PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evgeni Rasputin (ranked 3845 p4p, 422 weight class) and King Louie (ranked 6592 p4p, 522 weight class). Evgeni Rasputin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to King Louie's chin.

Rasputin
vs
Louie

185 cm
18
236 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Woodhouse's

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Evgeni Rasputin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, King Louie!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasputin misses with a looping right.
Rasputin misses with a looping left.
Louie wants to counter with a clinch but Rasputin pushes him away.
Rasputin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rasputin looks to score with a jab to the body but Louie is just out of range.
We've been told by Rasputin's head coaches at My Yard 'Alcatraz' that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Louie closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rasputin did well to prevent Louie getting side control.

Rasputin kicks Louie off and gets back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Louie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Louie closes the distance and clinches up with Rasputin, looking for a takedown. Louie pushes Rasputin against the cage but Rasputin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Louie.
Evgeni Rasputin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of King Louie.
Nice defenses there by Louie.

Louie rushes Rasputin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Louie tries for a takedown. No joy.
Louie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rasputin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rasputin connects with the punch.

Louie shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Rasputin napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Rasputin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rasputin tries to get out of the position.
Louie prevents Rasputin from escaping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louie working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Rasputin is trying to buck Louie off.
Louie landing strikes.
Rasputin is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin defending against the ground and pound.
Rasputin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Louie is controlling him well.
Louie throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Louie working the head and body with strikes.
Louie working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Rasputin wants to get back to his feet.
Rasputin taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rasputin is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Louie misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louie in side control, throwing shots but Rasputin defends.
Rasputin is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Louie lands a decent elbow from side control.
Louie lands a nice forearm strike.
Rasputin tries to escape but Louie is in control.
Louie scores with punches from side control.
Rasputin is trying to buck Louie off.
Louie sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Rasputin is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Louie fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Rasputin is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Louie looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rasputin is trying to get back to his feet.
Check out the look on Louie's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rasputin wants to get back to his feet but Louie drags him back down.
Louie landing a few strikes.
Rasputin takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Rasputin stops Louie from passing to mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Louie scores with a couple of short elbows.
Louie is putting a hurting on Rasputin here, landing some big shots from side control.
Rasputin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Louie is controlling him well.
Louie throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Rasputin pushes Louie away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Louie gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Louie looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Rasputin is avoiding damage well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Louie dominated that round.
That's time! Rasputin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Louie shoots for a takedown but Rasputin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rasputin throws a body punch but Louie moves out of range.
Louie shoots for a double leg takedown but Rasputin sprawls well. He's pushed Louie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rasputin throws a body shot but no joy.
Louie dives in for a single leg takedown but Rasputin sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Evgeni Rasputin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of King Louie.
Louie shoots for a takedown but Rasputin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Louie throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rasputin was covering up waiting for the punch and Louie finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Louie wants to control from the top but Rasputin keeps moving.
Rasputin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Louie is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louie working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rasputin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Louie is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin has momentary wrist control but Louie slips an elbow through the middle.
Rasputin is looking to stand up but Louie isn't so interested in that idea.
Louie landing some decent shots from guard.
Rasputin wants to stand but Louie is controlling the position.

Rasputin is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Louie presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

Louie has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Rasputin clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Rasputin manages to escape to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Louie slips a jab from Rasputin.
Rasputin lands a really nice looking cross but Louie seems unphased.
Rasputin slaps away a takedown attempt from Louie, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louie fails to land the takedown.
Rasputin throws a series of punches but Louie moves out of range.
Louie is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Rasputin instigates a clinch.
Louie wants a takedown but no success here.
Louie is working for takedown but Rasputin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rasputin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Louie wants to take the fight to the mat but Rasputin manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Rasputin lands a hook that snaps the head of Louie backwards.
Louie has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rasputin after a bit of a struggle.
Louie is breathing heavily.
Rasputin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rasputin is pressed up against the cage. Louie has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rasputin down to the mat. Rasputin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rasputin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Rasputin throws a shot from downtown. Louie moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Rasputin misses.
Louie tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rasputin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Louie somewhat.
Rasputin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Louie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louie shoots and misses
and Rasputin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Louie shoots in looking for a takedown. Rasputin tries to sprawl out of it but Louie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rasputin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rasputin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Rasputin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rasputin misses with a punch on the inside.
Louie has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rasputin after a bit of a struggle.
Rasputin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rasputin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rasputin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rasputin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Louie backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rasputin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rasputin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Evgeni Rasputin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rasputin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Louie.
Rasputin scores with a shoulder strike.
Rasputin lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rasputin is working Louie over against the cage.
Rasputin gets through Louie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rasputin cracks Louie with a nice body shot.
Louie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rasputin tries a body shot but Louie blocks it.
Rasputin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Louie backwards.
Rasputin swings wildly with an uppercut but Louie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rasputin digs a right hand underneath Louie's ribcage. Louie let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Rasputin fails to land.
Louie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rasputin pulls his leg out and moves away.

Rasputin closes the distance and clinches.
Rasputin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rasputin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Louie wants a takedown.
Rasputin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rasputin lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evgeni Rasputin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Rasputin misses the target.
Rasputin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louie was well out of range. Poor timing from Rasputin.
Evgeni Rasputin is winning the standup battle so far.
Louie tries to clinch up.

Rasputin has Louie up against the cage in a clinch.
Louie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rasputin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rasputin lands a shoulder strike.
Rasputin is leaning against Louie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rasputin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Louie backwards.
Louie wants a takedown but no success here.
Louie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Rasputin.
Rasputin cracks Louie with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Rasputin.
Rasputin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Rasputin as the two fighters clinch.
Rasputin pushes Louie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short body shot lands from Rasputin as the two fighters clinch.
Louie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rasputin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Rasputin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin pushes Louie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rasputin lands with a light punch inside.

Louie is rocked!
Rasputin lands with a short shot to the head.
Louie is still on wobbly legs! Can Rasputin finish him?
Rasputin lands a big right hand that drops Louie! The killer instinct kicks in and Rasputin finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Rasputin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evgeni Rasputin!