PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Eagle (ranked 3598 p4p, 25122 weight class) and Selimkhan Rasnov (ranked 469 p4p, 658 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Eagle
vs
Rasnov

179 cm
21
144
9 - 7 - 1

185 cm
23
155
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

EFC Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, The Eagle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Selimkhan Rasnov!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eagle slips a jab and a cross from Rasnov.
Eagle feints a jab promting Rasnov to slip. Eagle then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rasnov slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rasnov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Eagle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Eagle sitting in guard here, content to control.

Rasnov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Eagle scoring with punches to the head and body.
Eagle connects with a couple of short punches.
Eagle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eagle throws a big elbow that misses.
Eagle scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Eagle's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasnov has momentary wrist control but Eagle slips an elbow through the middle.
Eagle landing with the ground and pound.
Eagle stands up over Rasnov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Eagle scoring with some ground and pound.
Eagle lands a couple of digs.
Eagle throwing strikes from guard but Rasnov blocks nicely.
Eagle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Eagle keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rasnov's head.
Eagle won't allow Rasnov to get back to his feet.
Eagle working some strikes from top position.
Eagle lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rasnov keeping moving, preventing Eagle from controlling successfully.
Eagle controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eagle is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rasnov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rasnov has momentary wrist control but Eagle slips an elbow through the middle.
Eagle lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Eagle with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eagle is in close to Rasnov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Eagle has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Eagle distracts Rasnov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Eagle keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rasnov's head.
Eagle connects with a couple of short punches.
Eagle makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eagle content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Eagle working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rasnov's head.

Rasnov is rocked!
Eagle pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rasnov is keeping the position for now.
Rasnov is still in real trouble! Can Eagle finish him?
Eagle slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Rasnov seems to have recovered his senses.
Eagle is in close to Rasnov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Eagle landing with the ground and pound.
Eagle landing some decent shots from guard.
Eagle chips away with some ground and pound.

Rasnov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Eagle is aware though and is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eagle landing with the ground and pound.
Eagle scoring with some ground and pound.
Eagle 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.
Eagle scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rasnov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Eagle working some strikes from top position.
Eagle lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Eagle is pushing down on Rasnov's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rasnov is fighting to maintain full guard but Eagle has managed to sneak the leg through.
Eagle scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eagle lands strikes from half guard.
Eagle seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rasnov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Eagle looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rasnov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Eagle there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

The Eagle dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

BOOM! Eagle lands a beautiful left hook that drops Rasnov. Rasnov tries to recover but Eagle is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Rasnov lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Eagle!
The Eagle tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.