PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sigvard Aurelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Rankinstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aurelius comes to the cage accompanied by Marcia Carolus Rex. Rankinstein is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Going Back To Cali by LL Cool J. Sigvard Aurelius could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Derrick Rankinstein's chin.

Aurelius
vs
Rankinstein

156 cm
28
130 lbs
13 - 0 - 0

169 cm
22
147 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Conviction

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sigvard Aurelius!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Derrick Rankinstein!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aurelius throws a hook but Rankinstein avoids it easily.
Rankinstein tries to land a front kick but Aurelius steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rankinstein throws a lazy right hand but Aurelius sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rankinstein keeps the fight on the outside.
Rankinstein misses with a straight left.
Rankinstein takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aurelius tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Aurelius has closed the distance and engaged Rankinstein in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Aurelius.
Rankinstein looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Aurelius misses with a punch on the inside.
Aurelius tries to land knees in the clinch but Rankinstein avoids the damage to the body.
Rankinstein tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aurelius avoids it.
Aurelius cracks Rankinstein with a nice body shot.
Rankinstein avoids the elbow strike from Aurelius, against the cage.
Aurelius throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rankinstein missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Aurelius.
Rankinstein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rankinstein tries to land knees in the clinch but Aurelius avoids the damage to the body.
Aurelius keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rankinstein's efforts to push away.
Rankinstein tries to throw a body punch but Aurelius avoids it by throwing Rankinstein back against the cage.
Rankinstein misses with an elbow over the top.
Aurelius gets through Rankinstein's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aurelius throws an elbow but it misses.
Aurelius working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aurelius avoiding damage as Rankinstein throws knees to the body.
Aurelius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aurelius blocks an elbow strike from Rankinstein.
Aurelius lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Derrick Rankinstein has been cut.
Rankinstein blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aurelius pushes off an throws an elbow but Rankinstein leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aurelius scores with a nice hook to the head.

Rankinstein's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rankinstein gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Aurelius gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sigvard Aurelius!
Sigvard Aurelius retains his bantamweight title!
Sigvard Aurelius made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Quit waisting my time, Raptor.'.