PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Raybould (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Po is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: If Ya Smell. Tong Po is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Raybould
vs
Po

190 cm
29
273 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

194 cm
22
265 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Raybould!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tong Po!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raybould misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Po keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Po pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Raybould misses.
Raybould tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Po was well out of range. Poor timing from Raybould.

Po drives through and clinches with Raybould against the cage.
Raybould blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Raybould effectively controlling the action here.
Raybould tries to throw a body punch but Po avoids it by throwing Raybould back against the cage.
Po tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Po looking to throw knees to the head but Raybould is blocking nicely.
Po tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raybould throws a head punch that misses.
Po blocks a body shot from Raybould.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raybould dodges an elbow strike from Po.
Po tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Raybould fails to land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Po.
Po with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Raybould fails to land.
Raybould swings wildly with an uppercut but Po uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raybould tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Raybould misses with a punch to the body.
Raybould lands an uppercut.

It looks like Tong Po has been cut.
Po blocking some punches.
Raybould displaying some good clinch control by pressing Po up against the cage.
Po tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raybould lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Po or not.
Raybould stalling the fight.
Raybould is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Raybould tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Po tries to land a knee to the head but Raybould blocks with his arms.
Raybould lands a hook that snaps the head of Po backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Po is trying to stall.
Po tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Po connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raybould's face.
Raybould misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raybould working aggressively here.
Raybould misses with a punch on the inside.
Raybould misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Raybould.
Raybould lands a nice uppercut.
Raybould can't find room to land a body shot as Po controls the action.
Raybould misses with a punch to the body.
Po with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kevin Raybould has been cut.
Po blocks a body shot from Raybould.
Po tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raybould avoids it.
Po tries a knee to the head but Raybould blocks it.
Nice body punch from Raybould - that landed with a thud.
Raybould lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Po with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Raybould takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Po looking to throw knees to the head but Raybould is blocking nicely.
Raybould makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Raybould can't find room to land a body shot as Po controls the action.
Raybould misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raybould throws a head punch that misses.
Po throws an elbow but it misses.
Raybould taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Raybould struggles to land a body shot inside as Po controls his hands.
Raybould struggles to land a body shot inside as Po controls his hands.
Raybould tries to throw a body punch but Po avoids it by throwing Raybould back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Raybould dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Raybould avoids the head kick by Po.

Po pushes Raybould up against the cage in a clinch.
Raybould is trying to maintain a safe position but Po gets an underhook and turns Raybould into the cage.
Raybould swings wildly with an uppercut but Po uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raybould avoiding damage.
Raybould lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Po or not.
Raybould scores with a shoulder strike.
Raybould misses with the head strike.
Raybould lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raybould is working Po over against the cage.
Po misses with an elbow strike.
A bit of stalling here from Raybould.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Raybould.
Po prevents a body shot from Raybould.
Po with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raybould struggles to land a body shot inside as Po controls his hands.
Raybould misses with a body punch.
Raybould misses with a punch on the inside.
Raybould struggles to land a body shot inside as Po controls his hands.
Po is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Raybould.
Raybould throws a head punch that misses.
Raybould working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raybould.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Raybould.
Raybould can't find room to land a body shot as Po controls the action.
Raybould lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Po tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Po's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raybould taking a breather.
Raybould tries to work over Po's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Po.
Kevin Raybould has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Po with a knee to the head.
Raybould can't find room to land a body shot as Po controls the action.
Po blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raybould misses with a punch to the body.
Po missing with knees to the body.
Raybould throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pos head.

That has opened up Tong Po's cut even more.
Raybould misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raybould tries to work over Po's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raybould tries to work over Po's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raybould lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Raybould misses with a hook to the ribs.
Po prevents a body shot from Raybould.
Raybould tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Po's elbow.
Po blocking some punches.
Po throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raybould blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Raybould fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raybould wants to stall.
Raybould content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Raybould lands an uppercut.
Po with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raybould looking to slow down the pace here.
Raybould tries to throw a body punch but Po avoids it by throwing Raybould back against the cage.
Po throws an elbow that misses.
Raybould scores with a shoulder strike.

The cut above Tong Po's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Raybould looking to slow down the pace here.
Raybould has a couple of punches blocked by Po.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Raybould dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Po uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raybould.
Raybould lands a right hook to the body.

Po closes the distance and clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Raybould tries to throw a body punch but Po avoids it by throwing Raybould back against the cage.
Po is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Po prevents a body shot from Raybould.
Po tries to land knees in the clinch but Raybould avoids the damage to the body.
Raybould on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Po with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Po tries to land a knee to the head but Raybould blocks with his arms.

Raybould drops Po onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Po is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Po is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raybould unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Po! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Raybould is unloading with more strikes now! Po drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Raybould!
Kevin Raybould managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc, into his post fight interview.