PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Amun Ra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ra
vs
Justice

173 cm
21
165 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

167 cm
31
152 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Amun Ra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duke Justice!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice takes a swing at Ra's ribcage but misses.

Justice shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Justice showed some decent athleticism there.
Justice not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Justice wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ra keeps working.
Ra wants to get back to full guard.
Justice missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ra wants to improve his position but Justice is controlling well.
Ra wants to get back to his feet.
Justice wants to pass the guard but Ra is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ra trying to control but Justice postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ra fails to land the takedown.
Justice takes a swing at Ra's ribcage but misses.
Ra dodges the punch combination from Justice.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ra.
Ra looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amun Ra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ra scores with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Ra misses the target.
Justice takes a swing at Ra's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ra fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Justice blocks a head kick by Ra.

Ra shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Justice napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ra working the ground and pound from side control.
Ra in side control, throwing shots but Justice defends.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Justice can't do much from the bottom here.
Ra looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Justice is avoiding damage well.
Ra throws a strike aimed at the side of Justice's head but Justice avoids it well.
Ra in side control, throwing shots but Justice defends.
Ra sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Justice is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Ra remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Justice is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ra is putting a hurting on Justice here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ra trying to control the position but Justice is working away.
Check out the look on Ra's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Justice is looking for a sweep.
Ra throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Ra.
Ra throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Justice on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Justice takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ra throws an elbow but Justice slips to the side and avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Justice defending against the ground and pound.
Justice tries to bench press Ra off him but Ra keeps the position.
Ra cracks Justice with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Ra in side control, throwing shots but Justice defends.
Ra is working Justice over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ra landing strikes.
Ra in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Justice gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ra thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Justice's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ra thows a huge punch but Justice dodges it nicely.
Ra thows a huge punch but Justice dodges it nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Justice keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ra throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ra throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ra thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ra thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Justice's head.
Ra working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ra sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Justice defending well though.
Ra missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ra lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ra is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Justice!
Ra with the ground and pound from mount.
Ra putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ra punching from mount but Justice doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ra lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ra lands a heavy elbow.
Justice is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Justice avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ra.
Justice takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ra scoring with strikes but Justice is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ra with the ground and pound from mount.

Justice is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ra cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Justice is still in real trouble! Can Ra finish him?
Ra lands a big elbow - Justice is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Justice is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Amun Ra!