PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Crash Archangel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky The Hitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Hitman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. All within My Hands kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Archangel
vs
The Hitman

189 cm
19
208 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

195 cm
27
218 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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Raw Edge Gear (R.E.G)

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Crash Archangel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky The Hitman!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Hitman drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The Hitman working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Hitman scoring with punches to the head and body.
The Hitman cracks Archangel with a solid left hand.
The Hitman won't allow Archangel to sweep him here.
The Hitman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Hitman advances to half guard.
The Hitman lands strikes from half guard.

Archangel is rocked!
The Hitman throwing shots but Archangel is blocking nicely.
Oh Archangel is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Hitman prevents Archangel from standing back up.
Archangel seems to have got his legs back now.
The Hitman is thwarting Archangel's attempts to control the position.
Archangel is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. The Hitman lands a nice short elbow.
The Hitman is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The Hitman is trying to control. Archangel wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The Hitman prevents Archangel from improving his position.
The Hitman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Archangel is trying to stand.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. The Hitman connects with a nice short shot to Archangel's temple.
Archangel tries to get to full guard but The Hitman has control of the leg.
The Hitman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The Hitman lands strikes from half guard.
Archangel gets back to full guard.
The Hitman connects with a couple of short punches.
The Hitman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Archangel is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The Hitman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The Hitman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells The Hitman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Archangel keeping moving, preventing The Hitman from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hitman landing with the ground and pound.
Archangel looking to control.
The Hitman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Archangel's head.
The Hitman chips away with some ground and pound.
Archangel keeping moving, preventing The Hitman from controlling successfully.
Archangel wants to sweep but no luck.
The Hitman arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Archangel's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rocky The Hitman! Rocky The Hitman retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Rocky The Hitman, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.