PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Math Rastafari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Irvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irvin has chosen Before I Forget by Slipknot as his entrance music. Patrick Irvin acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Rastafari
vs
Irvin

176 cm
23
210 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

185 cm
23
219 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Math Rastafari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Patrick Irvin !
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rastafari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Irvin .
Irvin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rastafaris jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rastafari misses with a straight left.
Rastafari ducks under a wild hook from Irvin .
Irvin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Irvin connects with a crisp jab.
Rastafari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Irvin .
Rastafari shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rastafari looks to land a left hand but Irvin moved out of range nicely.
Rastafari ducks under a wild hook from Irvin .
Irvin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rastafari moves away.
Rastafari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Irvin throws out the jab.
Rastafari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rastafari connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Irvin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rastafari darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rastafari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rastafari misses with a combination
and Irvin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irvin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Irvin misses with a double jab.
Rastafari lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rastafari throws a looping overhand right but Irvin ducks down to avoid it.
Irvin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rastafari scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Irvin scores with a decent looking hook.
Rastafari walks into a straight right hand from Irvin .
No joy there for Rastafari, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Irvin looks to land a left hand but Rastafari moved out of range nicely.
Irvin misses with an uppercut. Rastafari saw that one coming.
Rastafari lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rastafari keeps Irvin at a distance using the push kick.
Irvin takes a swing at Rastafari's ribcage but misses.
Irvin blocks a head kick by Rastafari.
Patrick Irvin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rastafari throws a leg kick which misses Irvin 's front leg but catches the back leg as Irvin tries to avoid it.
Irvin looks gassed!
Rastafari looks to land a left hand but Irvin moved out of range nicely.
Rastafari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rastafari misses with an uppercut. Irvin saw that one coming.
Rastafari misses with a leg kick.
Rastafari misses with a body shot.
Irvin moves out of range of the strikes.
Irvin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rastafari misses with a hook.
Irvin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice defenses there by Irvin .
Rastafari takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Irvin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rastafari.
Rastafari connects with a right hand. Irvin shakes it off.
Rastafari scores with a jab.
Rastafari looks to land a left hand but Irvin moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irvin loads up on a big right hand but Rastafari slips the punch.
A big right from Rastafari misses.
A jab lands there for Rastafari.
Irvin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rastafari in his tracks.
Rastafari uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Irvin .
Rastafari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rastafari throws an overhand right that lands on Irvin 's shoulder, as Irvin tries to avoid the shot.
Rastafari throws a hook but Irvin blocks it.
Irvin moves out of range as Rastafari strikes.
Irvin misses with a hook. Rastafari ducked under it nicely.
Rastafari ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rastafari gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A swing and a miss from Irvin .
Rastafari tries a head kick but it misses.
Irvin cracks Rastafari with a right hand to the side of the head.
Irvin 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rastafari throws out a leg kick but Irvin moves out of range and Rastafari only half commits.
A jab from Rastafari misses.
Rastafari throws a leg kick that misses.
Rastafari connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rastafari wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rastafari throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Irvin throws a right and a left that Rastafari avoids nicely.
Rastafari throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rastafari blocks a jab.
A jab from Irvin misses.
Irvin moves away from the strike by Rastafari.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rastafari misses with a hook.
A jab from Rastafari does it's job there.
Rastafari dodges the punch combination from Irvin .
Rastafari fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Math Rastafari dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rastafari cracks a nice hook into Irvin 's ribs.
Rastafari swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Irvin to counter with a crisp jab.
Rastafari cracks a nice hook into Irvin 's ribs.
Rastafari misses the jab.
Rastafari darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Good leg kick by Rastafari there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rastafari slips a jab and a cross from Irvin .
Rastafari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Irvin .
Irvin throws a lazy right hand but Rastafari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rastafari throws a nice inside leg kick.
Irvin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rastafari.
Rastafari gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Irvin is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rastafari scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Irvin looks to score with a jab to the body but Rastafari is just out of range.
Rastafari throws a hook to the side of Irvin 's head but Irvin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rastafari slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rastafari lands a nice hook to Irvin 's body. Irvin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rastafari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Irvin manages to avoid it.
Rastafari listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Irvin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Irvin might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rastafari has got the better of the exchanges.
A punch lands to the side of Irvin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rastafari throws a shot to the body.
Rastafari throws a hook to the side of Irvin 's head but Irvin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A cross from Rastafari lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Irvin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rastafari.
Rastafari 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.
Rastafari lands a nice hook to Irvin 's body. Irvin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice defenses there by Irvin .
Rastafari misses with a looping right.
Irvin tries to move into range but Rastafari moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Irvin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rastafari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Irvin sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rastafari lands with a thumping leg kick.
Irvin misses with a straight left.
Irvin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Rastafari.
Rastafari stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A swing and a miss from Irvin .
Rastafari throws an overhand right that lands on Irvin 's shoulder, as Irvin tries to avoid the shot.
Rastafari scoring well with a low kick there.
Rastafari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Irvin 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rastafari ducks under a wild hook from Irvin .
Rastafari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch lands to the side of Irvin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rastafari.
Rastafari throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rastafari connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Rastafari. That snapped Irvin 's head back.
Irvin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rastafari is looking to slow Irvin down with leg kicks.
Rastafari scores with a leg kick.
Irvin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rastafari connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Irvin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rastafari scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rastafari thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Irvin if he has to take too many more of those.
Rastafari lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rastafari looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rastafari lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jab, jab by Rastafari - just one landing.
Rastafari lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Irvin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rastafari.
Irvin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Rastafari lands but Irvin takes it in his stride.

Irvin is rocked!
A decent looking cross lands there for Rastafari.
Irvin is still on wobbly legs! Can Rastafari finish him?
Rastafari misses with a double jab.
Rastafari is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Irvin can do to turn this around?
Rastafari lands a really nice looking cross but Irvin seems unphased.
Irvin gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Rastafari gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Math Rastafari!