PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Inti Raimi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Czech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Raimi
vs
Czech

184 cm
25
225 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

192 cm
28
215 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Inti Raimi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter Czech!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Czech looks to land a left hand but Raimi moved out of range nicely.
Czech misses with a jab, cross combination.
Raimi misses with a body kick.
Czech connects with a single shot there.
Czech misses with a straight left.
Czech showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Raimi.
Czech misses with a straight right.
Raimi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A combination from Raimi does no damage.
A combination from Raimi does no damage.
Raimi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Czech counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Raimi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Czech scores with a decent looking hook.
Raimi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Raimi throws a head kick that misses.
Czech throws a shot to the body.
Czech just misses with a punch to the body.
Raimi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Czech displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Raimi throws out the jab.
Czech stuns Raimi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Czech finds it's way through Raimi's defenses.
Raimi misses with a two punch combination.
Raimi takes a jab right on the kisser.

Czech moves into the clinch.
Raimi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Czech pulls his leg out and moves away.
Raimi fails in his attempt to clinch.

Raimi tries to keep at a distance but Czech has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Czech.
Raimi takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raimi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Czech pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Raimi avoids a wild elbow strike from Czech.
Czech throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raimis head.
Czech lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Raimi blocks a body shot from Czech.
Czech tries to work over Raimi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Czech.
Czech has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Raimi is working for takedown but Czech is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Inti Raimi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raimi is breathing heavily.
The referee is keeping an eye on Czech - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Raimi wants a takedown but no success here.
Czech lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Czech is leaning against Raimi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Czech is struggling to control the position.
Raimi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Czech avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raimi letting Czech take a breather here.
Czech scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Czech lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Inti Raimi has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raimi working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Czech.
Czech lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raimi backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Czech.
Czech scores with a shot to the side of Raimi's head.
Czech works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Czech.
Czech displaying some good clinch control by pressing Raimi up against the cage.
Czech lands a hook that snaps the head of Raimi backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Czech makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Czech lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Raimi backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Czech dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Inti Raimi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Czech lands a body shot.
Czech lands a right hook to the body.
Inti Raimi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Czech misses with a double jab.
Czech thows a body shot but no joy.
Czech connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Czech lands with a right hand.

Raimi is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Czech finds it's way through Raimi's defenses.
Oh Raimi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Czech fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Czech! Raimi is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Czech! Peter Czech retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Peter Czech thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.