PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jalal Rahman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jalal Rahman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rahman
vs
Blade

185 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
17
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jalal Rahman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Blade!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blade is looking to clinch but Rahman is avoiding it.
Rahman fails with a takedown attempt.
Blade wants to counter with a clinch but Rahman pushes him away.
Jake Blade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Blade gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rahman wants a takedown.
Blade stops a takedown attempt from Rahman.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jalal Rahman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rahman blocking some punches.
Blade lands with a light punch inside.
Blade scores with a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blade lands a nice uppercut.
Rahman trying to stall but Blade improves his position.
Blade makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blade creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Blade on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blade stops a takedown attempt from Rahman.
Rahman wants to take the fight to the mat but Blade manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Rahman is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Blade.
Blade lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Blade.
Blade lands a body punch.
Blade softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blade lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blade lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Blade on the inside.
Blade throws a big uppercut that drops Rahman! More strikes from Blade and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Rahman lies dazed against the cage as Blade celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Blade!
Jake Blade seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Jalal Rahman had this to say: 'Liam Hands has a big dick'.