PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Ratskin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregorio San Pedro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ratskin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to "Carolus Rex" by Sabaton. Gregorio San Pedro has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Alexander Ratskin's chin.

Ratskin
vs
San Pedro

196 cm
33
270 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

198 cm
27
270 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

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Brute

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 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexander Ratskin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gregorio San Pedro!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ratskin misses with a looping left.
Ratskin missing with a left hand there. San Pedro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ratskin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
San Pedro tries to clinch up but Ratskin circles away and keeps his distance.
Ratskin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and San Pedro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ratskin misses with a body shot
and San Pedro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ratskin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ratskin tries to clinch up but San Pedro circles away and keeps his distance.
Ratskin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
San Pedro walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ratskin just misses with a punch to the body.
Ratskin darts in trying to clinch
and San Pedro counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ratskin closes the distance and clinches.
Ratskin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
San Pedro tries to work over Ratskin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
San Pedro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
San Pedro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ratskin avoids it.
San Pedro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
San Pedro is trying to break the clinch but Ratskin has him pressed against the cage.
Ratskin lands a shoulder strike.
Ratskin has a couple of punches blocked by San Pedro.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ratskin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ratskin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt San Pedro or not.
San Pedro wants to get back to striking at distance but Ratskin won't allow it.
Ratskin content to slow the pace in the clinch.

San Pedro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Ratskin lands a big right hand that sends San Pedro crashing to the mat! Ratskin stays standing though and waves San Pedro back to his feet!
Ratskin throws a poor cross that misses
and San Pedro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ratskin thows a body shot but no joy.
Alexander Ratskin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ratskin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ratskin connects with a body shot.
Alexander Ratskin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ratskin throws a body punch but San Pedro moves out of range.
Ratskin slips under a jab from San Pedro.
San Pedro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ratskin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces San Pedro back to the cage. Ratskin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ratskin takes a swing at San Pedro's ribcage but misses.
San Pedro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice defenses there by Ratskin.
San Pedro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ratskin lunges at San Pedro with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by San Pedro's hand.
Ratskin is looking to wear down San Pedro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ratskin swings for the body but San Pedro moves out of range.
San Pedro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ratskin has managed to clinch.
San Pedro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ratskin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ratskin is pushing San Pedro up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
San Pedro lands a body shot.
San Pedro blocks an uppercut.
Ratskin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ratskin displaying some good clinch control by pressing San Pedro up against the cage.
Ratskin lands a left hand that snaps the head of San Pedro backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by San Pedro.
Ratskin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
San Pedro tries to land knees in the clinch but Ratskin avoids the damage to the body.
Ratskin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
San Pedro blocks a body shot from Ratskin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ratskin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of San Pedro backwards.
San Pedro scores with a shot to the side of Ratskin's head.
A short right from Ratskin on the inside.
San Pedro takes a shot to the head.
Ratskin tries a body shot but San Pedro blocks it.
San Pedro missing with knees to the body.
San Pedro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ratskin.
Ratskin gets through San Pedro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
San Pedro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ratskin's elbow.
San Pedro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ratskin is defending well for now.
Ratskin misses with a hook to the ribs.
San Pedro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from San Pedro.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
San Pedro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
San Pedro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ratskin is defending well for now.
San Pedro misses with a punch on the inside.
San Pedro prevents a body shot from Ratskin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Ratskin dominated that round.
That's time! Ratskin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Good shot there by Ratskin.
Ratskin tries to close the distance and clinch but San Pedro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ratskin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
San Pedro lands an overhand right.
San Pedro throws an overhand right that lands on Ratskin's shoulder, as Ratskin tries to avoid the shot.
Ratskin throws an overhand right that lands on San Pedro's shoulder, as San Pedro tries to avoid the shot.
A combination from Ratskin does no damage.
San Pedro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ratskin was well out of range. Poor timing from San Pedro.
A jab from San Pedro misses.
Alexander Ratskin is winning the standup battle so far.
San Pedro throws a hook but Ratskin blocks it.

Ratskin gets a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Ratskin.
San Pedro blocks a body shot from Ratskin.
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!
San Pedro trying to land knees to the body.
San Pedro struggles to land a body shot inside as Ratskin controls his hands.
San Pedro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San Pedro tries to throw a body punch but Ratskin avoids it by throwing San Pedro back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ratskin.
Nice body punch from San Pedro - that landed with a thud.
With the fighters up against the cage, San Pedro throws an elbow but misses.
San Pedro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ratskin misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by San Pedro.
San Pedro tries to break the clinch but Ratskin is controlling the position.
San Pedro can't find room to land a body shot as Ratskin controls the action.

San Pedro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ratskin looks to land a left hand but San Pedro moved out of range nicely.
Ratskin clobbers San Pedro with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ratskin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by San Pedro.
San Pedro circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ratskin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ratskin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ratskin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and San Pedro counters with a right hand to the body.
Ratskin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ratskin throws a lazy uppercut
enabling San Pedro to counter with a crisp jab.

San Pedro sends Ratskin crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! San Pedro is motioning to the referee to let Ratskin up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Ratskin is rocked!

It looks like Alexander Ratskin has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ratskin misses with a right hand
and San Pedro counters with a huge right that knocks Ratskin out cold! San Pedro is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gregorio San Pedro!
A relieved looking Gregorio San Pedro thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.