PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hubert Boone (ranked 25201 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Raul (ranked 5617 p4p, 0 weight class). Rich Raul has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Boone
vs
Raul

221 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
211 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hubert Boone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rich Raul!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Raul feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Raul's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Raul drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Raul jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Boone is trying to keep Raul in close.

Raul stands up and waves to Boone to follow him.
Raul throws a wild body kick that Boone sees coming a mile off.
Raul pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Raul gets a double leg takedown into Boone's guard.
Boone throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Raul showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Boone really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Raul is working Boone over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Raul's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Raul throws a big elbow that misses.
Raul is stalling in the full guard.
Raul tries to stand but Boone is controlling from the bottom.
Raul's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Raul looking to pass the guard.
Raul slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Raul pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Boone is keeping the position for now.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Raul misses with a head kick.

Boone gets tackled into the cage by Raul. Raul maintains the clinch.
Boone is looking for a takedown.
Raul displaying some good clinch control by pressing Boone up against the cage.
Boone jumps guard but Raul stands there with Boone around his waist. Boone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boone is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hubert Boone. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Raul escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Raul drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Raul working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Raul gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Raul closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Boone did well to prevent Raul getting side control.

Boone is rocked!
Raul lands a big elbow - Boone is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Raul!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rich Raul!