PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Del Mundo (ranked 6542 p4p, 623 weight class) and Jimmy Rage (ranked 6544 p4p, 622 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Del Mundo
vs
Rage

170 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Pit Bull Development

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Del Mundo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Rage!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Del Mundo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jimmy Rage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Del Mundo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rage misses with a leg kick.
Rage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Del Mundo moves away.
Rage throws a lazy right hand but Del Mundo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Rage misses.
Rage falls off balance throwing a combination

and Del Mundo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rage misses with a punch to the body.
Rage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Del Mundo avoids it.
Rage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Mundo lands with a light punch inside.
Rage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Del Mundo's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rage.
Stalling in the clinch from Del Mundo.
Rage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Del Mundo is pushing Rage up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Rage.
Del Mundo prevents a body shot from Rage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rage.
Del Mundo wants to stall.
Rage has a couple of punches blocked by Del Mundo.
Rage throws a punch but it's blocked by Del Mundo.
Del Mundo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rage backwards.
Del Mundo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rage misses with some punches.
Rage makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rage lands a hook that snaps the head of Del Mundo backwards.

It looks like Jimmy Del Mundo has been cut.
Rage tries to work over Del Mundo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rage throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage tries to break free but Del Mundo pushes him back against the cage.
Del Mundo blocks an uppercut.
Rage working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Del Mundo leaning his opponent against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Del Mundo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Del Mundo could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Del Mundo prevents a body shot from Rage.
Rage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Del Mundo's elbow.
Rage slows down the pace here.
Rage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage lands a shoulder strike.
Rage looking to slow down the pace here.

Rage manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Rage misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Del Mundo misses the target.
Rage throws a hook to the side of Del Mundo's head but Del Mundo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little feinted left hand from Del Mundo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rage just misses with a punch to the body.
Del Mundo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rage throws a nice looking combination but Del Mundo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Del Mundo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rage cracks Del Mundo with a good jab.
Rage misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rage throws a series of punches but Del Mundo avoids them all with ease.
Rage misses the shot to the body.
Rage throws a hook but Del Mundo blocks it.
Rage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Rage misses.
Del Mundo throwing a counter right hand but Rage manages to avoid it.
Del Mundo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rage lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rage scores with a jab to the body.
Rage misses with a wild body shot.
Del Mundo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rage works Del Mundo's body with a nice hook.
Rage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Del Mundo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rage slips under a jab from Del Mundo.
Rage lands a nice shot to the body.
Rage throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Rage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Del Mundo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Del Mundo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Del Mundo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rage is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Rage lands a glancing blow to the side of Del Mundo's head.
Rage fails to land with a series of punches.
Rage swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Del Mundo.
Rage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rage will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Del Mundo throwing a counter right hand but Rage manages to avoid it.
Rage lunges at Del Mundo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Del Mundo's hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rage throws a jab when Del Mundo was well out of range.
Rage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Del Mundo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Rage closes the distance and pushes Del Mundo back into the cage.
Rage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rage working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Del Mundo is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oh Del Mundo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rage cracks Del Mundo with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Del Mundo falls to his knees and Rage doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Rage!
During a confident post fight interview, Jimmy Rage thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.