PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sativa Sensei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Rhino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sensei's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stevie Ray - Pride and Joy. Rhino has chosen Glass to the Arson -- Anberlin as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sensei
vs
Rhino

178 cm
26
178 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

180 cm
31
179 lbs
28 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ultimate Fighting Gear

Brute
Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sativa Sensei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, The Rhino!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhino connects with a looping right hand.
Sensei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sensei has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rhino finds it's way round the side to connect with Sensei's head.
Rhino ducks right into an uppercut from Sensei.
Rhino feints and then cracks Sensei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sensei down.
Sensei throws a low kick but Rhino moves out of range easily.
Rhino throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rhino plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sensei clobbers Rhino with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like The Rhino has been cut.
Rhino misses with a head kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sensei lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rhino has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rhino and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rhino ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sensei avoids the head kick by Rhino.
Nice defenses there by Rhino.
A big left from Rhino misses.
Rhino slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sensei does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhino stuns Sensei with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rhino fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rhino misses with a hook. Sensei ducked under it nicely.
Sensei swings for the body but Rhino moves out of range.
Sensei misses with a body punch
and Rhino counters with a nice uppercut.
Sensei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sensei gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sensei misses the shot to the body.
Sensei takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sensei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rhino moves away.
Rhino doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sensei doesn't manage to clinch there - Rhino circles away.

Sensei gets a clinch.
Sensei lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rhino looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sensei lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rhino.

Rhino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rhino avoids the head kick by Sensei.
Sativa Sensei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rhino checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rhino connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like Sativa Sensei has been cut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rhino. That's going to slow Sensei down.
Sensei misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice shot by Rhino.
Sensei just misses with a punch to the body.
Rhino chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rhino throws a looping overhand right but Sensei ducks down to avoid it.
Sensei will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rhino tries to land a front kick but Sensei steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sensei with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rhino to score with a decent uppercut.
Sensei misses with a body kick.
Sensei is looking to slow Rhino down with leg kicks.
Sensei throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rhino cracks the inside of Sensei's front leg.
Rhino with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slow jab from Sensei misses its intended target.
Rhino feints and then cracks Sensei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sensei down.
Rhino throws a hook to the side of Sensei's head but Sensei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sensei swings for the body but Rhino moves out of range.
Sensei checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sensei throws a looping overhand right but Rhino ducks down to avoid it.
Sensei thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sensei throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rhino on the side of the head.
Sensei ducks under a wild hook from Rhino.
Sensei looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sensei misses with a body shot.
Sensei is looking to wear down Rhino with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sensei sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sensei throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Sensei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sensei takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rhino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sensei thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sensei lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rhino has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rhino and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sensei goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sensei jabs at Rhino's body.
Sensei takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Rhino dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Sensei's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sensei throws a front kick aimed at Rhino's knee but Rhino avoids it well.
Sensei bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rhino.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rhino.
Rhino staying out of range there.
Rhino misses with a straight right.
Sensei misses with a kick to the body.
Rhino throws a leg kick which misses Sensei's front leg but catches the back leg as Sensei tries to avoid it.
Sensei throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sensei slips a jab from Rhino.
Rhino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rhino works the jab nicely.
Rhino throws a jab but it's blocked by Sensei.
Rhino connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sensei takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensei avoids the head kick by Rhino.
Rhino throws an overhand right that lands on Sensei's shoulder, as Sensei tries to avoid the shot.
Sensei is looking to clinch but Rhino is avoiding it.
Rhino takes a swing at Sensei's ribcage but misses.
Rhino scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rhino buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rhino connects with an inside leg kick.
Sensei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rhino jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rhino ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sensei lands a head kick. Rhino smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rhino fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Rhino.
Rhino throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensei thows a body shot but no joy.
Rhino lands a front kick.
Rhino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rhino lands a nice shot that snaps Sensei's head back.
Sensei throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rhino connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sensei misses with a looping right.
Rhino staying out of range there.
Rhino takes a swing at Sensei's ribcage but misses.
Rhino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rhino scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rhino tries a head kick but it misses.
Sensei misses with a shot to the body
and Rhino counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rhino moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rhino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sensei manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sensei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rhino keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sensei.
Sensei moves out of range as Rhino strikes.
Rhino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sensei moves away.
Sensei throws a hook to the side of Rhino's head but Rhino sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rhino moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rhino moves away from the strike by Sensei.
Sensei tries to close the distance and clinch but Rhino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rhino connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rhino connects with an inside leg kick.
Sensei is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rhino scores with a shot to the body.
Rhino uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A slow jab from Rhino misses its intended target.
Sensei looks to throw the jab but Rhino is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
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!
Sensei takes one to the side of the head.
Sensei takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rhino tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sensei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rhino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rhino takes one to the chin there.
Sensei takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sensei chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sensei scores with a nice strike.
Sensei feints and then cracks Rhino's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rhino down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick by Sensei misses
and Rhino counters with a nice uppercut.
Sensei misses with a wild body shot.

Sensei has Rhino up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Rhino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rhino connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sensei goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sensei uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rhino.
Sensei fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rhino is out of range.
Sensei ducks under a wild hook from Rhino.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rhino, right into the meat.
Rhino uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sensei has time to react.
Sensei slips under a jab from Rhino.
Rhino scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sensei moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Sensei is rocked!
Rhino looks to land a left hand but Sensei moved out of range nicely.
Rhino tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rhino, right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sensei fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhino fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sensei has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sensei looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sensei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sensei lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rhino throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Oh Sensei is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Decent striking displayed by Rhino there.
Sensei misses the shot to the body.
Rhino throws a nice looking combination but Sensei bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fighters circle, before Rhino throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Sensei's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Rhino lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). The Rhino!
A victorious The Rhino thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.