PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between mr wonderful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

wonderful
vs
Rage

186 cm
25
217 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
215 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, mr wonderful!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randy Rage!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
wonderful is looking to clinch.
wonderful lands with a shot to the body.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch but Rage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
wonderful throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rage stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

wonderful has Rage up against the ropes in a clinch.
Rage goes for a takedown attempt but wonderful pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rage swats away the attempt to clinch by wonderful.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rage throws a series of punches but wonderful avoids them all with ease.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Rage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but wonderful was well out of range. Poor timing from Rage.

wonderful drives through and clinches with Rage against the ropes.
wonderful lands a left hand.
wonderful lands a body punch.
wonderful with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
wonderful throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rages head.
wonderful lands a nice elbow.
wonderful is leaning against Rage and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short body shot lands from wonderful as the two fighters clinch.
Rage looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by wonderful.
wonderful with an attempt at a knee that misses.
wonderful gets underhooks to prevent Rage's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. wonderful obliges.
wonderful lands an elbow inside.
A nice left hand lands by wonderful.
wonderful missing with knees to the body.
Rage takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from wonderful.
Rage looking for a takedown.
mr wonderful has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Rage.
Rage takes a shot to the head.
wonderful throws a knee to the head but misses.
wonderful lands an elbow inside that Rage shrugs off.
wonderful lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for wonderful.
wonderful lands an elbow just above Rage 's eye.
wonderful lands a nice uppercut.
wonderful lands with a right to the head.
wonderful lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rage backwards.
wonderful misses with a punch on the inside.
Rage takes a shot to the head.
wonderful lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from wonderful on the inside.
wonderful lands a nice uppercut.
wonderful lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rage or not.
wonderful working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
wonderful working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wonderful gets through Rage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rage has wonderful pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. wonderful manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
wonderful misses with a knee to the head.
Rage looking for a takedown.
wonderful lands with a left to the head.
wonderful scores with a shoulder strike.
wonderful working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
wonderful makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
wonderful lands a knee to the body.
wonderful gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short right from wonderful.
wonderful lands a nice uppercut.
wonderful comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
wonderful lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rage takes an elbow to the forehead.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
wonderful lands an elbow inside.

Rage jumps guard.
Rage is adopting a defensive guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rage looking for submissions from the bottom but instead wonderful passes into side control.
wonderful trying to control the position but Rage is working away.
Rage manages to work his way to half guard, despite wonderful's best efforts.

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.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rage trying to hold on to wonderful's head to control him but wonderful postures up.
wonderful wants to pass to mount but Rage is defending the position.
wonderful moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Rage.
Rage is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rage struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr wonderful dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Rage looks to land a right hand but wonderful moved out of range.
Rage keeps the fight on the outside.
Rage fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
wonderful is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
wonderful doesn't manage to clinch there - Rage circles away.
Rage fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

wonderful gets a clinch.
wonderful lands with a left to the head.
Nice elbow from wonderful.
Rage fails to pull guard.
mr wonderful has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Rage.
wonderful lands a knee to the body.
wonderful lands an elbow that stopped Rage in his tracks for a moment.
Rage drops to a knee looking for a takedown but wonderful gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rage is breathing heavily.
wonderful misses with a short punch on the inside.
wonderful lands a hook that snaps the head of Rage backwards.
A short body shot lands from wonderful as the two fighters clinch.
wonderful prevents the takedown attempt.
wonderful gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wonderful lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from wonderful.
wonderful lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
wonderful lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rage is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
wonderful looking to throw knees to the head but Rage is blocking nicely.
wonderful prevents the takedown attempt.
wonderful lands a damaging elbow.
Rage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from wonderful.
A right hand to the body from wonderful.
wonderful lands on the inside with an uppercut.
wonderful lands a shoulder strike.
wonderful throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rages head.
wonderful misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from wonderful.
A short right from wonderful.
wonderful comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
wonderful lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
wonderful throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rages head.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from wonderful.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from wonderful.
A nice left hand lands by wonderful.
mr wonderful has scored more points in the clinch so far.
wonderful scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rage wants a takedown but no success here.
Rage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
wonderful lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, wonderful creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rage tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. wonderful smiles and moves away.

wonderful instigates a clinch.
wonderful lands on the inside with an uppercut.

wonderful breaks from the clinch.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Rage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
wonderful tries to clinch there but Rage circles away.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rage throws a big shot that misses.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
wonderful paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
wonderful stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and wonderful wants it to stay on the feet.
Rage fails to land the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage keeps the fight on the outside.
Rage keeps the fight on the outside.

wonderful forces Rage back against the ropes and clinches.
wonderful tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
wonderful lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
wonderful has a couple of punches blocked by Rage.
wonderful works on Rage's body with a couple of short punches.
wonderful lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rage blocks an uppercut.
wonderful working aggressively here.
Rage avoids the elbow strike from wonderful, against the ropes.
wonderful working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rage.
wonderful lands an elbow just above Rage 's eye.
wonderful lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rage backwards.

Rage has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics wonderful uses from the top position.
Rage pulls wonderful in close to prevent any damage.
wonderful tries to free his leg and advance position but Rage is retaining full guard.
wonderful has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rage throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Rage looking for a sweep. Not yet Rage, not yet.
Rage bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in wonderful's guard.
Rage postures up.
Rage trying to stand up but can't free himself from wonderful's guard.
Rage stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. wonderful swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr wonderful dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rage closes the distance and clinches up with wonderful, looking for a takedown. Rage pushes wonderful against the ropes but wonderful circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
wonderful lands a high kick!

wonderful closes the distance and clinches.
Rage is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. wonderful gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rage has wonderful pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. wonderful manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
mr wonderful has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Rage.
wonderful lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
wonderful stops a takedown attempt from Rage.
wonderful lands with a short head shot on the inside.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from wonderful as the two fighters clinch.
Rage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
wonderful lands a nice elbow.
wonderful lands an elbow just above Rage 's eye.
Rage takes a shot to the head.
Rage fails to pull guard.
wonderful comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
wonderful is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rage can do to turn this around?
Rage tries to score a body lock takedown but wonderful shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
wonderful gets through Rage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by wonderful.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wonderful gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
wonderful gets through Rage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
wonderful creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rage's defenses.
Rage is working for takedown but wonderful is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rage takes a shot to the head.
wonderful unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rage lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
wonderful scores with a nice hook to the head.
wonderful lands a nice elbow.
wonderful lands an elbow just above Rage 's eye.
wonderful gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rage.
wonderful lands an elbow that stopped Rage in his tracks for a moment.
wonderful creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rage's defenses.
A right handed body shot lands from wonderful.
wonderful lands a hook that snaps the head of Rage backwards.
Rage tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rage jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as wonderful walks away with a smile on his face. Rage gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

wonderful has Rage up against the ropes in a clinch.
wonderful lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wonderful lands a damaging elbow.
wonderful swings away with an uppercut that misses.
wonderful landing knees to the body.
wonderful throws a punch but it's blocked by Rage.
wonderful lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
wonderful misses with a hook from the clinch.
wonderful lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
wonderful gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rage is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
wonderful lands with a short shot to the head.
wonderful connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rage's face.
wonderful lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rage or not.
wonderful comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
wonderful gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rage has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. wonderful avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rage fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rage is trying to drag wonderful to the mat but wonderful just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
wonderful working some nice short punches in the clinch.

wonderful's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

wonderful clinches with his opponent.
wonderful landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rage managing to block the knees to the body from wonderful.
wonderful working aggressively here.
wonderful misses with some punches.
Rage jumps guard but wonderful stands there with Rage around his waist. Rage gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for wonderful.
wonderful struggles to land a body shot inside as Rage controls his hands.
wonderful throws an elbow but it misses.
Rage takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by wonderful.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rage fails to pull guard.
Rage fails to pull the fight into his guard.
wonderful lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
wonderful prevents a takedown attempt there.
wonderful prevents the takedown attempt.
Rage has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. wonderful is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Randy Rage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
wonderful lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from wonderful.
wonderful lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
wonderful gets through Rage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rage has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. wonderful avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rage managing to block the knees to the body from wonderful.
wonderful lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rage has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. wonderful avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
wonderful lands an elbow just above Rage 's eye.
wonderful comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
wonderful lands an elbow just above Rage 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by wonderful.
mr wonderful is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
wonderful lands an elbow that stopped Rage in his tracks for a moment.
wonderful lands a nice elbow.
wonderful creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rage's defenses.
A head punch on the inside from wonderful fails to land.
Rage tries to pull guard but wonderful holds him up against the ropes and eventually Rage drops back down to his feet.
wonderful lands a shot to the body.

wonderful pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
wonderful lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch but Rage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
mr wonderful showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for wonderful, 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 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... mr wonderful!