PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitel King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hery Rabemananjara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

King
vs
Rabemananjara

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mitel King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hery Rabemananjara!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rabemananjara closes the distance and pushes King back into the cage.
Rabemananjara lands a body punch.
King fails to pull the fight into his guard.
King is trying to drag Rabemananjara to the mat but Rabemananjara just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short right from Rabemananjara.
King is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rabemananjara to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mitel King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rabemananjara cracks King with a nice body shot.
King is breathing heavily.
Rabemananjara gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rabemananjara throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rabemananjara pushes King back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rabemananjara.
Rabemananjara stalls.
Rabemananjara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rabemananjara lands a body punch.
Rabemananjara gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rabemananjara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabemananjara throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rabemananjara lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of King backwards.
A short uppercut from Rabemananjara.
A hook to the body from Rabemananjara.
A short right from Rabemananjara.

King is rocked!
Rabemananjara lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops King to his knees! Rabemananjara keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hery Rabemananjara!
Hery Rabemananjara 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.