PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Egon Rullgardin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewis Razor (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.

Rullgardin
vs
Razor

165 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
23
130 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Egon Rullgardin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lewis Razor!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Razor slips a jab from Rullgardin.
Razor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rullgardin.
Rullgardin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Razor pinned against the cage. Razor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rullgardin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Razor is fending him off so far but Rullgardin persists. Nope, Razor circles away and we're back to standing.
Rullgardin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Egon Rullgardin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rullgardin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Razor but Razor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rullgardin throws a hook to the side of Razor's head but Razor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Razor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rullgardin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rullgardin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Razor but Razor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Razor lands a with a good body shot.
Razor stuffs the takedown.
Rullgardin is breathing heavily.
Rullgardin ducks right into an uppercut from Razor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rullgardin tries for a takedown but Razor sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rullgardin.
Razor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Razor lands an overhand right.
Razor swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rullgardin.
Rullgardin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Razor as he avoids it easily.
Rullgardin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lewis Razor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Razor scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Egon Rullgardin has been cut.
Razor moves in looking to clinch but Rullgardin pushes him off.
Rullgardin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Razor swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rullgardin.
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!
Razor sizes up Rullgardin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Razor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rullgardin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Razor but Razor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Horrible takedown by Rullgardin or perhaps it was just good defense by Razor which made him look bad.
Razor lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Razor.
Razor looks to land a combination but Rullgardin avoids it well.
Razor tries to bum rush Rullgardin with a series of wild strikes but Rullgardin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rullgardin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Razor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rullgardin walks into a jab.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Rullgardin. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Razor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rullgardin shoots in but no luck this time.
Rullgardin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Razor sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Razor moves out of range of the strikes.
Rullgardin shoots in for a takedown but Razor shows good takedown defense.
Razor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rullgardin.
Rullgardin fails with a takedown attempt.
Rullgardin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Razor is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Rullgardin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Razor lands a jab to Rullgardin's midsection.
Razor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rullgardin shoots in looking for a takedown. Razor tries to sprawl out of it but Rullgardin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Razor manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Razor looks to land a combination. Rullgardin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rullgardin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Razor throws a right hand that Rullgardin ducks under and follows up with a left that Rullgardin also avoids with ease.
Rullgardin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Razor but Razor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Razor lands with a nice combination. Rullgardin backs away looking to recover.
Rullgardin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Razor pinned against the cage. Razor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Razor stuffs the takedown attempt from Rullgardin. Rullgardin gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rullgardin looks to land a left hand but Razor moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lewis Razor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Egon Rullgardin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rullgardin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Rullgardin scores a takedown into full mount!
Rullgardin lands a nice shot to the head.
Rullgardin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rullgardin breaks from Razor's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A nice elbow there by Rullgardin.
Razor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rullgardin.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rullgardin misses with a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rullgardin with a couple of short strikes.
Razor holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Rullgardin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Rullgardin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rullgardin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Razor is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Rullgardin tries to control but Razor wriggling away.
Rullgardin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Razor looks a forlorn figure.
Razor in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Razor holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Rullgardin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Rullgardin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Razor?
Rullgardin raining down shots from the mount!
Razor takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rullgardin looking to finish with strikes here!
Razor is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Rullgardin punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rullgardin cracks Razor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Rullgardin is going olschool here, as he tries to force Razor to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Razor shrugs it off.
Rullgardin working Razor over with strikes here.
Rullgardin throwing strikes here but Razor is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Rullgardin with good strikes from the mount here!
Rullgardin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Razor takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rullgardin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rullgardin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rullgardin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Razor is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Rullgardin is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Rullgardin extends the arm and Razor is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Egon Rullgardin!