PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Ratskin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaisafa Masoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ratskin comes to the cage accompanied by "Carolus Rex" by Sabaton. The crowd seem to be enjoying Masoe's choice of entrance music: Bang On by Boo Yaa Tribe. This should be a great matchup!

Ratskin
vs
Masoe

196 cm
36
270 lbs
30 - 13 - 1

177 cm
34
277 lbs
32 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Merciless Gladiators

Hellbent

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 30 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Ratskin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Gaisafa Masoe!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ratskin scores with a nice head shot.
Ratskin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Masoe's head.
Masoe tries to score with a low kick but Ratskin moves his leg out of the way.
Masoe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Masoe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Masoe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ratskin's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masoe misses with a body shot.
Masoe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ratskin. That did some damage!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ratskin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ratskin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Masoe.
Ratskin looks to land a right hand but Masoe moved out of range.
Ratskin slips under a jab.
Ratskin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Masoe was well out of range. Poor timing from Ratskin.
Ratskin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Masoe makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Ratskin moves into range and clinches up with Masoe.
Masoe is trying to pull guard but Ratskin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ratskin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Masoes head.
Masoe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ratskin avoids it.
A short uppercut from Ratskin.
Masoe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ratskin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Masoe swings wildly with an uppercut but Ratskin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ratskin lands a nice uppercut.
Ratskin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Masoe breaks from the clinch.
Ratskin wants to clinch.
Masoe misses with a hook.
Masoe dodges the punch combination from Ratskin.
Alexander Ratskin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Oooooh!!! Ratskin has knocked Masoe down with a huge combo! Ratskin steps away and waves a wobbly Masoe back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Masoe is rocked!

It looks like Gaisafa Masoe has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ratskin misses with a wild body shot.
Ratskin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ratskin throws a combination that misses

and Masoe counters with a head kick that drops Ratskin to the mat! Ratskin scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Masoe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ratskin's calf.
Ratskin is looking to clinch.
Masoe takes a swing at Ratskin's ribcage but misses.
Masoe misses with a head kick.
Ratskin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ratskin lands a jab to the head.
Masoe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ratskin takes a swing at Masoe's ribcage but misses.
Ratskin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Masoe will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Masoe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ratskin is looking to clinch.
Ratskin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Masoe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Masoe misses with a body kick.
Ratskin swings for the body but Masoe moves out of range.
Ratskin jabs Masoe to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Masoe motions for Ratskin to come forward. Masoe throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ratskin fails to land with a series of punches.
Masoe throws a hook but Ratskin blocks it.
Masoe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ratskin.
Ratskin throws a body punch but Masoe moves out of range.
Ratskin looks to throw the jab but Masoe is out of range.
Ratskin is looking to wear down Masoe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Masoe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ratskin throws an overhand right that lands on Masoe's shoulder, as Masoe tries to avoid the shot.
Nice body punch from Ratskin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Masoe lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ratskin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Masoe was well out of range. Poor timing from Ratskin.
Masoe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ratskin's corner calls for a 1-2. Ratskin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Masoe blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Masoe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ratskin throws a combination that misses
and Masoe counters with a straight right hand.

Ratskin clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Masoe.
A short right from Ratskin.
Masoe managing to block the knees to the body from Ratskin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ratskin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Masoe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Masoe avoiding damage as Ratskin throws knees to the body.
Ratskin misses with a punch to the body.
Ratskin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Masoe backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alexander Ratskin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gaisafa Masoe's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ratskin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ratskin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Masoe.
Ratskin lands with a hook. Masoe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masoe moves out of range as Ratskin strikes.
Ratskin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Masoe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Masoe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ratskin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ratskin scores with a jab.
Ratskin dodges the punch combination from Masoe.
Ratskin wants to clinch up but Masoe keeps it at a distance.
Masoe misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Masoe misses.
Masoe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ratskin doesn't manage to clinch there - Masoe circles away.
Ratskin cracks Masoe with a good jab.
Ratskin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Masoe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ratskin throws a series of punches but Masoe moves out of range.
Ratskin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ratskin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ratskin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Masoe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Masoe.
Ratskin throws the left hand but Masoe avoids the punch easily.
Masoe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ratskin defending well as Masoe loads up on a big left hand.
Ratskin just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Masoe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Masoe slips a straight right by Ratskin.
Masoe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ratskin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Masoe. That's going to slow Ratskin down.
Nice body kick from Masoe.
Ratskin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Masoe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Masoe throws a right hand that misses
and Ratskin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ratskin swings for the body but Masoe moves out of range.
Ratskin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ratskin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ratskin throws a right and a left that Masoe avoids nicely.
Ratskin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Masoe scores with a jab to the head.
Masoe defending well as Ratskin loads up on a big left hand.
Masoe throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masoe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ratskin.
Ratskin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ratskin lands a head shot.
Ratskin misses with a hook. Masoe ducked under it nicely.
Masoe throws a leg kick but Ratskin checks it.
Ratskin throws a hook to the side of Masoe's head but Masoe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Masoe misses with a body shot.
Masoe throws a sloppy head kick and Ratskin moves out of range easily.
Ratskin tries to bum rush Masoe with a series of wild strikes but Masoe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ratskin drops his hands momentarily and Masoe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ratskin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Masoe tests Ratskin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body kick there by Masoe.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masoe scores with a kick to the body.
Masoe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Masoe cracks Ratskin with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Masoe has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Ratskin to stand back up!

Ratskin is rocked!
Masoe feints a jab and as Ratskin dips his head, Masoe unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Ratskin right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Ratskin falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Masoe smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gaisafa Masoe!
Gaisafa Masoe spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.