PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blitzkrieg Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pancho Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pancho Villa will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rage
vs
Villa

180 cm
24
172 lbs
3 - 3 - 2

170 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Blitzkrieg Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pancho Villa!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rage turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rage misses the shot to the body.
Villa throws a sloppy head kick and Rage moves out of range easily.
Villa throws a right and a left that Rage avoids nicely.
Rage dodges the punch combination from Villa.

Rage is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Villa's half guard.
Rage perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rage throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Rage decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Villa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rage looks to land a combination but Villa avoids it well.
Villa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage blocks a head kick by Villa.
Good work by Rage as he checks the leg kick.

Rage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Villa can't break the clinch.

Villa manages to break the clinch.
Villa misses with a head kick.
Pancho Villa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villa misses with a few strikes there.
Pancho Villa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Rage clinches with his opponent.
Villa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rage is keeping busy.
Rage prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
Rage lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rage shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Villa defends it nicely.

Rage feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Rage is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Rage dives into side control.
Villa being controlled for a moment.
Villa is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rage is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Villa's shoulder. That is not cool.
Villa tries to escape but Rage is in control.

Rage is trying to get an arm triangle but Villa is defending well.
Rage happy to just control the position for now.
Rage seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Villa for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Rage tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Villa is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rage asserts his dominance and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blitzkrieg Rage dominated 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.

Villa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Rage shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Villa is looking to stand up but Rage isn't so interested in that idea.
Rage tries to free his leg and advance position but Villa is retaining full guard.

Rage stands and steps away. Villa gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Villa throws a leg kick

and Rage counters with a single leg into guard. Villa didn't expect that.
Rage pushes down on Villa's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rage wants to pass to mount but Villa is defending the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage is looking to take a break and control but Villa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rage wants to free his trapped foot but Villa is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Villa is staying active underneath Rage, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Villa wants to get back to his feet.
Rage scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rage missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rage keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Rage decides to stand and escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Villa throws a combination that misses

and Rage counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rage.
Rage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rage tries to score a body lock takedown but Villa shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rage tries to pull guard but Villa won't allow it.
A bit of stalling here from Rage.
Rage looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blitzkrieg Rage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rage. Villa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rage tries to clinch up.
Rage throws a head kick that misses.
Rage keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Villa misses with a wild combination.
Villa misses with a combination

and Rage counters with a takedown into side control.
Rage working the body and head with strikes.

Rage decides to stand back up.
Villa misses with a looping left.
Villa misses with a low kick.
Rage is looking to land body kicks.
Villa moves into range and connects with a jab.
Villa stuffs the takedown attempt from Rage. Rage gets slowly back to his feet.
Villa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Villa is breathing heavily.
Rage tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blitzkrieg Rage dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Rage shoots for a takedown but Villa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rage checks a leg kick.
Villa scores with a punch to the head.
Rage throws a head kick but Villa moves out of range.
Villa throws a combination that misses

and Rage counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Villa!
Villa is trying to stand.
BOOM! Rage connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Villa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rage. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rage controlling his opponent.
Rage tries to control but Villa wriggling away.
Villa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage controlling from mount.
The referee warns Villa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Villa is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rage looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rage looking to control but Villa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rage takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage tries to get the hooks in deep but Villa pushed the leg off.

Rage is persistently looking for the submission but Villa is defending it well.
Rage scores with strikes from the back.
Rage throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rage biding his time, looking for the opening.
Pancho Villa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Villa looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Blitzkrieg Rage showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rage, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blitzkrieg Rage!