PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John J Rambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Torre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rambo comes to the cage accompanied by American Badass. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

J Rambo
vs
Torre

186 cm
22
270 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

190 cm
27
276 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John J Rambo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian Torre!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rambo misses with a wild body shot.
Rambo stuffs the takedown attempt from Torre. Torre gets slowly back to his feet.
Rambo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

It looks like Christian Torre has been cut.
Torre throws a lazy right hand but Rambo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rambo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Torre.
Donk. Rambo catches Torre right on the button with a cross.

Torre 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 get back to his feet.
Rambo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Torre tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Rambo blocking the ground and pound.
Torre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Torre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Torre sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Torre sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Rambo is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rambo is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Torre dominating with strikes here.
Rambo trying desperately to get to his feet.
Rambo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rambo tries to get out of the position.
Torre sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Torre 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torre throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Torre lands a big shot there that rocks Rambo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rambo is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Torre.
Rambo is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torre throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Rambo because Torre loaded up on that one.
Torre postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rambo looks a forlorn figure.
Torre thowing shots but they're missing.
Torre in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Torre punching from mount but Rambo doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Torre raining down hammerfists from mount.
Torre misses with a head shot.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Torre lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rambo hang on?
You get the feeling that Rambo really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Torre unloads with some shots from mount but Rambo bucks and avoids them well.
Torre throwing strikes but Rambo bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Torre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Torre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torre postures up in Rambo's guard and throws a big left but Rambo blocks it.
Torre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Torre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rambo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Torre distracts Rambo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torre thows a big elbow that misses.
Torre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Torre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rambo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rambo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Torre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christian Torre's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jab by Rambo.
Torre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rambo sprawls well. Rambo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Torre gets slowly back to his feet.
Rambo defending well as Torre loads up on a big left hand.
Torre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rambo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rambo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
John J Rambo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christian Torre.
Torre misses with a body punch
and Torre takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That has opened up Christian Torre's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torre drops his hands momentarily and Rambo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Rambo sends Torre crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Rambo is motioning to the referee to let Torre up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

The cut above Christian Torre's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Torre is breathing heavily.
Rambo measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Torre! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). John J Rambo!