PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Rampage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Vilas Boas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Rampage
vs
Vilas Boas

182 cm
32
218 lbs
21 - 14 - 1

194 cm
27
217 lbs
14 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Rampage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Lucas Vilas Boas !
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rampage fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vilas Boas misses with a hook. Rampage ducked under it nicely.
Vilas Boas lands a glancing blow to the side of Rampage's head.
Vilas Boas looks to land a right hand but Rampage moved out of range.
Vilas Boas throws a series of punches but Rampage moves out of range.
Vilas Boas walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rampage.
Vilas Boas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vilas Boas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rampage throws a shot from downtown. Vilas Boas moves away and avoids it.
Vilas Boas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rampage backs up against the cage.
Rampage gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vilas Boas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rampage sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rampage pivots, looking for a leg kick but Vilas Boas is out of range and Rampage settles back down.
Rampage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vilas Boas manages to avoid it.
A jab from Rampage misses.
Vilas Boas scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Rampage.
Jab, jab by Vilas Boas - just one landing.
Vilas Boas misses with a right hand
and Rampage counters with a series of strikes. Vilas Boas will be more careful next time no doubt.
Vilas Boas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lucas Vilas Boas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilas Boas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rampage scores with a nice right hand.
Vilas Boas moves in looking to clinch but Rampage pushes him off.
Rampage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vilas Boas .
Rampage moves out of range as Vilas Boas strikes.
Rampage takes a swing at Vilas Boas 's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Vilas Boas misses.
Rampage slips under a jab from Vilas Boas .
A big right from Vilas Boas misses.
Rampage tries to land a front kick but Vilas Boas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A slow jab from Vilas Boas misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rampage. Vilas Boas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rampage moves away from the strike by Vilas Boas .
Vilas Boas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vilas Boas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rampage.
Vilas Boas tries to close the distance and clinch but Rampage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vilas Boas fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Vilas Boas does it's job there.
Rampage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rampage pivots, looking for a leg kick but Vilas Boas is out of range and Rampage settles back down.
Vilas Boas misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rampage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vilas Boas .
Rampage lands with a nice combination. Vilas Boas backs away looking to recover.

Rampage shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Vilas Boas squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Rampage looking to finish with strikes here!
Vilas Boas is trying to stand.
Rampage looking to finish Vilas Boas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Vilas Boas !
Poor strikes thrown by Rampage there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rampage misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rampage thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Rampage controlling from the full mount.
Rampage with shots to the head and body - Vilas Boas looks very uncomfortable down there.

It looks like Lucas Vilas Boas has been cut.
Rampage wants to control the pace but Vilas Boas is squirming around nicely.
Rampage throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
You get the feeling that Vilas Boas really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rampage misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rampage punching from mount but Vilas Boas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Rampage lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rampage drops a big elbow. That's hurt Vilas Boas ! More shots from Rampage and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Rampage!