PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leafar Rafael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Ronald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Mickey Ronald enters the cage!

Rafael
vs
Ronald

198 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
285 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Leafar Rafael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Ronald!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafael misses with a wild combination.

Ronald has managed to clinch.
Rafael wants to stall.
Ronald tries to land a knee to the head but Rafael blocks with his arms.

Rafael successfully pulls guard.
Rafael throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rafael will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Rafael is working an open guard so Ronald takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Rafael tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Ronald counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ronald.
Ronald connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Leafar Rafael has been cut.
Ronald lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ronald with a knee to the head.
Ronald tries to land a knee to the head but Rafael blocks with his arms.
Ronald scores with a knee to the head.
Ronald using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rafael is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ronald landing knees to the head.

Leafar Rafael's cut is getting worse.
Ronald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ronald lands a nice knee to the body.
Rafael takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ronald lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ronald lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Leafar Rafael's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronald landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ronald lands a knee to the body.
Ronald lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ronald.
Knees to the body from Ronald.
Ronald lands a knee to the head.
Ronald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ronald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rafael blocks it with crossed arms.
Ronald missing with knees to the body.
Ronald lands a nice knee to the body.
Ronald tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ronald misses with an elbow over the top.
Rafael is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rafael has had enough of the clinch but Ronald keeps him there for the moment.
Rafael misses with a body punch.
Rafael wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronald keeps control of Rafael as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ronald lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Rafael escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rafael tries to clinch up

and Ronald holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rafael stalls.
Rafael swings wildly with an uppercut but Ronald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rafael is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rafael tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ronald smiles and moves away.
Rafael throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rafael throws a right hand that Ronald ducks under and follows up with a left that Ronald also avoids with ease.
Rafael wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafael tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ronald paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rafael looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rafael tries to close the distance and clinch but Ronald swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ronald drives through and clinches with Rafael against the cage.
Ronald creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rafael tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rafael wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ronald has him pressed against the cage.
Rafael wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ronald misses with an elbow over the top.
Rafael lands a shot to the body.
Ronald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rafael blocks it with crossed arms.
Rafael is looking to break free of the clinch but Ronald has double underhooks.
Rafael lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Rafael's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rafael misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rafael wants to clinch

and Ronald moves into the clinch.
Rafael is looking to break free of the clinch but Ronald has double underhooks.
Rafael throws a punch but it's blocked by Ronald.
Ronald tries to land a knee to the head but Rafael blocks with his arms.
Rafael has had enough of the clinch but Ronald keeps him there for the moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rafael changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ronald fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leafar Rafael. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rafael moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rafael throws the left hand but Ronald avoids the punch easily.

Rafael closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Rafael has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Ronald is trying to keep an underhook but Rafael manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Rafael tries to stand and escape but Ronald is controlling the position.

Ronald kicks off Rafael and gets to his feet.
Rafael has a takedown stuffed.

Ronald has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Ronald dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leafar Rafael'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.

Ronald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rafael.
Rafael darts in trying to clinch

and Ronald counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ronald lands an elbow inside that Rafael shrugs off.
Rafael takes a knee right on the jaw!

Jeez, Leafar Rafael's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ronald using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mickey Ronald seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ronald tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ronald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rafael blocks it with crossed arms.
Ronald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ronald stops a takedown attempt from Rafael.
Rafael lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rafael lands a body shot.

Rafael gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ronald regains guard.
Ronald avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rafael working some strikes from top position.
Ronald keeping moving, preventing Rafael from controlling successfully.
Rafael connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronald is looking to stand up but Rafael isn't so interested in that idea.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rafael's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rafael throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ronald working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rafael.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rafael tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Ronald moves into the clinch.
Rafael managing to block the knees to the body from Ronald.
Rafael pushes Ronald back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ronald's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rafael avoids a wild elbow strike from Ronald.
Rafael can't get the takedown.
Rafael is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rafael is trying to maintain a safe position but Ronald gets an underhook and turns Rafael into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ronald.
Rafael wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ronald keeps control of Rafael as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rafael managing to block the knees to the body from Ronald.
Rafael fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leafar Rafael. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stalling in the clinch from Rafael.
Ronald misses with a knee to the head.
Ronald lands an elbow inside that Rafael shrugs off.
Ronald missing with knees to the body.
Rafael wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rafael changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ronald fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ronald swats away the attempt to clinch by Rafael.
Ronald keeps the fight on the outside.
Rafael tries to clinch but Ronald moves out of range.
Rafael looks to clinch

and Ronald counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ronald.
Rafael has had enough of the clinch but Ronald keeps him there for the moment.
Rafael scores with a hook to the body.
Rafael fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafael lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ronald backwards.
Rafael can't break the clinch.
Rafael has had enough of the clinch but Ronald keeps him there for the moment.
Rafael is working for takedown but Ronald is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ronald misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rafael.
Rafael blocks an elbow strike from Ronald.
Rafael wants to stall.
Rafael lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rafael tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ronald smiles and moves away.
Ronald dodges the punch combination from Rafael.
Rafael fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ronald keeps the fight on the outside.
Ronald shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rafael but Rafael pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rafael misses with a takedown attempt - Ronald sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rafael blocks an elbow strike from Ronald.
Rafael is looking to break free of the clinch but Ronald has double underhooks.
Rafael leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rafael.
Rafael lands with a light punch inside.
Ronald throws an elbow that misses.
Rafael blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rafael misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rafael fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rafael wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rafael trying to control the position but instead, Ronald has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rafael into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mickey Ronald will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Leafar Rafael's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rafael looks to clinch

and Ronald counters by clinching up.
Nice elbow from Ronald.
Rafael content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rafael lands an uppercut.
Ronald looking to throw knees to the head but Rafael is blocking nicely.
Ronald misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rafael.
Rafael lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ronald lands a damaging elbow.
Ronald with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ronald landing knees to the head.
Rafael wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rafael pushes Ronald back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rafael lands a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ronald as Rafael tries to tie him up.
Rafael jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ronald walks away with a smile on his face. Rafael gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ronald takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Rafael takes the fight into the clinch.
Rafael leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafael is working for takedown but Ronald is calmly controlling the position for now.
A right hand to the body from Rafael.
Rafael jumps guard but Ronald stands there with Rafael around his waist. Rafael gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leafar Rafael. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ronald prevents Rafael from breaking the clinch.
Rafael can't break the clinch.
Rafael tries to break the clinch but Ronald is controlling the position.
Rafael tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rafael avoids a wild elbow strike from Ronald.
Still in the clinch, Rafael scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rafael wants to get back to striking at distance but Ronald won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ronald.
Rafael is trying to break the clinch but Ronald has him pressed against the cage.
Rafael wants to get back to striking at distance but Ronald won't allow it.
Rafael misses with some punches.

Rafael has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Ronald clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rafael has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Ronald is in real trouble here. Rafael gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Ronald is tapping out! Rafael wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Leafar Rafael!