PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pension Buckets (ranked 1940 p4p, 232 weight class) and Ricky Rawse (ranked 3349 p4p, 346 weight class). Buckets kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Candyman - Knockin' Boots. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Buckets
vs
Rawse

200 cm
28
265 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

193 cm
21
269 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Pension Buckets!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Rawse!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rawse scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Pension Buckets has been cut.
Rawse throws a jab but it's blocked by Buckets.
A slow jab from Rawse misses its intended target.
Rawse misses with an uppercut.
Buckets tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rawse manages to circle out of the way.

Buckets has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rawse managing to block the knees to the body from Buckets.
Knees in the clinch landing for Buckets.
Rawse looking to slow down the pace here.
Rawse dodges an elbow strike from Buckets.
A nice right hand lands inside from Buckets.
Buckets throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rawse blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawse misses with the head strike.
Buckets misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rawse.
Rawse blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buckets lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rawse backwards.
Rawse blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buckets lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckets trying to land knees to the body.
Rawse doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Buckets using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Buckets lands with a light punch inside.
Rawse on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buckets softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Buckets tries to land knees in the clinch but Rawse avoids the damage to the body.
Rawse on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buckets missing with knees to the body.
Buckets tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rawse avoids it.
Rawse on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buckets tries a body shot but Rawse blocks it.
Rawse is trying to stall.
A short uppercut from Rawse.
Buckets scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Buckets pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Buckets tries to work over Rawse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rawse is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Rawse fails to land.
Rawse tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rawse blocks an uppercut.
Rawse is trying to break the clinch but Buckets has him pressed against the cage.
Buckets tries to land knees in the clinch but Rawse avoids the damage to the body.
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!
Rawse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buckets.
Buckets blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Rawse fails to land.
Buckets lands an elbow inside that Rawse shrugs off.
Buckets blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buckets tries to work over Rawse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buckets looking to throw knees to the head but Rawse is blocking nicely.
Rawse avoids a wild elbow strike from Buckets.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rawse.
Buckets landing knees to the head.
Rawse looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rawse lands an uppercut.
Rawse has a couple of punches blocked by Buckets.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckets misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buckets lands a right hand.
Rawse goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Buckets is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rawse is defending well for now.
Buckets using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rawse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rawse tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Buckets.
Buckets throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buckets misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rawse.
Rawse misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buckets just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rawse's brow.
Buckets lands a knee to the body.
Buckets throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Buckets misses with an elbow over the top.
Buckets has Rawse pressed against the cage, preventing Rawse from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rawse working aggressively here.
Rawse avoiding damage as Buckets throws knees to the body.
Rawse blocks an elbow strike from Buckets.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buckets blocks a body shot from Rawse.
Buckets throws a punch but it's blocked by Rawse.
Buckets has Rawse pressed against the cage, preventing Rawse from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rawse tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rawse trying to stall but Buckets improves his position.
A short right from Buckets on the inside.
Buckets blocking some punches.
Buckets missing with knees to the body.
Buckets lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rawse misses with the head strike.
Buckets tries a body shot but Rawse blocks it.
Buckets crunches a lovely knee into Rawse's ribcage.
Rawse looks winded!
Buckets missing with knees to the body.
Rawse content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Buckets.
Buckets pushes off an throws an elbow but Rawse leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Buckets doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Buckets throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pension Buckets dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pension Buckets's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Buckets tries to clinch there but Rawse circles away.
Buckets seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Pension Buckets is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rawse jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Buckets tries to clinch
letting Rawse counter with a right hand.
Rawse lands a slapping body shot.
Rawse keeps the fight on the outside.
Buckets moves to clinch but Rawse breaks away
and Rawse counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawse throws a big shot that misses.
Buckets wants to clinch up but Rawse keeps it at a distance.
Rawse looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Buckets darts in trying to clinch
and Rawse cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Rawse.
Rawse misses with a straight left.
Buckets wants to clinch.
Rawse misses with a hook. Buckets ducked under it nicely.
Buckets wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Rawse pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rawse misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Buckets looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rawse throws out a counter right but Buckets avoids it with no problem.
Buckets moves in looking to clinch but Rawse pushes him off.
Buckets tries to clinch up but Rawse circles away and keeps his distance.
Buckets ducks under a wild hook from Rawse.
Rawse digs a good body shot into Buckets's ribs.

Buckets drives through and clinches with Rawse against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Buckets.
Buckets misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rawse.
Buckets is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rawse is defending well for now.
Buckets pushes off an throws an elbow but Rawse leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rawse leaning his opponent against the cage.
Buckets misses with a punch on the inside.
Rawse blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buckets digs a right hand underneath Rawse's ribcage. Rawse let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Buckets is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rawse can do to turn this around?
Buckets lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Buckets lands a nice elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Buckets as Rawse tries to tie him up.
Buckets unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rawse is breathing heavily.
Buckets is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rawse is defending well for now.
Buckets looking to throw knees to the head but Rawse is blocking nicely.
Rawse looking to stall.
Buckets tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rawse's elbow.
Buckets lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawse blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rawse swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buckets lands with a short shot to the head.
Buckets fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Rawse's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Buckets.
Rawse wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Buckets creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buckets lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ricky Rawse has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Buckets.
Buckets connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rawse's face.
Nice body punch from Buckets - that landed with a thud.
Rawse wants to break free but Buckets has control.
Rawse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rawse is trying to stall.
Rawse is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rawse is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Buckets has denied him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pension Buckets dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Buckets has managed to clinch.
Buckets trying to land knees to the body.
Pension Buckets has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rawse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rawse blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buckets looking to throw knees to the head but Rawse is blocking nicely.
Buckets lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Buckets creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rawse's defenses.
Rawse throws a punch but it's blocked by Buckets.
Buckets connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rawse's face.
Buckets blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buckets looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Buckets looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Buckets lands with a short shot to the head.
Buckets cracks Rawse with a nice body shot.
Buckets throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckets lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Buckets throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Buckets misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rawse misses with an elbow strike.
Buckets lands a shoulder strike.
Buckets tries to land a knee to the head but Rawse blocks with his arms.
Rawse misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Buckets makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rawse misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rawse wants to stall.
Rawse avoids the elbow strike from Buckets, against the cage.
Rawse lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rawse tries a knee to the head but Buckets blocks it.
Buckets tries to land knees in the clinch but Rawse avoids the damage to the body.
Rawse is struggling to control the position.
Ricky Rawse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Rawse's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Buckets misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rawse avoids a wild elbow strike from Buckets.
Buckets misses with a hook from the clinch.
Buckets tries a body shot but Rawse blocks it.
Buckets throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buckets missing with knees to the body.
Buckets using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rawse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Buckets tries a knee to the head but Rawse blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rawse misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buckets blocking some punches.
Rawse blocks an uppercut.
Rawse misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buckets throws an elbow that misses.
Buckets blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buckets tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Buckets tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rawse.

Rawse escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ricky Rawse seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rawse scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rawse circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rawse lands an overhand right.
Rawse jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rawse circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rawse is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Buckets.
Rawse misses with a hook

and Buckets holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Buckets lands a hook that snaps the head of Rawse backwards.
Buckets misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buckets struggles to land a body shot inside as Rawse controls his hands.
Pension Buckets is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buckets tries to land a knee to the head but Rawse blocks with his arms.
Buckets misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rawse.
Buckets misses with a punch to the body.
Rawse is looking to control Buckets's arms but Buckets gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rawse has his back to the cage.
Buckets blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rawse is looking to control Buckets's arms but Buckets gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rawse has his back to the cage.
Rawse stalling in the clinch but Buckets improves position.
Rawse seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Rawse misses with the head strike.
Rawse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Buckets blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rawse fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buckets scores with a shot to the side of Rawse's head.
Rawse misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buckets creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rawse's defenses.
Buckets with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rawse throws a punch but it's blocked by Buckets.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pension Buckets showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Buckets, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pension Buckets!
A victorious Pension Buckets thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.