PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John England (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tore Rebo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rebo has chosen Papa Roach - Burn as his entrance music. John England could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tore Rebo's chin.

England
vs
Rebo

199 cm
33
291 lbs
28 - 15 - 1

225 cm
35
310 lbs
30 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

The Big Kabosh

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, John England!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tore Rebo!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from England misses its intended target.
Rebo looks to score with a jab to the body but England is just out of range.
Rebo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rebo avoids the head kick by England.
England blocks a head kick by Rebo.
England misses with a hook. Rebo ducked under it nicely.
England is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rebo throws a head kick but England moves out of range.
England swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rebo.
John England seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rebo cracks England with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rebo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rebo's jab looks to have found its range, popping England under the eye.
Rebo slips a straight right by England.
England blocks a leg kick.
No luck for England with that takedown attempt.
England swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rebo avoids the head kick by England.
Rebo staying out of range there.
England fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rebo, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
England misses with a head kick.
Rebo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
England is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rebo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A head kick misses from England.
Rebo works England's body with a nice hook.
England is breathing heavily.
England tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice cross by Rebo.
Rebo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on England. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rebo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rebo.
England lands a nice shot to the body.
Rebo stuns England with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rebo lands a jab to the nose.
England sizes up Rebo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
England tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rebo lands with an uppercut that bounces England off the cage and back into range.
Rebo scores with a jab to the head.
England chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rebo can pounce on him.
Rebo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
England shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
England chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rebo can pounce on him.
Rebo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rebo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rebo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rebo scores with a shot to the body.
Rebo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rebo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rebo lands a nice hook to England's body. England takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
England takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rebo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
England takes a shot to the body in his stride.
England tries a head kick but it misses.
Rebo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rebo lets loose with a powerful body kick. England will feel that in the morning.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rebo.
England sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd cheers as Rebo lands an impressive looking overhand right. England doesn't seem phased though.

Rebo lands a big head kick that sends England tumbling to the mat! Rebo takes a step backwards and waves England back to his feet - he wants the finish!
England stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rebo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
England misses with a wild body shot.
Rebo jabs England to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rebo scores with a push kick.

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

England is rocked!
Rebo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! England had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rebo lunges in with a left hook that violently twists England head around and knocks him out cold! Rebo hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tore Rebo!
Tore Rebo very nearly forgot to thank The Big Kabosh amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.