PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Biff Raper (ranked 1923 p4p, 1943 weight class) and Roman Ship (ranked 81 p4p, 98 weight class). Biff Raper could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Roman Ship's chin.

Raper
vs
Ship

193 cm
38
248
37 - 24 - 0

195 cm
29
283
15 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

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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 37 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Biff Raper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Roman Ship!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ship is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Raper throws a body shot but no joy.
Ship lands with a right hand.
Ship lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ship avoids the head kick by Raper.
Ship with the counter takedown but Raper avoids it easily.
Ship scores with a nice strike.
Raper scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ship throws a big shot that misses.
Raper tries a head kick but it misses.
Ship jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ship swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ship's coach down at Deathsquad was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ship's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Raper misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ship.
Ship with the counter takedown but Raper avoids it easily.
Biff Raper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ship misses with a hook.
A head kick misses from Raper.
Ship is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Nice uppercut there from Ship.
Raper looks to land a body kick but Ship moved away.
Raper scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Roman Ship has been cut.
Ship checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ship is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Ship doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Raper misses with a few strikes there.
Raper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ship changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Raper needs to keep his hands up - Ship had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Raper!
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!
Raper paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ship tries to clinch but Raper moves away
and Raper counters with a three punch combo that has Ship backing up. Ship nods at Raper to acknowledge the strikes.
Raper throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Raper lands with a hook. Ship tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A head kick misses from Raper.
Raper moves out of range of the strikes.
Raper throws a series of punches but Ship moves out of range.
Ship might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Raper misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ship throws a hook but Raper blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ship lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Raper misses with a kick to the body.
Ship blocks a head kick by Raper.
Raper tries to move into range but Ship moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ship is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Raper had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Decent striking displayed by Ship there.
Raper ducks under a wild hook from Ship.
Raper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Raper just misses with a punch to the body.
And Ship tries to counter it with a takedown but Raper pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Raper throws a right and a left that Ship avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Raper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raper moves out of range as Ship strikes.
Ship defending well as Raper loads up on a big left hand.
Raper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ship circles away quickly and effectively.
Ship changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Raper throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ship avoids the body shot from Raper.
Raper misses with a wild combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raper ducks under a wild hook from Ship.
Raper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ship throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Raper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Biff Raper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roman Ship's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Raper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ship moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Raper lands a jab to Ship's midsection.
Ship throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Raper throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ship with the counter takedown but Raper avoids it easily.
Raper is looking to wear down Ship with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ship throws a right hand that misses
and Raper counters with a nice uppercut.
Raper misses with a few strikes there.
Ship scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raper listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ship works Raper's body with a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Ship misses the target.
Raper seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Raper misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raper shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ship connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Raper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ship can do to turn this around?
Ship connects with a body shot.
Raper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ship misses with a straight right.
Raper went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Ship connects with a jab.
Ship moves out of range of the body kick.
Ship jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ship misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ship swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Raper.
Ship keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ship jabs Raper right on the nose. Raper blinks but takes it well.
Ship with a jab.
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!
Ship tests Raper's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Raper slips under a jab from Ship.
Ship misses with a wild body shot.
Raper ducks under a wild hook from Ship.
Raper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raper slips a jab from Ship.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raper throws a wild body kick that Ship sees coming a mile off.
Ship throws a jab when Raper was well out of range.
Raper thows a body kick. Ship tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ship moves out of range as Raper throws a body kick.
Raper takes one to the side of the head.
Raper tries to move into range but Ship moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ship slips under a jab.
Ship lands a nice shot to the body.
Raper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ship jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Raper scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Raper misses with a series of wild punches.
Biff Raper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ship tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ship looks to land a left hand but Raper moved out of range nicely.
Raper swinging wildly here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raper fakes the leg kick and cracks Ship in the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Roman Ship will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Roman Ship's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Ship scores with a crisp jab that stopped Raper in his tracks.
Ship takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ship blocks the body kick.
Ship ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ship throws the left hand but Raper avoids the punch easily.
Ship moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Raper scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Raper dips to his left and cracks Ship with an uppercut!
Ship drops his hands momentarily and Raper takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That has opened up Roman Ship's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ship fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raper lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Raper takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Raper throws a right and a left that Ship avoids nicely.
Ship fails with a takedown attempt.
Raper missing with a left hand there. Ship was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ship feints the counter takedown.
Raper looks for the body kick but Ship saw that one coming.
Raper looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Raper walks into a straight right hand from Ship.
Raper throws a head kick that misses.
Raper moves away from the strike by Ship.
Raper appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ship slips a jab and a cross from Raper.
Ship uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Raper has time to react.
Raper misses with a few strikes there.
Raper walks into a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raper throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Raper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ship cracks Raper with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Raper tries to land a body kick

and Ship counters with a takedown into side control.
Raper tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ship moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Raper manages to get back to half guard.
Raper trying to control here.
Ship controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ship wants to control but Raper is keeping him busy.

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.

Raper is defending against the submission attempts here by Ship.

Ship is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Raper defends it well.
Raper trying to hold on to Ship's head to control him but Ship postures up.
Ship wants to lay and pray for a moment but Raper keeps working.

Ship is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roman Ship.
I think Ship has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Ship!
Roman Ship decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.