PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Hood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chili Con Carne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hood comes to the cage accompanied by Carlos - The Silmarillia. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hood
vs
Con Carne

172 cm
22
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

5th Round

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Raymond Hood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chili Con Carne!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hood moves in looking to clinch but Con Carne pushes him off.
Hood tries to clinch but Con Carne moves out of range.

Hood drives through and clinches with Con Carne against the cage.
Con Carne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Con Carne is working for takedown but Hood is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hood is stalling here.
Con Carne tries to score a body lock takedown but Hood shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hood lands a good knee to the midsection. Con Carne won't want to take too many of those.
Hood is pressed up against the cage. Con Carne has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hood down to the mat. Hood avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Raymond Hood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chili Con Carne.
Con Carne keeps the fight on the outside.
Con Carne fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hood avoids it really well and circles away.
Con Carne takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Hood moves into the clinch.
Con Carne tries to score a body lock takedown but Hood shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Con Carne tries for a takedown but Hood manages to get underhooks.
Con Carne tries for a takedown but Hood manages to get underhooks.
Con Carne looks gassed!

Con Carne has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Hood regains guard immediately.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Con Carne trying to control the position from guard on top but Hood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hood is looking to stand up but Con Carne isn't so interested in that idea.
Con Carne pushing down on Hood's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Con Carne is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hood has managed to free his arm - good work.
Con Carne works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Con Carne sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Con Carne looking to finish with strikes here!
Con Carne controlling his opponent.
Hood wants to try and get back to his feet.
Hood is squirming around, avoiding Con Carne's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Con Carne goes for an armbar but Hood turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Hood.

Con Carne working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hood doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hood manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Con Carne controls Hood momentarily but Hood frees himself.
Hood trying to stand up but can't free himself from Con Carne's guard.

That's four 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.
Con Carne will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Con Carne is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Con Carne seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hood does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Con Carne is pressing down on Hood's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hood is holding on for now.
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 Raymond Hood will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice takedown defense from Hood. No joy for Con Carne on that attempt.
A solid body kick from Hood.
Con Carne takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Con Carne keeps the fight on the outside.
Con Carne looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hood is fending him off so far but Con Carne persists. Nope, Hood circles away and we're back to standing.
Con Carne shoots for a double leg takedown but Hood sprawls well. He's pushed Con Carne's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Raymond Hood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chili Con Carne.
Con Carne takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hood is looking to clinch.
Con Carne fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Hood drives through and clinches with Con Carne against the cage.
Con Carne is breathing heavily.
Con Carne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Con Carne's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hood lands a nice elbow.
Con Carne managing to block the knees to the body from Hood.
Con Carne takes an elbow to the temple.
Hood lands an elbow inside.
Hood utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hood lands an elbow that stopped Con Carne in his tracks for a moment.
Hood dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Con Carne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hood lands a damaging elbow.
Hood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Con Carne's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hood obliges.
Hood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hood utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hood scores a nice knee to the body.
Hood lands a damaging elbow.
Con Carne takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hood lands a damaging elbow.
Hood effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hood trying to land knees to the body.
Con Carne avoiding damage as Hood throws knees to the body.
Hood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Con Carne.

Con Carne has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Hood is trying to keep an underhook but Con Carne manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hood pushes Con Carne off looking to stand but Con Carne dives back in and keeps control.
Hood knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Con Carne on the ground.

Con Carne is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hood sees it coming and defends easily.
Con Carne wants to control but Hood is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Con Carne is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hood tries to kick Con Carne off but Con Carne keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Con Carne wants to control but Hood is keeping him busy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hood tries to clinch there but Con Carne circles away.

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.
Hood tries to clinch up but Con Carne circles away and keeps his distance.
Con Carne avoids the head kick by Hood.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Con Carne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hood takes a swing at Con Carne's ribcage but misses.
Hood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hood.
Con Carne misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Hood moves into range and clinches up with Con Carne.
Con Carne is trying to drag Hood to the mat but Hood just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Con Carne avoids it.
Hood landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Hood dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hood lands with a nice body kick.
Con Carne swats away the attempt to clinch by Hood.
Hood fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hood closes the distance and pushes Con Carne back into the cage.
Hood landing knees to the head.
Hood lands an elbow just above Con Carne 's eye.
A bit of stalling here from Hood.
Hood lands an elbow just above Con Carne 's eye.
Hood tries to land a knee to the head but Con Carne blocks with his arms.
Hood trying to land knees to the body.
Con Carne is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hood looking to throw knees to the head but Con Carne is blocking nicely.
Hood lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hood tries a knee to the head but Con Carne blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Con Carne takes an elbow to the temple.
Hood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Con Carne.
Hood gets underhooks to prevent Con Carne's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Con Carne's defenses.

Con Carne manages to pull guard.

Con Carne throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Hood escapes and throws Con Carne's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Con Carne is looking for a sweep.

Hood stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Con Carne has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hood.
Nice body kick from Hood.
Hood leaves Con Carne with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Raymond Hood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chili Con Carne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hood tries to clinch but Con Carne is having none of it.
Hood tries to clinch but Con Carne is having none of it.
Con Carne shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hood as he jumps to the side.

Hood closes the distance and pushes Con Carne back into the cage.
A knee to the head by Hood.
Hood stalling the fight.
Nice elbow from Hood.
Hood lands an elbow inside that Con Carne shrugs off.
Hood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Con Carne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Con Carne has Hood pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hood manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Con Carne.
Hood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Con Carne takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hood scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hood tries to land a knee to the head but Con Carne blocks with his arms.
Hood lands an elbow inside that Con Carne shrugs off.
Hood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hood landing knees to the head.
Hood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hood prevents the takedown attempt.
Hood lands an elbow inside that Con Carne shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Hood.
Hood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Con Carne's defenses.
Nice elbow from Hood.
Hood tries to land a knee to the head but Con Carne blocks with his arms.
Hood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Con Carne's face.
Hood lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Con Carne has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hood avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hood working Con Carne over with knees to the body.
Hood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hood comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hood stalling in the clinch but Con Carne improves position.
Con Carne is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hood lands a nice elbow.
Hood lands a good knee to the midsection. Con Carne won't want to take too many of those.
Con Carne changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hood fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Hood rushes Con Carne and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hood displaying some good clinch control by pressing Con Carne up against the cage.
Hood is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Con Carne avoids it.
Hood lands a damaging elbow.
Con Carne has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hood avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Hood clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hood wants to clinch.
Con Carne tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hood swivels and escapes.
Con Carne is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hood sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hood throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Con Carne keeps the fight on the outside.
Chili Con Carne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hood clinches up against the cage.
Hood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Con Carne is defending well for now.
Hood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hood lands a nice elbow.
Hood lands a knee to the head.
Hood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Con Carne's defenses.
Con Carne is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Hood misses with a knee strike.
Raymond Hood has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Con Carne takes an elbow to the temple.
Hood lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Con Carne drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hood pulls his leg out and moves away.
Raymond Hood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chili Con Carne.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Con Carne is defended easily by Hood.
Hood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Con Carne keeps the fight on the outside.
Raymond Hood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hood scores with a spinning back kick!
Hood connects with a solid leg kick.

Hood darts in and clinches Con Carne up against the cage.
Con Carne goes for a takedown attempt but Hood pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hood plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hood tries to clinch there but Con Carne circles away.
Hood wants to clinch up but Con Carne keeps it at a distance.
Con Carne takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Con Carne on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hood throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Con Carne can do to turn this around?

Hood forces Con Carne back against the cage and clinches.
Con Carne takes an elbow to the temple.
Hood slows down the pace here.
Con Carne has Hood pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hood manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Con Carne drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Con Carne takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Con Carne takes an elbow to the temple.
Hood lands an elbow that stopped Con Carne in his tracks for a moment.
Hood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Con Carne's defenses.
Hood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Con Carne wants a takedown but no success here.
Hood lands an elbow inside.
Hood content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hood gets underhooks to prevent Con Carne's takedown attempt.
Con Carne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hood landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Hood.
Hood lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Con Carne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Con Carne takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hood tries to land a knee to the head but Con Carne blocks with his arms.
Con Carne is working for takedown but Hood is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Con Carne's face.
Con Carne takes an elbow to the temple.
Con Carne takes an elbow to the temple.
Con Carne is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hood gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hood pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hood lands a good knee to the midsection. Con Carne won't want to take too many of those.
Hood lands an elbow just above Con Carne 's eye.
Hood misses with a knee to the head.
Hood tries a knee to the head but Con Carne blocks it.
Hood lands an elbow that stopped Con Carne in his tracks for a moment.
Hood trying to stall but Con Carne improves his position.
Hood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Con Carne wants a takedown.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Hood had his way with Chili Con Carne in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hood has closed the distance and engaged Con Carne in a clinch.

Con Carne lands a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Con Carne prevents Hood from getting back to his feet.
Hood trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Con Carne sitting in guard here, content to control.

Con Carne 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.
Con Carne prevents Hood from getting back to his feet.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Con Carne slips nicely into half guard.

Hood pushes Con Carne off and gets back to his feet.
Raymond Hood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hood misses with a body shot.
Nice body kick from Hood.
Hood lands a head kick. Con Carne smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hood wants to clinch up but Con Carne keeps it at a distance.
Con Carne shoots for a takedown but Hood saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Con Carne shoots in for a takedown but Hood shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hood tries to clinch up.
Con Carne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hood tries to clinch but Con Carne is having none of it.
Hood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Con Carne shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hood pinned against the cage. Hood gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Raymond Hood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chili Con Carne.

Hood has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hood slows down the pace here.
Hood looking to throw knees to the head but Con Carne is blocking nicely.
Con Carne has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hood is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hood lands a nice elbow.
Hood lands a knee to the head.
Hood lands a damaging elbow.
Hood stalling in the clinch.
Hood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hood lands a nice elbow.
Hood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hood lands an elbow inside that Con Carne shrugs off.
Con Carne has Hood pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hood manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hood lands an elbow inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hood takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hood gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Con Carne.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hood comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Con Carne fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Con Carne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chili Con Carne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hood stalls.
Con Carne looking for a takedown.
Hood landing knees to the body.
Hood tries to land knees in the clinch but Con Carne avoids the damage to the body.
Hood lands an elbow inside.
Hood tries to land a knee to the head but Con Carne blocks with his arms.
Hood is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Con Carne wants a takedown.
Hood landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hood working Con Carne over with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raymond Hood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hood, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 50:44
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 50:44
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raymond Hood!
Raymond Hood is the new lightweight champion!