PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Ray Razor (ranked 1101 p4p, 165 weight class) and Rauli Raunio (ranked 1625 p4p, 248 weight class). Razor's entrance music is ONYX Feat. Biohazard - Judgment Night. A fine choice. Sonny Ray Razor could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rauli Raunio's chin.

Ray Razor
vs
Raunio

189 cm
33
210 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

198 cm
38
207 lbs
24 - 21 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sonny Ray Razor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rauli Raunio!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raunio swings for the body but Razor moves out of range.
Raunio lands with an uppercut that bounces Razor off the cage and back into range.
Raunio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Razor lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Razor scores with a hook.
Razor throws a body shot but no joy.
Razor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Raunio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Razor throws a right hand that misses
and Raunio makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Razor needs to keep his hands up - Raunio had a free shot at his head there.

Raunio moves into range and clinches up with Razor.
I was talking to Razor's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Razor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Raunio is keeping busy.

Raunio breaks from the clinch.
Razor swats away the attempt to clinch by Raunio.
Razor is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Raunio is looking to slow Razor down with leg kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Razor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Razor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raunio was well out of range. Poor timing from Razor.
Raunio throws a leg kick that is checked
and Razor counters with an outside leg kick.
Razor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Raunio.
Razor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Raunio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Raunio misses with a left hand

and Razor counters with a shoot takedown. Raunio fights it but they end up in guard.
Razor wants to control from the top but Raunio keeps moving.
Razor throws a strike but Raunio rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Razor is pulling down on Raunio's head. It's preventing any offense from Raunio, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Razor is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Raunio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Razor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Raunio lands a couple of elbows.
Raunio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Razor is adopting a defensive guard.
Raunio throwing strikes from guard but Razor blocks nicely.
Razor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raunio is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Razor wants to sweep here but Raunio controlling him for the moment.
Razor keeping moving, preventing Raunio from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Raunio 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 Razor has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Razor and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Razor closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Raunio quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Razor tries to pass to full mount but Raunio defends it.
Razor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Razor lands strikes from half guard.
Razor lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Razor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raunio is trying to maintain the position but Razor is very close to passing his half guard.
Raunio slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Razor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Raunio working a defensive guard here.
Razor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Razor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Raunio is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Razor working some strikes from top position.
Razor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Razor lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Razor throws a big right hand that misses.
Razor throws an elbow that misses. Raunio uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Razor's guard. Nice move by Raunio!

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Ray Razor 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.

Razor blocks a head kick by Raunio.
Razor is looking to counter punch.
Raunio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Razor connects with a body shot that sends Raunio's belly button to the back.
Raunio lands a nice shot to the body.
Raunio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Razor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Raunio throws a head kick that half lands.
Raunio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Razor moves away.
Razor slips under a jab.
Razor checks a leg kick.
Razor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Raunio manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Razor 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rauli Raunio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Razor lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Raunio misses its intended target.
Razor blocks a low kick nicely.
Razor looks to score with a jab to the body but Raunio is just out of range.
Razor is looking to wear down Raunio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Razor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Razor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Raunio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Raunio misses with a right hand
and Razor counters with a stiff right hand.
Raunio misses with an uppercut. Razor saw that one coming.
Raunio misses with a body shot.
Raunio looks to throw the jab but Razor is out of range.
Razor half committed to a counter leg kick.
Razor moves out of range of the strikes.
Razor misses with a jab, cross combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Raunio! But no joy.
Raunio throws a sloppy body shot

and Razor decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Raunio's guard.
Raunio keeping moving, preventing Razor from controlling successfully.
Razor is looking to work some ground and pound but Raunio has wrist control.
Razor with a nice head shot there.
Razor throws a big right hand that misses.
Razor cracks Raunio with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Razor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Raunio is keeping the position for now.
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!
Razor is working hard here to advance position.
Razor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Razor landing with the ground and pound.
Razor slips nicely into half guard.
Razor is trying to control. Raunio wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Razor is looking to advance position but Raunio won't allow it.
Raunio keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Raunio has hold of Razor's hands but Razor slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Razor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Razor is thwarting Raunio's attempts to control the position.
Razor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Razor lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Raunio quite badly. Raunio pulls Razor in close trying to recover. Razor postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Raunio on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Raunio doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sonny Ray Razor!
After winning the bout, Sonny Ray Razor thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.