PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veikko Rastila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Amon Tobin / El Cargo. Rastila is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: One Hit. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Speed
vs
Rastila

200 cm
31
241 lbs
33 - 12 - 0

209 cm
28
270 lbs
18 - 3 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 33 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Veikko Rastila!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rastila misses with a kick to the body.
Rastila looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Speed is fending him off so far but Rastila persists. Nope, Speed circles away and we're back to standing.
Rastila fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Speed checks it well.
We've been informed that Rastila has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Speed moves out of range of the body kick.
Speed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rastila misses with a body kick.
Speed throws a body punch but Rastila moves out of range.
Rastila displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Speed throws out the jab.
Speed swings for the body but Rastila moves out of range.
Rastila connects with a solid leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Speed darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Speed, as that shot connected.
Speed tries to work over Rastila's front leg with a kick but Rastila checks it.
Speed throws a body punch but Rastila moves out of range.
Speed throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Speed throws a low kick, looking for Rastila's leg but Rastila calmly moves out of range.
Rastila connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Speed throws a head kick but Rastila moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rastila turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rastila throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rastila swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rastila takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Speed throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rastila.
Rastila misses with a low kick as Speed jumps back.
Speed throws a head kick but Rastila moves out of range.
Rastila moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rastila cracks Speed with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Speed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Speed shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Rastila bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rastila in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Speed keeping his opponent close.

Rastila tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rastila has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed is trying to control Rastila's posture but Rastila avoids it.
Speed avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rastila.
Speed can't do much from the bottom here.
Rastila wants to take a breather but Speed manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Rastila.
Rastila pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Speed is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Speed controlling the position.
Rastila pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Speed is keeping the position for now.
Rastila sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rastila must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Speed is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Speed is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rastila.
Speed fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rastila is out of range.
Rastila changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Speed tries to avoid it but Rastila manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Speed to the ground. Speed escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Speed tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rastila tests Speed's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed ducks under a wild hook from Rastila.
Rastila throws a push kick but Speed slaps the foot to one side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Speed. That's going to slow Rastila down.
Rastila throws a push kick but Speed slaps the foot to one side.
Rastila keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Speed.

Speed fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rastila, pushing him back against the cage.
Speed keeps control of Rastila as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rastila working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Speed.
Speed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rastila is trying to break the clinch but Speed is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rastila can't break the clinch.
Rastila swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rastila is trying to break free.
A right hook to the body lands for Rastila.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veikko Rastila 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.

Speed looks to land a body kick but Rastila moved away.
Rastila waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Speed.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rastila.
Speed cracks Rastila with a right hand to the side of the head.
Speed misses with a head kick.
Rastila thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rastila chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Speed gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rastila tries to land a front kick but Speed steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rastila looks to score with a jab to the body but Speed is just out of range.
Rastila throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Speed misses with an uppercut. Rastila saw that one coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rastila lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Speed has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Speed and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Speed.
Veikko Rastila seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rastila throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Speed counters with a nice leg kick.
Speed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rastila swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rastila darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Speed takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Speed moves out of range as Rastila throws a body kick.
Speed takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Speed throws a leg kick but Rastila sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jab by Speed.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Speed is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Speed lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rastila's sensitive parts.
Rastila fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speed on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rastila lands a nice shot that snaps Speed's head back.
Rastila shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rastila is looking to slow Speed down with leg kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rastila.
Rastila lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rastila fakes the leg kick and cracks Speed in the body.
Rastila blocks a low kick nicely.
Rastila blocks the body kick.
Rastila throws a shot from downtown. Speed moves away and avoids it.
Veikko Rastila seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rastila throws a front kick aimed at Speed's knee but Speed avoids it well.
Rastila fails to land the takedown.
Rastila feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Speed's calf.
Rastila cracks Speed with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Speed gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Rastila breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Speed looks to land a right hand but Rastila moved out of range.
Rastila lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Speed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rastila.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Speed, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rastila motions for Speed to come forward. Rastila throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Speed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Speed throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rastila lands a leg kick that knocks Speed off balance momentarily.
Rastila throws a half hearted mid kick.
Speed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheers as Rastila lands an impressive looking overhand right. Speed doesn't seem phased though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rastila. That's going to slow Speed down.
Rastila lands a really nice looking cross but Speed seems unphased.
A head kick from Rastila lands but Speed takes it in his stride.

It looks like Daniel Speed 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!
Rastila smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Speed throws the kick towards the body but Rastila avoids it.
Good leg kick by Rastila there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rastila missing with a left hand there. Speed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Speed misses with a kick to the body
and Rastila counters with a good, hard body kick but Speed shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rastila avoids the head kick by Speed.
Rastila tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Speed is able to avoid easily.
Speed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rastila swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Speed misses with a right hand
and Rastila counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rastila misses with a low kick.
Rastila ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Speed throws a low kick but Rastila avoids it.
Rastila misses with a wild body shot.
Rastila lands a nice leg kick that just misses Speed's sensitive parts.
A telegraphed right hand from Speed misses the target.
Speed moves out of range of the body kick from Rastila.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed moves out of range of the leg kick from Rastila.
Speed on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rastila. Rastila obviously looking to wear him down.
Speed looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veikko Rastila showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Daniel Speed's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Speed misses the body punch
and Rastila counters with a left to the body.
Speed tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rastila takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rastila chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Speed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rastila.
Speed misses with the body kick
and Rastila counters with a low kick, right behind Speed 's knee.
Speed misses the shot to the body.
Speed lands a head shot.
Rastila throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rastila blocks the body kick.
Rastila has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Speed with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rastila is looking to score with low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rastila swings for the body but Speed moves out of range.
Rastila lands a nice leg kick that just misses Speed's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rastila scores with a nice strike.
Rastila throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Speed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rastila jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rastila throws a jab but it's blocked by Speed.
Rastila bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A clash of legs there as Speed blocks the low kick.
Rastila fails with a takedown attempt.
Rastila throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Speed thows a leg kick but Rastila checks it
and Rastila counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rastila throws a hook but Speed avoids it easily.
Speed lands a leg kick that knocks Rastila off balance momentarily.
Speed checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rastila.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rastila misses with a double jab.
Rastila throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rastila throws a body kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Speed.
Rastila is looking to slow Speed down with leg kicks.
Rastila moves out of range of the body kick.
Rastila circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rastila lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rastila looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Speed throws a chopping leg kick but Rastila manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Speed scores with a jab to the head.
Speed walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
An inside leg kick from Rastila misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rastila misses with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Rastila misses the target.
Rastila looks to land a body kick but Speed moved away.
Speed fails with the takedown.
A bone on bone clash there as Speed blocks the leg kick.
Speed dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rastila. That did some damage!
Rastila is looking to score with low kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Speed.
Rastila checks the leg kick nicely there.
Speed fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rastila has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rastila looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Speed gets caught napping as Rastila dives in and scores a takedown. Speed manages to retain guard.

Speed looking for a triangle here. Rastila is fighting it but it looks tight! Speed pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Rastila is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Daniel Speed!
An out of breath and clearly excited Daniel Speed thanked Perkele! for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Veikko Rastila spoke after the fight, saying 'Sorry fans! I go to rehab now.'.