PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Sun God Ra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimo Ovaska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ovaska has chosen Big Balls by AC/DC as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The Sun God Ra had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sun God Ra
vs
Ovaska

189 cm
31
222 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

195 cm
28
217 lbs
25 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, The Sun God Ra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kimo Ovaska!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Ovaska.
Ra misses the jab.
Ra shoots in and drives through. Ovaska sprawls well.
Ovaska gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ra.
Ovaska swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ra tries to clinch up.
Ovaska cracks Ra with an open hand slap.
Good shot there by Ovaska.

It looks like The Sun God Ra has been cut.
Ovaska slips a jab and a cross from Ra.
Ovaska throws a big shot that misses.

Ra has taken the fight to the clinch.

Ovaska's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ra takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
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!
Ovaska throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ra fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good shot there by Ra.
The Sun God Ra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ra closes the distance and clinches.
Ra throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ovaska takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ovaska is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ra is trying to stall.

Ovaska's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ovaska takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Decent striking displayed by Ra there.
Ra digs a good hook to Ovaska's body.
Ovaska looks to throw the jab but Ra is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Ra on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ovaska with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ra to score with a decent uppercut.
Good shot there by Ovaska.
A slow jab from Ra misses its intended target.
It seemed like Ovaska was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ovaska is looking to slow Ra down with leg kicks.
Kimo Ovaska is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ovaska ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ra moves away.
Ovaska takes a swing at Ra's ribcage but misses.
Ovaska uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ra.
Ovaska misses with an uppercut. Ra saw that one coming.
Ra connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ra tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ovaska paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ovaska was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Ovaska takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ra connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Ra forces Ovaska back against the ropes and clinches.
Ra trying to land knees to the body.
Ra is struggling to control the position.
Stalling in the clinch from Ra.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ovaska letting Ra take a breather here.
Ra lands a hook that snaps the head of Ovaska backwards.
Ra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ovaska avoids it.
Ovaska wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ovaska.

Ovaska escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ovaska throws a hook but Ra avoids it easily.
Ra throws a combination that misses
and Ovaska counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ra shoots in for a double leg but Ovaska sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ovaska connects with a crisp jab.
Ra takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ovaska slips a straight right by Ra.
Ovaska scores with a hook.

Ra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ovaska avoids a wild elbow strike from Ra.
Ovaska is looking to break free of the clinch but Ra has double underhooks.
I was talking to Ra's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ra lands a damaging elbow.
Ovaska avoiding damage as Ra throws knees to the body.
Ra misses with an elbow over the top.
Ovaska is stalling here.
Ovaska dodges an elbow strike from Ra.
Ra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ovaska.
Ovaska is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ra is defending well for now.
Ra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ovaska tries a knee to the head but Ra blocks it.
Ra tries to land a knee to the head but Ovaska blocks with his arms.
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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ovaska.
Ra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ovaska is keeping busy.
Ovaska avoids a wild elbow strike from Ra.
Ra wants to stall.
Ovaska avoids the elbow strike from Ra, against the ropes.
Ra working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ra lands a damaging elbow.
Ovaska tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ovaska stalling in the clinch but Ra improves position.
Ra misses with some punches.
Ra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ovaska lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Ovaska.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ra is struggling to control the position.
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 The Sun God Ra will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on The Sun God Ra's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ra works the jab nicely.
Ra throws a jab when Ovaska was well out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ovaska.
Good leg kick by Ovaska there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ovaska moves out of range of the strikes.
Ovaska cracks Ra with an open hand slap.
Ovaska thumps Ra with a low kick.
Ovaska misses with a body shot.
Nice shot by Ovaska.
Ra throws a series of punches but Ovaska avoids them all with ease.
Good exchange - Ra coming out on top.
Ra tries to clinch but Ovaska moves out of range.
Ovaska darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ovaska lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ra at a distance.
Ra lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ovaska fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ra manages to avoid it.
Ra shoots in and drives through. Ovaska sprawls well.
Ovaska looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ra moves into the clinch.
The Sun God Ra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ovaska lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Ovaska breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ovaska lands with a nice body punch.
Ra connects with the punch.
Ra moves out of range as Ovaska strikes.
Ra throws a right hand that Ovaska ducks under and follows up with a left that Ovaska also avoids with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ovaska. Ra does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ra looks to land a left hand but Ovaska moved out of range nicely.
Nice shot by Ovaska.
Ovaska lands a body shot.

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

Ra is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oh Ra is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ra falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ovaska counters with a crisp right that sends Ra to the canvas! Ovaska follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kimo Ovaska!
During a confident post fight interview, Kimo Ovaska thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.