PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Trejo (ranked 3477 p4p, 2869 weight class) and Hjalmar Raak (ranked 392 p4p, 322 weight class). Trejo comes to the cage accompanied by El Mas Bravo De Los Bravos. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Trejo
vs
Raak

181 cm
31
189
16 - 14 - 0

191 cm
26
197
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Trejo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Hjalmar Raak!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raak connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Trejo's hands.
Trejo throws a hook but Raak blocks it.
Trejo slips under a jab from Raak.
Trejo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Raak thuds a left hand into Trejo's body.
Raak takes a swing at Trejo's ribcage but misses.
Trejo swings widly with a right hand
enabling Raak to counter with a crisp jab.
Raak steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trejo.
Raak takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Raak checks the leg kick nicely there.
Trejo misses with a looping right.
Trejo misses with a hook. Raak ducked under it nicely.
Raak throws a body shot but no joy.
Raak has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Raak stuns Trejo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raak scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Raak fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Trejo throws a series of punches but Raak avoids them all with ease.
Trejo misses with a left hand
and Raak counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trejo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Raak lands a slapping body shot.
Trejo takes one on the button.
Raak lunges at Trejo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Trejo's hand.
Trejo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Trejo tries a head kick but it misses.
Trejo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Trejo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A nice combination there by Trejo.
Raak misses with a hook
and Trejo counters with a series of strikes. Raak will be more careful next time no doubt.

It looks like Hjalmar Raak has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trejo throws a sloppy head kick
and Raak counters with a right hand to the body.
Raak misses with a body shot.
A solid body kick from Trejo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raak keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Trejo loads up on a big right hand but Raak slips the punch.
A big left from Trejo misses.
A swing and a miss from Trejo.
Raak throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Trejo throws a body kick that misses.
Raak misses with a wild body shot.
Trejo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Raak throws a jab when Trejo was well out of range.
Raak is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Trejo rather than just go for the knockout.
Trejo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raak moves away.
Trejo throws a big shot that misses.
Trejo looks to land a right hand but Raak moved out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Raak.
Trejo throws a body shot but no joy.
Raak dodges the punch combination from Trejo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trejo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Trejo looks to land a right hand but Raak moved out of range.
Trejo scores with a sloppy right hand. Raak should have avoided that one.
A left and a right from Trejo both land. Nice combination.
Nice uppercut there from Raak.
Raak scores with a sloppy right hand. Trejo should have avoided that one.
Raak swings for the body but Trejo moves out of range.
Trejo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Raak on the side of the head.
Raak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Trejo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raak throws a shot from downtown. Trejo moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Trejo misses the target.
Trejo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trejo misses with an uppercut. Raak saw that one coming.
Raak pivots, looking for a leg kick but Trejo is out of range and Raak settles back down.
Left hook, right uppercut from Trejo.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Raak. Trejo shrugs it off though.
Trejo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Raak misses with a body kick.
Raak's corner calls for a 1-2. Raak obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Raak is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Trejo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Trejo throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Raak counter with a right hand.
Raak connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Trejo is rocked!
Trejo misses with a combination
and Raak counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hjalmar Raak!
A very excited looking Hjalmar Raak made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.