PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aldo Rain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kane king (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rain
vs
king

194 cm
22
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aldo Rain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kane king!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rain slips a jab and a cross from king.
Rain connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rain throws a right hand that king ducks under and follows up with a left that king also avoids with ease.

Rain gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Rain 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.
Rain keeping moving, preventing king from controlling successfully.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

king stands up from guard. Let's bang!

king closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

king is looking for a kimura here.

king stands up and beckons Rain to join him on the feet.
Rain stuffs the takedown attempt from king. king gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain misses with a few strikes there.
Rain throws a left and a right that both miss

and king counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
king is trying to control the action in half guard but Rain is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
king looks gassed!
Rain trying to control here.
Rain wants to get back to full guard.
Rain slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rain looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

king is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
king wants to control from the top but Rain keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Good shot there by Rain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
king shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
No luck for king with that takedown attempt.
Rain lands with a cross.
Rain lands a head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rain misses with a two punch combination.
A left and a right from Rain both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Kane king has been cut.
Rain tries to bum rush king with a series of wild strikes but king uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
king shoots in but Rain avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Aldo Rain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kane king.
Rain lands a right hook to the body.
Rain lands with a shot to the body.
Rain rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but king moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
king ducks right into an uppercut from Rain.
Rain stuns king with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rain lands a lovely overhand right.
Rain throws a series of punches but king avoids them all with ease.
king gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rain scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rain lands a jab to the nose.
Rain throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and king counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rain!
Rain tries to hold on but king postures up.
king lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rain can't escape the position.

king looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
king throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain is trying desperately to improve position.

king is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Rain can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Poor strikes thrown by king there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
king controlling from mount.
king wants to control the pace but Rain is squirming around nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Aldo Rain will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kane king'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.

Rain goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rain throws a combination but it was largely blocked by king.
Rain scores with a one two! king had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

king looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rain!
king throwing strikes here but Rain is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

king looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Rain tries to lock up and control but king gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

king has hold of Rain's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rain manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rain is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Rain trying to control but king postures up.
king throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rain gets back to full guard.
king won't allow Rain to sweep him here.
Rain controlling king's posture.
Rain is trying to control the position but king postures up.
Rain keeping moving, preventing king from controlling successfully.
Rain working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rain keeping moving, preventing king from controlling successfully.
king preventing the sweep.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rain throws a combination that misses

and king counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by king.
king throws a big right hand that misses.
Rain trying to keep a closed guard but king is proving a slippery customer.
king slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Rain 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

king decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rain, up you get!
Aldo Rain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rain tries to bum rush king with a series of wild strikes but king uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

king scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

king is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Rain has managed to free his arm - good work.
king trying to control the action but Rain is working from the bottom.

king is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rain is just riding it out for now. king eventually gives up the hold.
Rain is trying to maintain the position but king is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

king is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Rain has managed to free his arm - good work.
king prevents Rain from improving his position.
Rain gets full guard.
Rain wants to stand but king is controlling the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

king looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kane king showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kane king's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rain looks to land a combination. king sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rain throws out a loose jab but king uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rain lands the left hand.

king scores a takedown into full mount!

king jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Rain manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Rain is trying to control king's posture but king avoids it.

king tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no king has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rain sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain won't allow king to pass to mount.
Rain regains full guard. Nicely done.
Rain keeping moving, preventing king from controlling successfully.
king loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

king is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Rain is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Rain has escaped and now he's on top!
Rain tries to free his leg and advance position but king is retaining full guard.

king has his foot on Rain's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rain works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

king is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rain trying to control the position from guard on top but king is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rain scoring with some ground and pound.
Rain throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as king works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rain won't allow king to sweep him here.
Rain trying to control the position from guard on top but king is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Horrible takedown by king or perhaps it was just good defense by Rain which made him look bad.
Rain scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rain throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

king scores with a takedown into Rain's guard.

king drops back looking for a leg! Rain is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rain manages to kick king off! king jumps back into Rain's guard.
king trying to control but Rain is working from the bottom.
Rain controls king momentarily but king frees himself.
king trying to control but Rain is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain is trying to control the position but king postures up.

king drops back looking for a leg! Rain is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rain manages to kick king off! king jumps back into Rain's guard.
Kane king has got the better of the ground game so far.
king trying to control the position from guard on top but Rain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rain lands a jab to the head.
Some wild striking there from Rain.
king has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rain!

king looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rain!
Rain is working to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kane king comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think king 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kane king!