PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Rawse (ranked 1710 p4p, 197 weight class) and Mawi Da Oxlade (ranked 1592 p4p, 184 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rawse
vs
Da Oxlade

193 cm
27
269 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

203 cm
26
267 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Rawse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mawi Da Oxlade!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Oxlade connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Da Oxlade moves out of range as Rawse strikes.
Rawse feints a jab promting Da Oxlade to slip. Rawse then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Da Oxlade slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Mawi Da Oxlade has been cut.
We've been hearing reports that Rawse has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Rawse misses with a jab to the body
and Da Oxlade connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Da Oxlade gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rawse.
Rawse throws a body shot but no joy.
Rawse misses with a combination
and Da Oxlade counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rawse misses with an uppercut
and Da Oxlade counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Rawse badly! He tries to strike back but Da Oxlade puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Rawse out cold! Oh man, Rawse will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mawi Da Oxlade!
Mawi Da Oxlade decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.