PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elijah David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reno Rawlings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rawlings comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Burned kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

David
vs
Rawlings

167 cm
23
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

178 cm
23
165 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elijah David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reno Rawlings!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David misses with a hook
and Rawlings counters with a straight right hand.
Rawlings connects with a looping right hand.
David looks to land a left hand but Rawlings moved out of range nicely.
Elijah David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rawlings slips a jab from David.
Rawlings takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
David misses with a hook. Rawlings ducked under it nicely.
Rawlings steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from David.
David throws a combination. Rawlings tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
David throws a poor cross that misses
and Rawlings counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rawlings fails with a takedown attempt.
David fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rawlings manages to avoid it.
David scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Rawlings gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rawlings backwards.
David gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, David throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, David creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

David breaks the clinch.
David throws a series of punches but Rawlings avoids them all with ease.
Rawlings slips a straight right by David.
Rawlings fakes high and swings low for a body shot but David manages to avoid it.
David avoids the body shot from Rawlings.
Rawlings shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as David sprawls well. David wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rawlings gets slowly back to his feet.
David misses with an uppercut.
David lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings needs to keep his hands up - David had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from David. Those never looked like landing.
Rawlings shoots in but no luck this time.
An attempted straight right counter from David misses the target.
Elijah David has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reno Rawlings.
A big left from David misses.
Rawlings fails with a takedown attempt.
David throws a body punch but Rawlings moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Rawlings on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A cross from Rawlings lands.
David stuffs the takedown.
It looked like David wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
David scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rawlings misses with an uppercut. David saw that one coming.
A counter left hand to the body from David misses its target.
David lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rawlings with a body punch. A glancing blow.
David throws a hook to the side of Rawlings's head but Rawlings sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
David pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
David looks to score with a jab to the body but Rawlings is just out of range.
Rawlings on the wrong end of a nice jab.
David slips a jab from Rawlings.
Rawlings misses with a takedown
and David counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rawlings goes for a double leg but David avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as David continues to drive forward.
Rawlings throws a big shot that misses.
David fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
David throws a series of punches but Rawlings avoids them all with ease.
Rawlings shoots in for a takedown but David shows good takedown defense.
David throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rawlings jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rawlings thows a left - swing and a miss!
David takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
David throws a body shot but no joy.
David tries to move into range but Rawlings moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
David looks to land a combination but Rawlings avoids it well.
A swing and a miss from Rawlings.
Rawlings cracks a nice hook into David's ribs.

David gets caught flat footed, as Rawlings shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

David kicks Rawlings off and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elijah David dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rawlings moves out of range as David throws a body kick.
David misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rawlings.
Rawlings throws a jab but it's blocked by David.
Rawlings misses the shot to the body.
David throws a hook but Rawlings avoids it easily.
Rawlings keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
David blocks a jab.
David takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rawlings throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from David misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
David misses with a hook. Rawlings ducked under it nicely.
Rawlings is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Elijah David is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Rawlings closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rawlings lands in his opponent's guard.
David keeping moving, preventing Rawlings from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawlings content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
David is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
David tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rawlings sitting in guard, not really doing much.
David is pulling down on Rawlings's head to control his posture.
Rawlings in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rawlings landing with the ground and pound.
David keeping moving, preventing Rawlings from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rawlings trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rawlings with a nice head shot there.
David is adopting a defensive guard.
David wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rawlings postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
David utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
David pulls Rawlings in to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rawlings controlling from the top position.
Rawlings won't allow David to get back to his feet.
Rawlings trying to control the position from guard on top but David is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reno Rawlings has got the better of the ground game so far.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
David looks to throw the jab but Rawlings is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Rawlings misses.
David misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
David uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rawlings.
Elijah David is winning the standup battle so far.
David throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rawlings gets a clinch.
Rawlings blocks the elbow strike.
Rawlings goes for a takedown attempt but David pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
David jabs at Rawlings's body.
Rawlings goes for a double leg but David avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as David continues to drive forward.
David's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and David duly obliges.
David is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rawlings can do to turn this around?
Rawlings walks into a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from David. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rawlings throws a looping overhand right but David ducks down to avoid it.
David swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
David stuffs the takedown.
Elijah David has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reno Rawlings.
David misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Elijah David will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

David misses with a body shot.
David bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rawlings's head.
David swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rawlings counters with a lovely straight right hand!
David missing with a left hand there. Rawlings was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
David misses with a straight right.
David punishes Rawlings's body with a nice straight punch.
Rawlings tries to close the distance and clinch but David swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
David will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rawlings wants to counter the offense by David and move into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawlings takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rawlings dives in and grabs David's left leg, looking for a takedown. David pushes down on Rawlings's head and hops out.
David rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rawlings moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It seemed like Rawlings was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Rawlings misses its intended target.
Rawlings uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from David.
David misses the shot to the body.
Rawlings dips to his left and cracks David with an uppercut!
Rawlings doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rawlings takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rawlings throws a lazy right hand but David sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
David throws a lazy right hand but Rawlings sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And Rawlings tries to counter it with a takedown but David pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Rawlings fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but David avoids it really well and circles away.
A counter left hand to the body from David misses its target.
David slips under a jab from Rawlings.
David was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David lands with a nice body punch.
David tries to bum rush Rawlings with a series of wild strikes but Rawlings uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A swing and a miss from Rawlings.
David throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rawlings fails with a takedown attempt.
Elijah David has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reno Rawlings.
Rawlings has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rawlings there as he acknowledges the shot.
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!
Rawlings is trying hard to land a takedown here. David sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Rawlings dives in and grabs David's left leg, looking for a takedown. David pushes down on Rawlings's head and hops out.
Rawlings avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rawlings tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
David scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Elijah David is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
David scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
David digs a good hook to Rawlings's body.

David gets caught napping as Rawlings dives in and scores a takedown. David manages to retain guard.
Rawlings throws an elbow that misses. David uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rawlings's guard. Nice move by David!

Rawlings has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
David won't allow Rawlings to sweep him here.
David wants to control from the top but Rawlings keeps moving.
Rawlings doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawlings is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rawlings scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rawlings takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
David controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Rawlings trying to pass the guard but David defending well.
Rawlings wants to lay and pray for a moment but David keeps working.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rawlings lands a nice short elbow.
Reno Rawlings has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
David wants to control but Rawlings is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elijah David showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for David, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elijah David!
In defeat, Reno Rawlings stepped up to the mic, saying '(Dracul laughs... he then disapears.)'.