PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Pinkman (ranked 258 p4p, 35 weight class) and Thomas Raske (ranked 339 p4p, 46 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Pinkman
vs
Raske

190 cm
27
185 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

188 cm
27
185 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
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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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Pinkman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Raske!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raske pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raske getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pinkman lunges at Raske with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Raske's hand.

It looks like Thomas Raske has been cut.
Raske takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pinkman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A leg kick checked by Pinkman.
Raske lands a leg kick that knocks Pinkman off balance momentarily.
Pinkman has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Blake Phoenix's Champion Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Pinkman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Raske is looking to clinch.
Raske lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pinkman will feel that in the morning.
Raske misses with a low kick.
Raske bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Raske throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raske has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pinkman.
Pinkman catches Raske with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pinkman lands a nice shot to the body.
Raske connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinkman with a hook.
Raske moves away from the strike by Pinkman.
Thomas Raske seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Raske fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pinkman, pushing him back against the cage.
Raske drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pinkman pulls his leg out and moves away.
Raske misses with a head kick.
Raske throws a half hearted mid kick.
An inside leg kick from Raske misses.
Raske throws a sloppy head kick and Pinkman moves out of range easily.
Raske uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pinkman.
Pinkman lands a leg kick that knocks Raske off balance momentarily.
Raske throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Raske misses with a head kick.
Raske lands with a hook. Pinkman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Raske lands a front kick.
Raske connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raske throws a poor cross that misses
and Pinkman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Raske chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pinkman can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raske swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pinkman fires out a quick counter leg kick but Raske just manages to avoid it.
Pinkman jabs at Raske's body.
Pinkman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Raske.
Pinkman looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Raske slips under a jab.
Pinkman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Raske connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pinkman scrambles back to his feet.
Raske misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Raske avoids the body shot from Pinkman.
Raske tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raske on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pinkman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Raske in his tracks.

Raske is rocked!
Raske throws a hook to the side of Pinkman's head but Pinkman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raske is still on wobbly legs! Can Pinkman finish him?
Pinkman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Raske seems to have recovered his senses.
Raske swings for the body but Pinkman moves out of range.
Raske throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pinkman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pinkman tried to counter with a leg kick but Raske avoided it.
Raske throws a looping overhand right but Pinkman ducks down to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Pinkman blocks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinkman throws a solid leg kick but Raske takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pinkman.
Raske lands with a hook. Pinkman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Raske throws a half hearted mid kick.
Raske closes the distance but Pinkman moves to the side
enabling Pinkman to counter with a crisp jab.
Pinkman is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Raske throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Raske lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Raske scores with a kick to the midsection.
Raske throws the kick towards the body but Pinkman avoids it.
Pinkman swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Pinkman checks a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Pinkman. That snapped Raske's head back.
Pinkman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raske.
Pinkman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Raske tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Raske clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pinkman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinkman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pinkman missing with a left hand there. Raske was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good work by Pinkman as he checks the leg kick.
Raske fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pinkman checks it well.
Raske thows a body kick. Pinkman tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A cross from Raske lands.
Raske has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Raske's corner calls for a 1-2. Raske obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Raske moves in looking to clinch but Pinkman pushes him off.
Raske looks to land a left hand but Pinkman moved out of range nicely.
Pinkman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pinkman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Raske.
Raske throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pinkman on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raske cracks the inside of Pinkman's front leg.
Raske scores with a jab. Pinkman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Raske feints and then cracks Pinkman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pinkman down.
Raske throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Raske dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Raske'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.

Pinkman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raske ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pinkman moves away.
Pinkman's jab looks to have found its range, popping Raske under the eye.
Pinkman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pinkman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raske.
Raske lands a lovely overhand right.
A leg kick checked by Raske.
Pinkman backing away here, and Raske unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Raske tries to close the distance and clinch but Pinkman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pinkman throws a solid leg kick but Raske takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pinkman.
Raske looks to land a left hand but Pinkman moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raske walks into a jab.
Raske throws a body kick that misses.
Raske swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Raske connects with a solid leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Raske.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinkman tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pinkman slips under a jab from Raske.
A counter left hand to the body from Pinkman misses its target.
A bone on bone clash there as Pinkman blocks the leg kick.
Raske throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Pinkman counters with a right hand to the body.
Pinkman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raske.
Raske throws a leg kick that is checked
and Pinkman counters with an inside leg kick.
Pinkman lands with a right hand.

That has opened up Thomas Raske's cut even more.
Raske misses with a low kick.
Raske delivers a nice body kick.
Raske throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Pinkman counters with a leg kick.
Pinkman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pinkman misses with a low kick.
Raske flicks out a counter leg kick but Pinkman steps away.
Raske misses the shot to the body.
Raske fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pinkman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pinkman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left lands for Raske.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raske bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pinkman's head backwards.
Raske scores with a jab to the jaw.
Raske rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pinkman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Raske fakes the leg kick and cracks Pinkman in the body.
Pinkman moves away from the strike by Raske.
Raske looks to land a left hand but Pinkman moved out of range nicely.
Raske connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pinkman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pinkman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raske.
Raske throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Raske misses the shot to the body.
Raske looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pinkman digs a good body shot into Raske's ribs.
Pinkman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pinkman throws out a leg kick but Raske moves out of range and Pinkman only half commits.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinkman thuds a left hand into Raske's body.
Pinkman lunges at Raske with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Raske's hand.
Pinkman lands a lovely overhand right.
Raske avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A clash of legs there as Pinkman blocks the low kick.
Raske swings widly with a right hand
and Pinkman counters with a nice body shot.
Raske throws a leg kick but Pinkman moved away.
Pinkman misses with a wild body shot.

Raske gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pinkman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinkman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pinkman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raske backwards.
Pinkman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raske blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raske misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinkman misses with a hook to the ribs.

Pinkman manages to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raske throws a good cross that connects.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raske takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Raske catches Pinkman with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Raske throws a solid leg kick but Pinkman takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Raske.
Raske pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Raske throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Raske pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pinkman drops Raske with a straight right hand, right on the button! Pinkman follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse Pinkman!
Jesse Pinkman spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.