PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Rainey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Goodson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Goodson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Richard Rainey's chin.

Rainey
vs
Goodson

180 cm
26
221 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
212 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Rainey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Goodson!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Goodson.
Nice jab there from Goodson.

Goodson throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Rainey tumbling to the canvas!

Rainey is rocked!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Goodson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Oh Rainey is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rainey throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Goodson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rainey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Goodson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rainey wants to sweep here but Goodson controlling him for the moment.
Rainey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Goodson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rainey manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Goodson is squirming around, avoiding Rainey's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Goodson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rainey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rainey throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Goodson because Rainey loaded up on that one.
Rainey seems to have got his legs back now.
Rainey looking to finish Goodson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Goodson!
Rainey punching from mount but Goodson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Rainey tries to control but Goodson wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rainey throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rainey has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Goodson's face.
Rainey 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.
Rainey thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rainey takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rainey working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rainey looking to ground and pound but Goodson is blocking nicely.
Rainey looking to ground and pound but Goodson is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rainey sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Goodson is looking to get to half guard.
Rainey takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goodson working to try and regain half guard.
Rainey looking to finish with strikes here!
Rainey unloads with some shots from mount but Goodson bucks and avoids them well.
Goodson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Rainey.
Rainey looking to ground and pound but Goodson is blocking nicely.
Goodson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rainey content just to control the position here.
Goodson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rainey lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Rainey dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rainey moves away from the strike by Goodson.
Rainey has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
and Goodson counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Rainey! He's just covering up as Goodson starts to tee off till referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Goodson!