PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan K (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaska Raatikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). K 's entrance music is Albatross, Albatross, Albatross. A fine choice. Raatikainen has chosen Children of Bodom - Are you dead yet as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

K
vs
Raatikainen

174 cm
21
140 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

162 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

ANABOLIC Nutrition 160Q and LAUNDRY 85%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan K !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaska Raatikainen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raatikainen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
K is looking to clinch but Raatikainen is avoiding it.
K keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
K is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
K buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
K tries to close the distance and clinch but Raatikainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
K lands a nice leg kick that just misses Raatikainen's sensitive parts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by K .
K on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Raatikainen. Raatikainen obviously looking to wear him down.
Raatikainen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Raatikainen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raatikainen thows a body kick. K tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Raatikainen connects with a good right hand that stumbles K . K circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
K lands a jab to the head.
Raatikainen moves out of range of the body kick from K .

That's one minute gone in the round.

K clinches.
K effectively controlling the action here.
K 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
K dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Raatikainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Raatikainen working hard to break the clinch.
K lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Raatikainen is trying to break the clinch but K has him pressed against the cage.
K tries to work over Raatikainen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
K prevents Raatikainen from breaking the clinch.
K misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raatikainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raatikainen tries to circle away but K has him pinned against the cage.
Raatikainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
K slowing the pace effectively.
Raatikainen is trying to break free.
K throws a punch but it's blocked by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen takes a shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Raatikainen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raatikainen wants to get back to striking at distance but K won't allow it.
Raatikainen lands a right hand that snaps the head of K backwards.
Raatikainen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but K has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by K .
Raatikainen wants to get back to striking at distance but K won't allow it.
A short uppercut from K .
Raatikainen has had enough of the clinch but K keeps him there for the moment.
Raatikainen is trying to push K away but K has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

K breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
K tries to clinch but Raatikainen moves out of range.
K throws a leg kick which misses Raatikainen's front leg but catches the back leg as Raatikainen tries to avoid it.
K cracks Raatikainen with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
K lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Raatikainen at a distance.

K clinches up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from K .
K lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
K lands with a short head shot on the inside.
K scores with an uppercut up the middle.
K misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raatikainen tries to break the clinch but K is controlling the position.
K has Raatikainen pressed against the cage, preventing Raatikainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice right hand lands inside from K .
A right hook to the body lands for K .
K misses with a body punch.
K lands a right hand that snaps the head of Raatikainen backwards.
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!
K lands with a light punch inside.
Raatikainen wants to break free but K has control.
Raatikainen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen letting K take a breather here.
K lands a nice uppercut.
Raatikainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raatikainen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Raatikainen.
K swings wildly with an uppercut but Raatikainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
K tries to work over Raatikainen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raatikainen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice left hand lands by K .
A short left from K .
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raatikainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
K lands with a left to the head.
K tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raatikainen tries to break the clinch but K is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan K dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

K tries to clinch but Raatikainen is having none of it.
K lands a jab to the head.
K moves out of range of the body kick from Raatikainen.
Nice body punch from Raatikainen.
K connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Raatikainen's hands.
Raatikainen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from K .
Good work by K as he checks the leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raatikainen.
K is looking to land body kicks.

K closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Raatikainen is trying to push K away but K has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A shot in the inside from K .
With the fighters clinched against the cage, K creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raatikainen throws a head punch that misses.
Raatikainen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from K .

Raatikainen breaks the clinch.
K keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raatikainen swats away the attempt to clinch by K .
Jab from K .
K tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raatikainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
K misses with a low kick.
K throws a jab when Raatikainen was well out of range.
Raatikainen throws a body punch but K moves out of range.
Dan K is winning the standup battle so far.
A left lands for K .
K is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
K lands a leg kick that knocks Raatikainen off balance momentarily.
K cracks the inside of Raatikainen's front leg.
K is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen looks to score with a jab to the body but K is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen takes one to the side of the head.
K misses with a low kick as Raatikainen jumps back.
Raatikainen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
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!
Raatikainen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice straight punches there by K . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of K .

Raatikainen is rocked!
Raatikainen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Raatikainen is still on wobbly legs! Can K finish him?
K throws a nice outside leg kick.
Raatikainen seems to have recovered his senses.
Raatikainen throws a body kick that misses.
Raatikainen misses with a few strikes there.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Raatikainen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
K takes one to the side of the head.
K swings for the body but Raatikainen moves out of range.
K avoids a punch combination nicely.
K tries to close the distance and clinch but Raatikainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

K drives through and clinches with Raatikainen against the cage.
K blocks an uppercut.
K lands a right hand that snaps the head of Raatikainen backwards.
K tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
K presses Raatikainen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
K presses Raatikainen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Raatikainen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from K misses.
K stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

K pushes Raatikainen up against the cage in a clinch.
Raatikainen takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from K as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
K lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Raatikainen.
K makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
K managing to block the knees to the body from Raatikainen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raatikainen wants to break free but K has control.
K can't find room to land a body shot as Raatikainen controls the action.
Raatikainen prevents a body shot from K .
Raatikainen has had enough of the clinch but K keeps him there for the moment.
Raatikainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
K throws a punch but it's blocked by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Raatikainen is trying to force a seperation but K has the dominant position.
Raatikainen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but K is keeping busy.
Raatikainen is trying to force a seperation but K has the dominant position.
A nice right hand lands inside from K .
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
K lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raatikainen backwards.
K lands a shot to the body.
Raatikainen is looking to break free of the clinch but K has double underhooks.
Raatikainen is trying to force a seperation but K has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan K dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Raatikainen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by K . K obviously looking to wear him down.
K fails to land with a series of punches.
K lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
K ducks under a wild hook from Raatikainen.
K buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Raatikainen throws a head kick but K moves out of range.
K stuns Raatikainen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A low kick from Raatikainen misses
and K counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Raatikainen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down K rather than just go for the knockout.
K throws a series of punches but Raatikainen avoids them all with ease.
Decent striking displayed by K there.
Raatikainen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
K scoring well with a low kick there.
K cracks the inside of Raatikainen's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
K scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
K swings and misses with a hook to the body.
K is looking to slow Raatikainen down with leg kicks.
K throws a leg kick but Raatikainen sees it coming and moves out of range.
K scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
K 's corner calls for a 1-2. K obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Raatikainen lands with a thumping leg kick.

K fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Raatikainen, pushing him back against the cage.
K keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raatikainen's efforts to push away.
K lands a body shot in the clinch.
K misses with a hook to the ribs.
K keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raatikainen's efforts to push away.
K taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Raatikainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Raatikainen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling K to score with a decent uppercut.
Raatikainen works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raatikainen moves out of range as K throws a body kick.
K lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
K will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
K fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
K lands with a thumping leg kick.
K is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raatikainen can do to turn this around?
K fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
K wants to clinch up but Raatikainen keeps it at a distance.
K tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Raatikainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
K wants to land a leg kick but Raatikainen is out of range.
Raatikainen misses with an uppercut. K saw that one coming.
Jaska Raatikainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
K throws a jab but it's blocked by Raatikainen.
Raatikainen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
K tries to clinch up.
K doesn't manage to clinch there - Raatikainen circles away.
K moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
K thuds his shin into the meat of Raatikainen's side.
K jabbing away but nothing is landing.

K gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dan K is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dan K has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Raatikainen wants to break free but K has control.
K keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raatikainen's efforts to push away.
Raatikainen struggles to land a body shot inside as K controls his hands.

Raatikainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from K .
K works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
K connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Raatikainen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
K throws a leg kick which misses Raatikainen's front leg but catches the back leg as Raatikainen tries to avoid it.
Raatikainen walks forward, straight into a front kick from K .
Dan K seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
K lands a leg kick that knocks Raatikainen off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice inside leg kick there by K . That's going to slow Raatikainen down.
Raatikainen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from K .
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from K finds it's way through Raatikainen's defenses.
K lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Raatikainen misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan K showed his dominance in that final round.
Well K 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan K !
A victorious Dan K thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.