PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Doomsday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Rambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Doomsday
vs
Rambo

188 cm
27
199 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

180 cm
26
205 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Victor Doomsday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Rambo!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Rambo misses.
Rambo takes one to the side of the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rambo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Doomsday ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rambo moves away.
Rambo moves out of range as Doomsday strikes.
Doomsday takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rambo misses with a wild body shot.
Doomsday ducks under a wild hook from Rambo.

Doomsday closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rambo to the mat! Rambo manages to get full guard.
Rambo keeping moving, preventing Doomsday from controlling successfully.
Doomsday in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Doomsday throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Doomsday scoring with some ground and pound.
Rambo keeping moving, preventing Doomsday from controlling successfully.
Doomsday trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Doomsday accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rambo looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Doomsday is one step ahead there.

Rambo working for a triangle but Doomsday defends it easily.
Doomsday passes Rambo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rambo is refusing to be controlled, as Doomsday sits in half guard.
Rambo is trying to maintain the position but Doomsday is very close to passing his half guard.
Rambo is doing well to control the position and prevent Doomsday from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Doomsday thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rambo's head.
Doomsday seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rambo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Doomsday missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rambo gets back to full guard.
Rambo keeping moving, preventing Doomsday from controlling successfully.
Doomsday throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doomsday stopping the sweep attempt from Rambo.
Doomsday stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rambo swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Doomsday throws a body punch but Rambo moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rambo gets caught flat footed, as Doomsday shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Rambo looking for a sweep. Not yet Rambo, not yet.
Doomsday pushes down on Rambo's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rambo wants to control but Doomsday is keeping busy.
Doomsday misses with a head shot. Rambo uses the momentum to regain guard.
Rambo is trying to keep Doomsday in close.
Rambo wants to sweep here but Doomsday controlling him for the moment.
Rambo being controlled here, momentarily.
Doomsday has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rambo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Doomsday is one step ahead there.
Doomsday trying to control but Rambo is working from the bottom.
Doomsday postures up in Rambo's guard and throws a big left but Rambo blocks it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rambo takes one to the chin there.

Doomsday throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rambo was covering up waiting for the punch and Doomsday finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Doomsday connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Doomsday dominated that round.
That's time! Doomsday's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Doomsday throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rambo lands a nice hook to Doomsday's body. Doomsday takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Doomsday fails with a takedown attempt.
Doomsday ducks under a wild hook from Rambo.
Doomsday avoids the body shot from Rambo.
Doomsday ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rambo lands a jab to the nose.
Doomsday misses with a straight left.
Doomsday dodges the punch combination from Rambo.
Doomsday swings for the body but Rambo moves out of range.
Doomsday throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rambo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Doomsday napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Rambo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Doomsday regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo uses his free foot to push down on Doomsday's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Doomsday.
Rambo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rambo avoids the attempt from Doomsday to control.
Rambo with good strikes from the mount here!
Doomsday is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rambo is landing with some decent strikes but Doomsday is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rambo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rambo throws some wild stikes that Doomsday manages to avoid easily.
Rambo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
John Rambo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Doomsday tries to lock up and control but Rambo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Doomsday tries to reverse the position but Rambo maintains control.
Rambo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rambo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doomsday is trying desperately to improve position.
Rambo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rambo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rambo landing strikes from the mount and Doomsday is in trouble!
Rambo working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Doomsday slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rambo is thwarting Doomsday's attempts to control the position.
Rambo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Doomsday trying to control from the bottom.
Rambo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Doomsday keeps working.
Rambo thows a huge punch but Doomsday dodges it nicely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rambo looks to land a left hand but Doomsday moved out of range nicely.

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.
Rambo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rambo takes a swing at Doomsday's ribcage but misses.
Doomsday scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rambo misses the body punch
and Doomsday cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rambo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rambo misses with a body shot.
Doomsday ducks under a wild hook from Rambo.
Rambo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Doomsday uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rambo.

Doomsday closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rambo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Doomsday.

Doomsday is trying to work for a kimura but Rambo is defending well.
Rambo manages to get to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Doomsday with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Rambo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Rambo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Doomsday looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rambo!
Rambo wants to hold on but Doomsday pushes him away.
Rambo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Doomsday tries to control but Rambo wriggling away.
Doomsday is landing with some decent strikes but Rambo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Doomsday can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rambo is looking to escape.
Rambo tries to hold on but Doomsday postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo is looking to improve his position but Doomsday isn't that keen on the idea.
Doomsday unloading with bombs!
Doomsday thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Doomsday thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Doomsday postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Rambo badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Doomsday around the waist but Doomsday pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Doomsday is the winner by TKO! Doomsday jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Doomsday!