PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Afa Towers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riccardo Raicevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riccardo Raicevic is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Towers
vs
Raicevic

178 cm
19
235 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

193 cm
25
263 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Afa Towers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Riccardo Raicevic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raicevic misses with a hook. Towers ducked under it nicely.
Raicevic lands a nice looking body shot.
Raicevic misses with a series of wild punches.
Raicevic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Towers tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Raicevic swivels and escapes.
Raicevic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Towers doesn't seem bothered though.
Towers doesn't manage to clinch there - Raicevic circles away.
Towers is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Raicevic.
Raicevic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Raicevic throws a shot from downtown. Towers moves away and avoids it.

Raicevic rushes Towers and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Raicevic.
A nice left hand lands by Towers.
Raicevic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Afa Towers has been cut.
Raicevic cracks Towers with a nice body shot.
Towers takes an elbow to the temple.
Raicevic stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raicevic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Raicevic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Towers backwards.
Towers can't find room to land a body shot as Raicevic controls the action.
Towers fails to pull guard.
Towers is breathing heavily.
Raicevic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Raicevic avoids the elbow strike from Towers, against the cage.
Come on Raicevic - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Raicevic lands an elbow inside that Towers shrugs off.
Raicevic lands a hook that snaps the head of Towers backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Raicevic.
A short right from Raicevic.

Raicevic drops Towers onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Towers is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Towers is rocked!
The referee is keeping an eye on Raicevic - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Oh Towers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raicevic lands an elbow that stopped Towers in his tracks for a moment.
Towers takes an elbow to the temple.
Towers takes an elbow to the temple.
Towers wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Afa Towers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raicevic lands a good knee to the midsection. Towers won't want to take too many of those.
Raicevic scores with a shot to the side of Towers's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raicevic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Towers.
Raicevic pushes Towers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Raicevic is leaning against Towers and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Raicevic.
Towers seems to have got his legs back now.
Raicevic missing with knees to the body.
Raicevic lands an elbow that stopped Towers in his tracks for a moment.
Raicevic lands an elbow that stopped Towers in his tracks for a moment.
Raicevic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Towers backwards.
Raicevic is pushing Towers up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Raicevic trying to land knees to the body.
Raicevic lands a damaging elbow.
Nice body punch from Raicevic - that landed with a thud.
Raicevic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Towers's defenses.
Raicevic holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Raicevic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Afa Towers's cut is getting worse.
Raicevic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towers takes an elbow to the temple.
Raicevic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Towers avoids it.
Raicevic lands a hook that snaps the head of Towers backwards.
Towers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Towers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Raicevic lands a body punch.
Raicevic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Towers avoids it.
Raicevic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Raicevic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice body punch from Raicevic - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Raicevic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Raicevic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raicevic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Towers takes an elbow to the temple.
Raicevic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Towers's defenses.

Afa Towers's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Raicevic creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Towers! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Raicevic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Riccardo Raicevic!