PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Raffington (ranked 1762 p4p, 2195 weight class) and Dexter Krampus (ranked 252 p4p, 317 weight class). Raffington kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Logan Lucky. Shane Raffington had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Raffington
vs
Krampus

182 cm
35
225
26 - 18 - 1

190 cm
43
208
26 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 26 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Raffington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dexter Krampus!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raffington misses the jab.
Raffington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Krampus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Krampus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Krampus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raffington swings wildly with an uppercut but Krampus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raffington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Krampus swings wildly with an uppercut but Raffington uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raffington.
Raffington lands a body shot.
Krampus looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Raffington lands a left hand that snaps the head of Krampus backwards.
Krampus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raffington throws an elbow but it misses.
Still in the clinch, Raffington scores with a nice short uppercut.
Krampus misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raffington.
Raffington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krampus backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krampus lands with a light punch inside.
Raffington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krampus presses Raffington against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raffington throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Krampus.

Krampus has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Raffington regains guard immediately.
Raffington is breathing heavily.
Krampus landing with the ground and pound.
Krampus content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Krampus is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Krampus landing with the ground and pound.
Krampus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Raffington's head.
Krampus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Krampus throwing strikes from guard but Raffington blocks nicely.
Raffington wants to get back to his feet but Krampus is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raffington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Krampus.
Krampus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Raffington's head.
Krampus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Raffington is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Krampus sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raffington wants to stand up but Krampus is controlling him.
Krampus is looking to work some ground and pound but Raffington has wrist control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Raffington wants to get back to his feet but Krampus is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Krampus landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krampus cracks Raffington with a solid left hand.
Raffington keeping full guard, as Krampus tries to pass.
Krampus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Raffington wants to stand and escape but Krampus is having none of it.

Raffington pushes Krampus off and gets back to his feet.
Krampus scores with a body shot.
Krampus swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raffington swats away the attempt to clinch by Krampus.
Some wild striking there from Krampus.
A little feinted left hand from Raffington on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Krampus moves away from the strike by Raffington.
Krampus throws a head kick that half lands.
Krampus stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krampus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Raffington swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Raffington gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Raffington lands a nice looking body kick.
Krampus circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Raffington drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Krampus follows Raffington to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dexter Krampus!
Dexter Krampus decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.