PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Asztalos (ranked 458 p4p, 76 weight class) and Sonny Ray Razor (ranked 834 p4p, 134 weight class). Asztalos comes to the cage accompanied by Dethroned Emperor by Celtic Frost. Razor is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by ONYX Feat. Biohazard - Judgment Night. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Asztalos
vs
Ray Razor

188 cm
36
213 lbs
30 - 16 - 0

189 cm
34
210 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Asztalos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sonny Ray Razor!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asztalos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Razor.
Asztalos cracks the inside of Razor's front leg.
Razor swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Asztalos counters with a leg kick.
Asztalos misses with a hook.
A good leg kick by Asztalos.
Asztalos throws a lazy uppercut
and Razor counters with a straight right hand.
Asztalos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Razor just misses with a punch to the body.

Razor throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Asztalos tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Razor is in Asztalos's guard.
Razor throwing strikes from guard but Asztalos blocks nicely.
Asztalos wants to get back to his feet but Razor is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Razor throws a big right hand that misses.
Asztalos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Razor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Asztalos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Razor postures up in Asztalos's guard and throws a big left but Asztalos blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Razor scoring with some ground and pound.
Razor throws a big elbow that misses.
Razor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Razor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Asztalos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Razor.

Asztalos pushes Razor off and scrambles back to his feet.
Asztalos throws out a loose jab but Razor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alex Asztalos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Asztalos ducks right into an uppercut from Razor.
Asztalos tries to land a front kick but Razor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Asztalos with a nice cross.
Razor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A lazy left from Razor finds it's target.
Asztalos throws the left hand but Razor avoids the punch easily.
Asztalos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Asztalos lands a nice hook to Razor's body. Razor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horrible takedown attempt by Razor or perhaps it was just good defense by Asztalos, which made it look bad.
We've been informed that Razor has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Razor jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A decent looking cross lands there for Asztalos.
Asztalos scores with a nice right hand.
Asztalos swings for the body but Razor moves out of range.
Asztalos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Asztalos lands a body shot.
Asztalos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Razor throws a lazy right hand but Asztalos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Asztalos misses with a hook. Razor ducked under it nicely.
Razor now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Asztalos!
Asztalos stuffs the takedown attempt from Razor. Razor gets slowly back to his feet.
Asztalos throws out a powerful jab.
Razor takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Razor misses with a looping left.
Razor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Asztalos is looking to slow Razor down with leg kicks.
Razor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Razor tries to clinch up but Asztalos circles away and keeps his distance.
Razor moves out of range as Asztalos strikes.
Razor misses with a body kick.
Asztalos looks to score with a jab to the body but Razor is just out of range.
Alex Asztalos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Asztalos throws a leg kick which misses Razor's front leg but catches the back leg as Razor tries to avoid it.
Razor avoids the body shot from Asztalos.
Asztalos scores with a push kick.
Razor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Asztalos manages to avoid it.
Razor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asztalos moves away.
Razor moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Asztalos misses with a hook to the body
and Razor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Razor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Asztalos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asztalos jabs Razor right on the nose. Razor blinks but takes it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Asztalos. That's going to slow Razor down.
Asztalos lands a head shot.

Asztalos gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Razor to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Razor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Asztalos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Razor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Razor throws a big elbow that misses.
Razor prevents Asztalos from getting back to his feet.
Asztalos trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Razor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Razor throwing strikes from guard but Asztalos blocks nicely.
Asztalos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Razor is controlling him.
Razor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Asztalos wants to stand and escape but Razor is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Asztalos dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Asztalos.
Asztalos swats away the attempt to clinch by Razor.
Asztalos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Razor is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Asztalos lands a head shot.
Asztalos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Razor swings for the body but Asztalos moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Asztalos misses the target.
Asztalos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Razor.
Razor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Asztalos scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asztalos misses with an uppercut.
Razor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Asztalos.
An inside leg kick lands from Asztalos.
Razor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Asztalos. Asztalos obviously looking to wear him down.
Asztalos lands with a shot to the body.
Razor avoids the body shot from Asztalos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asztalos misses with a hook

and Razor counters with a nice double leg into side control. Asztalos won't be happy with that.

Asztalos throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Asztalos misses the jab.
Asztalos throws a jab when Razor was well out of range.
Razor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Razor ducks under a wild hook from Asztalos.
Asztalos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asztalos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Asztalos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Asztalos throws a hook but Razor blocks it.
Razor looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Asztalos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Asztalos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Razor.
Razor connects with a crisp jab.
Razor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Asztalos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asztalos throws a push kick but Razor slaps the foot to one side.
Razor misses with a hook
and Asztalos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Asztalos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Razor can do to turn this around?
Asztalos looks for the body kick but Razor saw that one coming.
Razor 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.
Asztalos throws a leg kick but Razor sees it coming and moves out of range.
Razor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Asztalos scoring well with a low kick there.
Razor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Asztalos.
Razor throws a lazy right hand but Asztalos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Razor misses with an uppercut. Asztalos saw that one coming.
Asztalos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Razor misses with a wild body shot.
Razor swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Razor throws a low kick but Asztalos avoids it.
Asztalos looks to throw the jab but Razor is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Asztalos.
A slapping leg kick lands for Asztalos.
Razor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Asztalos.
Asztalos looks to score with a jab to the body but Razor is just out of range.
Razor scores with a nice head shot.
Razor tries a low kick but Asztalos avoids it.
Asztalos misses with a kick to the body.
Razor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Razor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Asztalos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Razor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Asztalos.
A shot to the body from Razor misses
and Asztalos counters with a leg kick.
Asztalos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Asztalos tries a low kick but Razor avoids it.
Razor walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Asztalos drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Razor swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Asztalos's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sonny Ray Razor!
After winning the bout, Sonny Ray Razor thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Alex Asztalos had this to say: 'I'll be back.'.