PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaydub Spliffenberger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Rain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spliffenberger comes to the cage accompanied by Roll 'em Up. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Spliffenberger
vs
Rain

195 cm
28
215 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

190 cm
28
195 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaydub Spliffenberger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Rain!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spliffenberger goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Spliffenberger scoring well with a low kick there.
Rain checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnny Rain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spliffenberger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rain checks a leg kick.
Rain throws a combination that misses
and Spliffenberger counters with a thumping low kick.
Rain throws an off balance right hand
and Spliffenberger counters with a good low kick that Rain was not able to check.
Spliffenberger lands a leg kick that knocks Rain off balance momentarily.
Rain avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rain digs a good hook to Spliffenberger's body.
Spliffenberger does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Spliffenberger lands with a shot to the body.
Rain throws the left hand but Spliffenberger avoids the punch easily.
Spliffenberger throws a leg kick which misses Rain's front leg but catches the back leg as Rain tries to avoid it.

Spliffenberger has taken the fight to the clinch.
Spliffenberger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rain in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Spliffenberger landing knees to the body.
Spliffenberger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rain.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Spliffenberger is fighting off a takedown attempt but Rain is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Spliffenberger to the mat. Spliffenberger regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Spliffenberger has a closed guard, preventing Rain from standing up.
Rain looks gassed!
Spliffenberger has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Spliffenberger working for a triangle but Rain defends it easily.

Rain avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rain trying to stand up but can't free himself from Spliffenberger's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spliffenberger controlling Rain's posture.
Rain is looking to stand up but Spliffenberger won't let him.
Spliffenberger is trying to keep Rain in close.

Spliffenberger is working an open guard so Rain takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Spliffenberger ducks under a wild hook from Rain.
Rain lands with a nice body punch.
Spliffenberger feints and then cracks Rain's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rain down.
Rain defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Spliffenberger.
Spliffenberger throws a jab but it's blocked by Rain.
Rain loads up on a big right hand but Spliffenberger slips the punch.
Spliffenberger moves out of range of the strikes.
Spliffenberger throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spliffenberger thows a body shot but no joy.
Spliffenberger ducks under a wild hook from Rain.
A nice inside leg kick there by Spliffenberger. That's going to slow Rain down.
Rain lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rain throws a poor cross that misses
and Spliffenberger counters with a low kick, right behind Rain 's knee.
Spliffenberger chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Spliffenberger chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Spliffenberger connects with a solid leg kick.
Rain on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spliffenberger throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rain on the side of the head.
Spliffenberger lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Spliffenberger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Spliffenberger scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rain really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Spliffenberger. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Spliffenberger seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Rain is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jaydub Spliffenberger!
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