PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hoe Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Syntha Six (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray comes to the cage accompanied by BONE. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ray
vs
Six

195 cm
21
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
30
215 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hoe Ray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Syntha Six!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Six avoids the head kick by Ray.
Ray throws a hook to the side of Six's head but Six sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ray uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Six.
Ray moves into range and connects with a jab.

Ray has managed to clinch.
Six blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ray is pressed up against the cage. Six has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ray down to the mat. Ray avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ray slips a jab and a cross from Six.
Ray lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ray uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Six.
Ray looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Six throws a push kick but Ray slaps the foot to one side.
Left hook, right uppercut from Six.

It looks like Hoe Ray has been cut.
Ray scores with a hook to the body. Six takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Six with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Ray.

Ray has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ray lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ray manages to break the clinch.
Six looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ray checks a low kick from Six.
Six on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ray. Ray obviously looking to wear him down.
Six has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ray lands a nice looking body kick.
Six looks gassed!
Ray explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Ray.

Six gets tackled into the cage by Ray. Ray maintains the clinch.

Ray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ray fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Six has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ray lands a leg kick that knocks Six off balance momentarily.
Ray ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ray plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ray lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ray takes the fight into the clinch.
Ray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ray lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Ray.

Ray is trying to trip Six. He has hold of a leg but Six is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Ray persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ray tries to free his leg and advance position but Six is retaining full guard.
Ray forces his way into half guard.
Ray is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ray looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ray trying to control the action but Six is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray is really struggling to control Six but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ray is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Six reverses the position - he's now on top in Ray's guard.
Ray on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ray tries to get out of the position.
Ray tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ray looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Hoe Ray wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Ray is looking to chop away at Six's legs.
Ray attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ray is looking to chop away at Six's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Six misses with a double jab

and Ray counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ray leaning against his opponent.
A right hand to the body from Ray.
Ray tries to land knees in the clinch but Six avoids the damage to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ray cracks Six with a nice body shot.

Ray has Six pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Ray pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Six tumbling to the mat - Ray dives into Six's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ray would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Six keeping moving, preventing Ray from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ray trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hoe Ray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hoe Ray'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.

Ray has closed the distance and engaged Six in a clinch.
Ray lands a body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ray - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ray pushes Six back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ray is working Six over against the cage.
Ray pushes Six back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Ray has Six pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Ray pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Six tumbling to the mat - Ray dives into Six's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Six has a closed guard, preventing Ray from standing up.
Six is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Six swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ray trying to control the position from guard on top but Six is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ray will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ray stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Six swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Six keeping moving, preventing Ray from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Hoe Ray just wasn't active enough.
Ray lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A jab lands there for Ray.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Six missing with a left hand there. Ray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Six misses with a hook. Ray ducked under it nicely.
Six thows a left - swing and a miss!
Six is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Six will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ray chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Six jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ray.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ray digs a good body shot into Six's ribs.
Six takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Six 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.
Ray chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ray scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ray has managed to clinch.
Ray misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Ray.
Six managing to block the knees to the body from Ray.

Ray breaks from the clinch.
Ray lands a right hook to the body.
Six on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ray is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Six shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ray pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Six.
Ray lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Six at a distance.
Ray turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ray throws a head kick that half lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ray.
Good leg kick by Ray there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ray, right into the meat.
Syntha Six is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Six tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Ray lands a big head kick that sends Six tumbling to the mat! Ray takes a step backwards and waves Six back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Six is rocked!

Ray takes the fight into the clinch.
Six is still on wobbly legs! Can Ray finish him?
Ray misses with a knee strike.
Ray creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Six's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Six drops to his knees and Ray pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hoe Ray!