta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Scaresfedor looks gassed!
Rauta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Scaresfedor's defenses.

It looks like Brock Scaresfedor has been cut.
Rauta effectively controlling the action here.
Rauta seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Rauta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A knee to the head by Rauta.

Rauta has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head and Scaresfedor goes down! Rauta dives on top of him - Scaresfedor manages to get guard.

Rauta gets to his feet. Scaresfedor looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Rauta moves in looking to clinch but Scaresfedor pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta stuffs the takedown.
Pertti Rauta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Scaresfedor.

Rauta clinches.
Rauta is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rauta with a knee to the head.
Rauta is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rauta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Scaresfedor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rauta lands an elbow inside.
Rauta lands an elbow inside that Scaresfedor shrugs off.
Rauta is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pertti Rauta.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rauta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Scaresfedor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rauta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rauta.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rauta effectively controlling the action here.
Rauta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Rauta.
Rauta landing knees to the head.
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.
Rauta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Scaresfedor's defenses.
Stalling in the clinch from Rauta.
Rauta lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauta connects with a nasty looking knee right to Scaresfedor's face.
Rauta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Scaresfedor takes an elbow to the temple.
Rauta lands an elbow that stopped Scaresfedor in his tracks for a moment.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rauta.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rauta.
Scaresfedor takes a knee right on the jaw!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rauta lands a nice elbow.
Rauta lands a knee to the body.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.
Scaresfedor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rauta stalling in the clinch.
Rauta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rauta's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauta connects with a nasty looking knee right to Scaresfedor's face.
Rauta slows down the pace here.
Rauta landing knees to the body.
Rauta crunches a lovely knee into Scaresfedor's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rauta landing knees to the head.
Rauta with a knee to the head.
Rauta is stalling here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Rauta.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rauta.
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
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 Brock Scaresfedor's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rauta closes the distance and clinches.
Rauta scores with a knee to the head.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rauta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rauta taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rauta.
Rauta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scaresfedor can do to turn this around?
Rauta slowing the pace effectively.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rauta.
Rauta is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rauta connects with a nasty looking knee right to Scaresfedor's face.
Rauta scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rauta lands an elbow inside that Scaresfedor shrugs off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rauta - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rauta landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta lands an elbow inside that Scaresfedor shrugs off.
Rauta lands an elbow that stopped Scaresfedor in his tracks for a moment.
Rauta with a knee to the head.
Rauta lands a knee to the head.
Rauta stalling in the clinch.
Rauta throws an elbow but it misses.
Rauta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Scaresfedor has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rauta is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rauta crunches a lovely knee into Scaresfedor's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Rauta.
Pertti Rauta has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Scaresfedor has Rauta pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rauta manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Scaresfedor 's eye.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Scaresfedor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rauta connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rauta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rauta.
Scaresfedor letting Rauta take a breather here.
Rauta gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Scaresfedor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rauta scores with a knee to the head.
Rauta lands an elbow inside that Scaresfedor shrugs off.
Rauta keeps control of Scaresfedor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Scaresfedor tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rauta just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pertti Rauta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Scaresfedor.
Rauta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Scaresfedor's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauta pushes Scaresfedor back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.
Rauta avoiding damage.
Knees to the body from Rauta.
Rauta scores a nice knee to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rauta - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rauta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Rauta.
Rauta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rauta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Scaresfedor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rauta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Scaresfedor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rauta scores a nice knee to the body.
Rauta slowing the pace effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rauta lands an elbow inside.
Scaresfedor takes an elbow to the temple.
Scaresfedor being controlled against the cage.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Scaresfedor 's eye.
Rauta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rauta lands a knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rauta throws an elbow but misses.
Rauta has Scaresfedor pushed against the cage.
Scaresfedor avoids the elbow strike from Rauta, against the cage.
Rauta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pertti Rauta dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brock Scaresfedor's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.

Scaresfedor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rauta as he jumps to the side.
Scaresfedor keeps the fight on the outside.
Scaresfedor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rauta checks it well.
Scaresfedor shoots for a double leg takedown but Rauta sprawls well. He's pushed Scaresfedor's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rauta wants to clinch.
Rauta doesn't manage to clinch there - Scaresfedor circles away.
Scaresfedor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pertti Rauta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Scaresfedor.

Rauta fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Scaresfedor, pushing him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Rauta.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rauta lands a nice elbow.
Rauta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Scaresfedor backwards.
Rauta lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rauta takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rauta lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rauta connects with a knee to the head.
Rauta lands a nice elbow.
Rauta lands a knee to the body.
Rauta stalls.
Rauta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rauta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rauta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Rauta.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Scaresfedor 's eye.
Rauta lands a nice elbow.
Scaresfedor letting Rauta take a breather here.
Rauta lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rauta lands a nice knee to the body.
Rauta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Scaresfedor changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rauta fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Rauta rushes Scaresfedor and presses him up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Rauta.
Rauta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Scaresfedor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Scaresfedor 's eye.
Rauta avoiding damage.
Rauta lands an elbow just above Scaresfedor 's eye.
Rauta pressing his opponent against the cage.
Scaresfedor fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rauta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Scaresfedor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Scaresfedor has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rauta is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Scaresfedor takes a knee right on the jaw!
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Rauta here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Rauta dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rauta scores with a knee to the head.
Rauta stalls.
Brock Scaresfedor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rauta lands an elbow inside that Scaresfedor shrugs off.
Pertti Rauta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rauta is pushing Scaresfedor up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rauta landing knees to the body.
Rauta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rauta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Scaresfedor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rauta slows down the pace here.
Scaresfedor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rauta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Scaresfedor backwards.
Rauta is struggling to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pertti Rauta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rauta 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:24
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:24
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pertti Rauta!