PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rasva Jorma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flavio Lazzarini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorma comes to the cage accompanied by Captain Awesome's Theme Song . On his way into the cage it seems that Rasva Jorma has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Rasva Jorma seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jorma
vs
Lazzarini

166 cm
40
147 lbs
28 - 19 - 0

185 cm
39
201 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rasva Jorma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Flavio Lazzarini!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lazzarini checks a low kick from Jorma.
Lazzarini misses with a series of wild punches.
Jorma misses with a body punch
and Lazzarini counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Lazzarini takes the fight into the clinch.
We've been informed that Lazzarini 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.
Lazzarini lands a left hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lazzarini.

Lazzarini drops Jorma with a big knee straight up the middle! Jorma is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Jorma is rocked!

It looks like Rasva Jorma has been cut.
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!
Lazzarini checks a leg kick.
Oh Jorma is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice inside leg kick there by Jorma. That's going to slow Lazzarini down.
Jorma seems to have got his legs back now.
A punch lands to the side of Jorma 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jorma missing with a left hand there. Lazzarini was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lazzarini lands with a nice body kick.
Lazzarini looks for the body kick but Jorma saw that one coming.
Rasva Jorma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jorma attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lazzarini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jorma throwing a counter right hand but Lazzarini manages to avoid it.
Jorma throws a push kick but Lazzarini slaps the foot to one side.
Lazzarini throws out a counter right but Jorma avoids it with no problem.
Jorma shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jorma avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorma swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lazzarini connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jorma scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lazzarini smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jorma misses with the combination.
Lazzarini uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jorma.
Lazzarini throws a lazy right hand but Jorma sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jorma throws a leg kick but Lazzarini sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lazzarini is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Lazzarini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jorma quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Flavio Lazzarini is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jorma throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lazzarini is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nice cross by Lazzarini.

Lazzarini drops Jorma with a beautiful combination! Jorma stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Lazzarini is looking for the KO!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Lazzarini.
Lazzarini throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Jorma's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Lazzarini dives in looking to finish as Jorma flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Lazzarini's strikes! Lazzarini is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Jorma's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Jorma was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Flavio Lazzarini!
Flavio Lazzarini was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.