PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Rai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Justus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justus has chosen Release Yo Delf as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. King Justus told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Rai
vs
Justus

189 cm
23
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
6 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aaron Rai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, King Justus!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Justus throws out the jab.
Rai slips a jab and a cross from Justus.
Justus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Rai scores with a takedown into Justus's guard.
Rai throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rai won't allow Justus to sweep him here.
Rai postures up in Justus's guard and throws a big left but Justus blocks it.
Rai content to stall in guard here.
Rai throwing strikes from guard but Justus blocks nicely.
Rai is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justus keeping moving, preventing Rai from controlling successfully.
Rai missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rai stands and throws Justus's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rai passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Justus!
Rai dominating with strikes here.
Justus slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Rai is trying to control. Justus wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rai missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rai not doing much here.
Justus is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rai's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rai's back!
Rai manages to reverse the position and now he's in Justus's guard. Nice work there by Rai.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Justus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Justus controls Rai momentarily but Rai frees himself.
Rai lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rai working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rai is looking to work some ground and pound but Justus has wrist control.
Rai working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rai trying to control but Justus is working from the bottom.
Rai loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Justus wants to sweep but no luck.
Rai throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Justus works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rai lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rai accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Justus moves out of range of the strikes.
Justus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Justus wants to clinch up but Rai keeps it at a distance.
Rai tried to score with a low kick but Justus checks it.
Justus misses with a double jab.
Justus tries to close the distance and clinch but Rai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Justus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Justus lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rai just misses with a punch to the body.

Rai scores a takedown into full mount!
Rai postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Justus looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rai connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Justus is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Justus is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Justus sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Justus has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rai is working away from the top position though.
Rai content to control rather than advance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rai is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Rai putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Rai dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Justus tries to clinch but Rai is having none of it.
Rai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rai attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Justus fails in his attempt to clinch.
A leg kick checked by Justus.
Rai misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Justus is looking to clinch.
Justus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
King Justus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justus misses with the combination.
Rai tries to clinch but Justus moves out of range.
Justus moves in looking to clinch but Rai pushes him off.
Justus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rai paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King Justus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rai misses with a wild body shot.
Justus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Justus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Justus thows a body shot but no joy.
Justus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Aaron Rai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Justus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Justus tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Justus tries to clinch but Rai moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justus. Rai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Justus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rai swats away the attempt to clinch by Justus.
Justus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rai throws out a loose jab but Justus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rai tries to land a leg kick but Justus saw it coming and moves away.
Rai slips a jab and a cross from Justus.
Justus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Justus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justus is looking to clinch but Rai is avoiding it.
Justus tries to clinch but Rai moves out of range.
Justus is looking to clinch but Rai is avoiding it.
Rai keeps the fight on the outside.
Rai avoids the head kick by Justus.
Justus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Justus tries to clinch up

and Rai counters with a shoot takedown. Justus fights it but they end up in guard.
Justus looking for a sweep. Not yet Justus, not yet.
Rai working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rai makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rai throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rai sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Justus's guard.
Aaron Rai overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rai not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rai wants to take a breather but Justus is having none of it.

Justus looking for submissions off his back.
Justus is breathing heavily.
Rai has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rai lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Justus hang on?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rai scoring with strikes but Justus is staying in there.
Rai landing shots from mount.

Justus is rocked!
Rai is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Justus goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Rai!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Aaron Rai!