PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rhaegar Targaryen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul has chosen Lamb of God-Omerta as his entrance music. Rhaegar Targaryen has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Targaryen
vs
Paul

205 cm
20
280 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
265 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Nemesis Cage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rhaegar Targaryen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Paul!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Targaryen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Paul has time to react.
Paul shoots in but no luck this time.
Paul takes a jab right on the kisser.
Targaryen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paul tries to clinch up but Targaryen circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paul looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Targaryen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paul manages to avoid it.
Paul scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paul tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Targaryen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Paul fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paul slips under a jab.
Paul avoids a punch combination nicely.
Paul misses with a wild combination.

Paul moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Paul to work.
Paul lands a nice uppercut.
Paul pushes Targaryen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Paul fails to land.
Paul drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Targaryen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Paul.
Nice body punch from Paul - that landed with a thud.
Paul goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Targaryen breaks the clinch.
A head kick from Paul lands but Targaryen takes it in his stride.
Targaryen loads up on a big right hand but Paul slips the punch.
Targaryen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paul.
Paul is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paul fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul ducks under a wild hook from Targaryen.
Paul tries to clinch there but Targaryen circles away.
Targaryen lands the left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Targaryen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Targaryen throws a jab but it's blocked by Paul.
Paul pulls out of a head kick attempt.
David Paul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paul fails in his attempt to clinch.
Paul tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Targaryen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Targaryen misses with a looping left.

Paul has managed to clinch.
Paul swings wildly with an uppercut but Targaryen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paul blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paul stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Targaryen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Paul blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Targaryen blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Targaryen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Paul misses with a few strikes there.
Targaryen moves away from the strike by Paul.
Targaryen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Targaryen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Targaryen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Targaryen blocks a head kick by Paul.
Targaryen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Paul looks gassed!
Nice uppercut lands for Targaryen. That snapped Paul's head back.
Targaryen lands a really nice looking cross but Paul seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paul has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Paul needs to keep his hands up - Targaryen had a free shot at his head there.
Paul gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Targaryen.

It looks like David Paul has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Targaryen lands a big uppercut and Paul crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Paul looks OK. Targaryen waves Paul back to his feet!
Targaryen throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd cheers as Targaryen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Paul doesn't seem phased though.
Targaryen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Targaryen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Targaryen fails to land with a series of punches.
Targaryen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Paul is looking to clinch.
Targaryen jabs Paul right on the nose. Paul blinks but takes it well.
Donk. Targaryen catches Paul right on the button with a cross.
Paul tries to close the distance and clinch up but Targaryen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Targaryen checks a low kick from Paul.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Targaryen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Targaryen scores with a jab. Paul acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Targaryen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rhaegar Targaryen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Paul's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Paul walks into a stiff left hand from Targaryen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paul looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Paul gets a clinch.
Paul doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Targaryen misses with a body punch.
Paul taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Targaryen.
Targaryen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paul displaying some good clinch control by pressing Targaryen up against the cage.
Targaryen lands with a short shot to the head.
Paul prevents a body shot from Targaryen.
Targaryen is looking to break free of the clinch but Paul has double underhooks.
Targaryen misses with some punches.
Targaryen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Targaryen misses with a punch to the body.
Targaryen lands a left hand.
Paul lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Targaryen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Targaryen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paul. Targaryen does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Targaryen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paul tries to clinch there but Targaryen circles away.
Targaryen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paul was well out of range. Poor timing from Targaryen.
Paul throws a left and a right that both miss
and Targaryen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Paul fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Paul is breathing heavily.
Targaryen scores with a jab to the body.
Paul throws a combination that misses
and Paul takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Targaryen lands with a hook. Paul tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Paul takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Targaryen connects with a single shot there.
Rhaegar Targaryen is winning the standup battle so far.
Targaryen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Targaryen lands a left and a right that send Paul crashing to the mat, dazed. Targaryen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Paul is rocked!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Targaryen knocks Paul out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rhaegar Targaryen!