PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lukasz Wieczorek (ranked 1234 p4p, 1821 weight class) and Tarmo Rajantaka (ranked 182 p4p, 257 weight class). Wieczorek comes to the cage accompanied by Kryzesimir Debski - Husaria Ginie. This should be fireworks!

Wieczorek
vs
Rajantaka

184 cm
24
215
9 - 4 - 0

187 cm
23
205
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lukasz Wieczorek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tarmo Rajantaka!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wieczorek keeps the fight on the outside.
Wieczorek misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rajantaka misses with a wild body shot.
Wieczorek swinging wildly here.
Rajantaka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wieczorek.
Rajantaka tries to clinch but Wieczorek is having none of it.
Wieczorek misses with a straight right.
Rajantaka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wieczorek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wieczorek rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Rajantaka counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rajantaka.
Rajantaka blocks an uppercut.
Rajantaka is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rajantaka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Wieczorek manages to break the clinch.
Rajantaka just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wieczorek misses with a looping left.
Wieczorek swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rajantaka counters with a nice leg kick.
Rajantaka has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wieczorek is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Rajantaka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wieczorek.
Rajantaka jabs Wieczorek right on the nose. Wieczorek blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Lukasz Wieczorek has been cut.
Wieczorek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice side step and Rajantaka releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Rajantaka closes the distance and clinches.
Rajantaka can't find room to land a body shot as Wieczorek controls the action.
Rajantaka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wieczorek misses with some punches.
Wieczorek lands a right hand.
I was talking to Wieczorek's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wieczorek's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Wieczorek breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wieczorek misses with a looping right.
Wieczorek misses with an uppercut. Rajantaka saw that one coming.
Wieczorek throws a poor cross that misses
and Rajantaka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rajantaka slips a jab from Wieczorek.
Rajantaka looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Wieczorek scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rajantaka takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wieczorek throws a lazy right hand but Rajantaka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wieczorek misses with a lunging right hand
and Rajantaka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rajantaka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wieczorek was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wieczorek throws a series of punches but Rajantaka avoids them all with ease.
Wieczorek loads up on a big right hand but Rajantaka slips the punch.
Wieczorek is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wieczorek throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wieczorek misses with a two punch combination.
Rajantaka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Rajantaka is rocked!
Rajantaka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wieczorek's sensitive parts.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rajantaka.
Rajantaka gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Wieczorek gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Rajantaka is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lukasz Wieczorek!
Lukasz Wieczorek seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.