PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Rautiainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Rautiainen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Moreira
vs
Rautiainen

188 cm
18
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gustavo Moreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Rautiainen!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moreira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Rautiainen forces Moreira back against the cage and clinches.

Rautiainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick from Moreira lands but Rautiainen takes it in his stride.
Rautiainen scores with a nice body kick.
Rautiainen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moreira swats away the attempt to clinch by Rautiainen.
Moreira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moreira tries to clinch up.
Moreira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rautiainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rautiainen tries to clinch up but Moreira circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moreira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rautiainen tries a head kick but it misses.
Rautiainen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Moreira.
A head kick by Rautiainen misses
and Moreira counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Moreira misses with a takedown attempt - Rautiainen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Moreira keeps the fight on the outside.
Rautiainen swinging wildly here.

Rautiainen knocks Moreira to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?

It looks like Gustavo Moreira has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rautiainen in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Moreira looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Rautiainen turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Rautiainen!