PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Conrad Lewinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Raga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Christian Raga enters the cage!

Lewinson
vs
Raga

188 cm
25
193 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
192 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Conrad Lewinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Christian Raga!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raga swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Raga, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Raga throws out a powerful jab.
Lewinson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Raga.
An attempted straight right counter from Lewinson misses the target.
Raga throws a lazy right hand but Lewinson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Raga misses.
Raga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lewinson.
Raga lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Raga throws a looping overhand right but Lewinson ducks down to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Lewinson - just one landing.
Lewinson throws a looping overhand right but Raga ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewinson dodges the punch combination from Raga.
Raga throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewinson lands a nice hook to Raga's body. Raga takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewinson misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Lewinson misses its intended target.
Lewinson misses with a body shot
and Raga counters with a straight right hand.
Some wild striking there from Raga.
Raga throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lewinson misses with a looping left.
Lewinson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Raga throws a poor cross that misses
and Lewinson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Raga misses the jab.
Raga lands with a nice combination. Lewinson backs away looking to recover.
Raga looks winded!
Lewinson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lewinson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raga throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lewinson on the side of the head.
We've been hearing reports that Lewinson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewinson slips a straight right by Raga.
Conrad Lewinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewinson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raga.
It seemed like Raga was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lewinson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lewinson throws a big shot that misses.
Lewinson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Lewinson.
Lewinson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lewinson loads up on a big right hand but Raga slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Raga on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Raga walks into a stiff left hand from Lewinson.
Lewinson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Some wild striking there from Lewinson.
Lewinson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewinson punishes Raga's body with a nice straight punch.
A swing and a miss from Lewinson.
Nice body punch from Lewinson.
Lewinson swings for the body but Raga moves out of range.
Lewinson dips to his left and cracks Raga with an uppercut!
Lewinson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Raga avoids the body shot from Lewinson.
Lewinson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lewinson takes a swing at Raga's ribcage but misses.
Raga unleashes a big counter combination but Lewinson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Raga takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lewinson throws a right and a left that Raga avoids nicely.
Lewinson throws out a powerful jab.
Raga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lewinson throws a hook but Raga blocks it.
Lewinson throws a hook to the side of Raga's head but Raga sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewinson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raga keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lewinson.
Lewinson tests Raga's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Raga avoids the body shot from Lewinson.
Lewinson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Raga.
Lewinson connects with a body shot.
Lewinson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lewinson misses the shot to the body.
Raga blocks a jab.
Lewinson lands with a good body shot.
Lewinson digs a good hook to Raga's body.
Lewinson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lewinson looks to score with a jab to the body but Raga is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conrad Lewinson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lewinson throws a hook but Raga avoids it easily.
Lewinson throws a body shot but no joy.
Raga loads up on a big right hand but Lewinson slips the punch.
Lewinson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Raga throws a lazy uppercut
letting Lewinson counter with a right hand.
Lewinson swings widly with a right hand
and Raga counters with a nice uppercut.
Lewinson takes one to the chin there.
Raga scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Raga misses with the combination.
Raga misses with a combination
and Lewinson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Raga is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Raga.
Lewinson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raga can do to turn this around?
Lewinson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conrad Lewinson is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Lewinson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewinson slips a jab from Raga.
Raga takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Raga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christian Raga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lewinson misses with a wild body shot.
Raga is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lewinson throws a hook to the side of Raga's head but Raga sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lewinson slips under a jab from Raga.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lewinson.
Raga gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lewinson.
Raga takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lewinson just misses with a punch to the body.
Raga takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Raga slips under a jab from Lewinson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Lewinson finds it's way through Raga's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lewinson scores with a shot to the body.
Lewinson connects with a body shot.
Raga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lewinson.
Raga needs to keep his hands up - Lewinson had a free shot at his head there.
Lewinson scores with the left hand. Raga knows he should have avoided that one.
Lewinson lands with a shot to the body.
Lewinson throws a jab when Raga was well out of range.
Lewinson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raga.
Raga has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice uppercut lands for Lewinson. That snapped Raga's head back.
Lewinson throws a body shot but no joy.
Lewinson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raga throws a looping overhand right but Lewinson ducks down to avoid it.
Raga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Raga looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Raga might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lewinson throws out a powerful jab.
Lewinson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Raga manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Lewinson.
Lewinson works Raga's body with a nice hook.
Lewinson jabs Raga to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lewinson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Raga's head backwards.
Lewinson works Raga's body with a nice hook.
Lewinson throws a big shot that misses.
Lewinson digs a good body shot into Raga's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raga is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lewinson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Despite the aggression on Raga's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Raga staying out of range there.
Lewinson lands with a nice body punch.
Lewinson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lewinson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lewinson fails to land with a series of punches.
Lewinson misses with a wild body shot.
Lewinson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Raga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Lewinson backs off Raga throws a huge counter combo but Lewinson manages to avoid it all.
Lewinson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lewinson throws a lazy right hand but Raga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lewinson missing with a left hand there. Raga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Raga looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conrad Lewinson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lewinson works the jab nicely.
Lewinson moves away from the strike by Raga.
Lewinson misses with a right hand
and Raga counters with a straight right hand.
Raga takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lewinson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice shot lands for Raga.
Lewinson misses with a hook. Raga ducked under it nicely.
Raga swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Raga misses its intended target.
A quick step to the side and Lewinson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raga misses with an uppercut. Lewinson saw that one coming.
Lewinson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Raga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lewinson throws an overhand right that lands on Raga's shoulder, as Raga tries to avoid the shot.
Lewinson misses with a hook to the body
letting Raga counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewinson missing with a left hand there. Raga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lewinson stuns Raga with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lewinson throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Raga counter with a right hand.
Raga slips a jab from Lewinson.
Raga slips a straight right by Lewinson.
Lewinson missing with a left hand there. Raga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Raga scores with a three punch combo!
Lewinson slips a jab and a cross from Raga.
Lewinson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lewinson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Raga's head.
Raga walks into a straight right hand from Lewinson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raga moves away from the strike by Lewinson.
Conrad Lewinson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Lewinson finds it's way through Raga's defenses.
Raga moves out of range as Lewinson strikes.
Lewinson looks to score with a jab to the body but Raga is just out of range.
Lewinson just misses with a punch to the body.
Raga displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lewinson throws out the jab.
A big right from Lewinson misses.
Lewinson connects with a single shot there.
Lewinson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lewinson swings for the body but Raga moves out of range.
Lewinson scores with a decent looking hook.
Lewinson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lewinson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Raga doesn't seem bothered though.
Lewinson misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raga's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lewinson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Raga scrambles back to his feet.
Lewinson throws a one two combo.
Lewinson connects with a body shot that sends Raga's belly button to the back.
Lewinson swings for the body but Raga moves out of range.
Raga on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lewinson, as that shot connected.
Lewinson scores with a shot to the body.
Lewinson lands with a cross.
Raga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewinson.
Lewinson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewinson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raga.
A shot to the liver by Lewinson. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raga moves out of range as Lewinson strikes.
Lewinson lands a nice shot to the body.
Raga displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lewinson throws out the jab.
Lewinson throws a body punch but Raga moves out of range.
Lewinson defending well as Raga loads up on a big left hand.
Lewinson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lewinson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Raga takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Raga misses with a series of wild punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Conrad Lewinson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lewinson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Conrad Lewinson!
Conrad Lewinson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.