PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Red Rum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Rice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rice has chosen Aston Martin Music as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Rum
vs
Rice

190 cm
29
220 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

200 cm
23
215 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Red Rum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Rice!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rum thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rice if he has to take too many more of those.
No joy there for Rice, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rice will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rum wants to clinch.
Rum connects with a looping right hand.
Rice misses with a looping right.
Rum throws a low kick, looking for Rice's leg but Rice calmly moves out of range.
Rum moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rum misses with a low kick.
Rice blocks a head kick by Rum.
Rice just misses with a punch to the body.
Rum tries to clinch but Rice is having none of it.
Rum defending well as Rice loads up on a big left hand.
Rum lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Randy Rice has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rice swinging wildly here.
Rice misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Rice misses.
Rum walks into a straight right hand from Rice.
Rice showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rum.
Rum with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rice looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rice working hard to break the clinch.
Rum scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rum throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rum prevents Rice from breaking the clinch.
Rice tries to break the clinch but Rum is controlling the position.
Rum is stalling here.
Rice swings wildly with an uppercut but Rum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rice breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rice misses with a series of wild punches.
Rum throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rice misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rice throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rum tries to clinch up.
Rum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rice.
A telegraphed right hand from Rice misses the target.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rice!
Rum misses with a low kick as Rice jumps back.
Rum tries to clinch up.
Rice throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rice lands with a nice combination. Rum backs away looking to recover.
No joy there for Rice, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rum dodges the punch combination from Rice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rum, right into the meat.
Rum misses with a hook. Rice ducked under it nicely.
Rum tries to close the distance and clinch but Rice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rum scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A jab from Rice misses.
Rum connects with a leg kick. Rice looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rice looks gassed!
Rum avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rum misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Rice misses.
Rum bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rice's head backwards.
Rice fails to land with a series of punches.
Rice on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rice throws a series of punches but Rum moves out of range.
Rice with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rum. That's going to slow Rice down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rice clobbers Rum with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rum is looking to clinch but Rice is avoiding it.
Rum with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rum misses with a double jab.
Rice takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rum connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rice's hands.

Rum closes the distance and clinches.
Rice misses with a body punch.
Rice is trying to force a seperation but Rum has the dominant position.
Rice is trying to force a seperation but Rum has the dominant position.
Rum crunches a lovely knee into Rice's ribcage.
Rum looking to throw knees to the head but Rice is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rum connects with a knee to the head.
Rum looking to throw knees to the head but Rice is blocking nicely.
Rum landing knees to the head.
Rum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Rum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Rice's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rum delivers a nice body kick.
Rice on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rice fails to land with a series of punches.
Red Rum is winning the standup battle so far.
Rice takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rice swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rum.
Rum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rice.
Rum throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Rum rushes Rice and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rum.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rum displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rice up against the cage.
Rum misses with a knee strike.
Rum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rice blocks it with crossed arms.
Rice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rice is breathing heavily.
Rum lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rice blocking some punches.
Rum tries to work over Rice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rum working aggressively here.
Rum crunches a lovely knee into Rice's ribcage.
Rum lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rice misses with some punches.
Rum taking a breather.
Rum scores with a hook to the body.

Rice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rice lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rum slips a jab from Rice.
Rum has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A jab lands there for Rum.
Rum scores with a spinning back kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rum misses with a wild combination.
Rice with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rum throws out a powerful jab.
Rice lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A combination from Rum does no damage.
Nice defenses there by Rum.
Rum jabs at Rice's body.
Rum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rum lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rum lands a glancing blow to the side of Rice's head.
Rice might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rice looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rice lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rum circles away quickly and effectively.
Rice staying out of range there.
Rice moves out of range as Rum strikes.
Rice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rum was well out of range. Poor timing from Rice.
Rice takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Rum finds it's way through Rice's defenses.
Rum lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rum misses with a two punch combination.
Rice throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rice uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rice throws out a loose jab but Rum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rice throws a body punch but Rum moves out of range.
Rum lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rice circles away quickly and effectively.
Rice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rice throws a right hand that Rum ducks under and follows up with a left that Rum also avoids with ease.
Rice misses with a double jab
and Rum counters with a stiff right hand.
Rice with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rum to score with a decent uppercut.

Rice is rocked!

That has opened up Randy Rice's cut even more.
Rice misses with a hook
and Rum scores with a counter punch that sends Rice to the canvas! Rum smells blood - he's punishing Rice with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Rice has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Red Rum!