PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodger Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauno Repomies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Repomies has chosen Andy Suonsilmä - Karrelle palanut enkeli as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Crowe
vs
Repomies

225 cm
30
280 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

197 cm
23
260 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rodger Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rauno Repomies!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Repomies there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Repomies displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crowe throws out the jab.
Crowe swinging wildly here.
Crowe moves out of range of the leg kick from Repomies.
Crowe doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Repomies throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Repomies takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Repomies cracks the inside of Crowe's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Repomies throws a right hand that Crowe ducks under and follows up with a left that Crowe also avoids with ease.
Repomies fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Crowe.
Repomies moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crowe misses with a double jab.
Crowe paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Repomies pushes Crowe up against the cage in a clinch.
Repomies makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Crowe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Repomies has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Crowe is trying to break the clinch but Repomies has him pressed against the cage.

Crowe breaks from the clinch.
Crowe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nice jab there from Repomies.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Repomies, right into the meat.
A big left from Crowe misses.
Crowe tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crowe is breathing heavily.
Repomies slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Repomies misses with a hook.
Repomies darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Repomies lands a jab.
Crowe on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Crowe is rocked!
Repomies fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Crowe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Repomies drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Crowe right on the button. Crowe goes down! Repomies follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Repomies gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rauno Repomies!
A relieved looking Rauno Repomies thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.