PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dario Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and CJ Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Villa
vs
Rage

192 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE
SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dario Villa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, CJ Rage!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Villa moves in looking to clinch but Rage pushes him off.
Villa is looking to clinch but Rage is avoiding it.
Villa wants to clinch.
Villa tries to clinch there but Rage circles away.
Villa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Villa tries to clinch up but Rage circles away and keeps his distance.
Villa is looking to clinch.
Villa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Villa wants to clinch up but Rage keeps it at a distance.

Villa has closed the distance and engaged Rage in a clinch.
Villa tries to break free but Rage pushes him back against the cage.

Rage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rage keeps the fight on the outside.
Villa is looking to clinch.
Villa tries to clinch up but Rage circles away and keeps his distance.
Villa tries to clinch up.
Rage throws out a loose jab but Villa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Villa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rage paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rage is looking to clinch.
Villa clinches but Rage breaks the clinch

and Rage moves into the clinch.
Rage prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
Rage prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
Villa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rage just stands there and leans against the cage.

Rage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Villa wants to clinch

and Rage moves into the clinch.
Rage tries to pull guard but Villa won't allow it.
Villa blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Villa.

Rage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rage tries to bum rush Villa with a series of wild strikes but Villa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dario Villa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rage scores with a leg kick.
Villa tries to clinch

and Rage counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Villa is trying to break free.
Rage wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Villa has him pressed against the cage.
Villa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rage smiles and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa wants to clinch

and Rage counters by clinching up.

Rage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rage misses with the combination.
Rage is trying hard to land a takedown here. Villa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Villa tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rage counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Villa tries to clinch
and Rage counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Villa has managed to clinch.

Rage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Villa tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Rage counter with a right hand.

It looks like Dario Villa has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rage throws an overhand right that lands on Villa's shoulder, as Villa tries to avoid the shot.

Rage gets a clinch.
Villa tries to circle away but Rage has him pinned against the cage.
Villa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Rage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Villa wants to clinch but Rage slips to the side
and Rage counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Villa wants to clinch
and Rage counters with a left and a right that stings Villa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa clinches but Rage breaks the clinch
and Rage counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Villa thinking.
Villa looks to clinch

and Rage moves into the clinch.
Villa wants to break free but Rage has control.
Rage wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Villa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Villa tries to circle away but Rage has him pinned against the cage.
Villa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Villa is trying to break free.
Villa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dario Villa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Villa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rage taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Villa tries to break the clinch but Rage is controlling the position.
Villa lands with a right to the head.
Rage tries to break the clinch but Villa is controlling the position.

Villa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rage circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Rage to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villa tries to clinch but Rage moves away

and Rage 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.
Rage not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rage landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Villa tries to get to full guard but Rage has control of the leg.
Rage lands with a punch from half guard.
Villa pushes Rage off looking to stand but Rage dives back in and keeps control.
Rage seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rage drops an elbow to the side of Villa's head.
Rage has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rage looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rage missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

CJ Rage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dario Villa's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Villa wants to clinch

and Rage decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Villa's guard.
Villa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rage missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rage thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rage stopping the sweep attempt from Villa.

Rage drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rage jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rage is breathing heavily.
Rage with a flurry of punches that miss.
Villa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rage on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa wants to get back to his feet but Rage is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rage postures up in Villa's guard and throws a big left but Villa blocks it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Villa looks to clinch

and Rage counters by clinching up.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Rage is controlling him.
Villa tries to break the clinch but Rage is controlling the position.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Rage is controlling him.
Rage wants to get back to striking at distance but Villa won't allow it.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Rage has him pressed against the cage.
Villa tries to break the clinch but Rage is controlling the position.
Villa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rage tries to throw a body punch but Villa avoids it by throwing Rage back against the cage.

Villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Villa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rage.
Villa tries to clinch up

and Rage decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Villa's guard.
Villa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Villa tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage is looking to work some ground and pound but Villa has wrist control.

Rage gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Villa tries to clinch but Rage moves away

and Rage counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Villa's guard now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rage throwing strikes from guard but Villa blocks nicely.
Villa is trying to keep Rage in close.
Villa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rage won't allow Villa to get back to his feet.
Rage with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage stops Villa from standing up.
Rage with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Villa working a defensive guard here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Villa wants to clinch

and Rage counters by moving into the clinch.
Villa working hard to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Villa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Villa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Rage has him pressed against the cage.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Rage is controlling him.
Villa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Villa is trying to break free.

Rage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Villa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Rage counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Villa tries to clinch up
and Rage counters with a series of strikes. Villa will be more careful next time no doubt.
Villa tries to clinch up
and Rage counters with a right hand to the body.
Villa doesn't manage to clinch there - Rage circles away.
Villa tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Rage counters with a single leg into guard. Villa didn't expect that.
Rage won't allow Villa to get back to his feet.
Villa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rage with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Villa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rage is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

CJ Rage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dario Villa's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Rage circles away from the clinch attempt

so Rage counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rage in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Villa wants to get back to his feet but Rage is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rage with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rage tries to free his leg and advance position but Villa is retaining full guard.
Rage working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rage is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rage takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Villa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rage is controlling him.
Rage loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rage has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Villa tries to clinch but Rage moves out of range.

Villa forces Rage back against the cage and clinches.
Villa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Rage breaks from the clinch.
Villa tries to clinch up.
Villa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Rage.
Dario Villa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Villa tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Rage counter with a right hand.
Villa closes the distance looking to clinch

and Rage holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Villa breaks the clinch.
Villa tries to clinch up

and Rage counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Rage - that landed with a thud.
Villa working hard to break the clinch.
Villa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Villa has had enough of the clinch but Rage keeps him there for the moment.
Rage is trying to force a seperation but Villa has the dominant position.
Rage prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
Villa is trying to force a seperation but Rage has the dominant position.
Villa can't break the clinch.
Villa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Villa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Villa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rage has Villa pressed against the cage, preventing Villa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
CJ Rage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Villa closes the distance and pushes Rage back into the cage.
Villa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rage has him pressed against the cage.
Villa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Villa wants to break free but Rage has control.
Rage has Villa pressed against the cage, preventing Villa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa tries to break the clinch but Rage is controlling the position.
Villa tries to pull guard but Rage won't allow it.
Villa wants to get back to striking at distance but Rage won't allow it.
Villa is looking to break free of the clinch but Rage has double underhooks.
Villa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Villa tries to circle away but Rage has him pinned against the cage.
Villa has had enough of the clinch but Rage keeps him there for the moment.
Villa tries to circle away but Rage has him pinned against the cage.
Villa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Villa.
CJ Rage is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rage keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Villa's efforts to push away.

Villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rage tries to clinch

and Villa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rage keeps control of Villa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Villa scores with a nice hook to the head.

Rage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Villa tries to clinch

and Rage counters with a single leg into guard. Villa didn't expect that.
Dario Villa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rage wants to control from the top but Villa keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rage prevents Villa from getting back to his feet.
Villa wants to sweep here but Rage controlling him for the moment.
Rage in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Villa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rage working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
CJ Rage comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rage has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 26:30

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