PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brak Maugøn (ranked 108 p4p, 16 weight class) and Heavy Rain (ranked 66 p4p, 10 weight class). Maugøn comes to the cage accompanied by Save Yourself. Rain has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maugøn
vs
Rain

189 cm
33
264 lbs
27 - 9 - 0

222 cm
33
252 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brak Maugøn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Heavy Rain!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maugøn slips under a jab from Rain.
Maugøn ducks under a wild hook from Rain.
Both fighters circling a little - Maugøn finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Maugøn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rain's head backwards.
Maugøn keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Maugøn's sensitive parts.
Maugøn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rain is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maugøn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Maugøn has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Rain tries to land a body kick

and Maugøn moves into the clinch.
Rain cracks Maugøn with a nice body shot.
Rain blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rain avoiding damage as Maugøn throws knees to the body.
Maugøn blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maugøn misses with an elbow strike.
Rain misses with a punch on the inside.
Maugøn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rain jumps guard but Maugøn turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Maugøn misses with a body punch.
Maugøn misses with a hook from the clinch.

Rain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rain lands a jab to the head.
Rain lands a right hook to the body.
Rain scores with a crisp jab that stopped Maugøn in his tracks.
Maugøn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rain. That did some damage!
Rain misses with a hook
and Maugøn counters with a right hand to the body.
A jab from Rain does it's job there.
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!
Maugøn thuds a left hand into Rain's body.
Maugøn dodges the punch combination from Rain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain blocks a head kick by Maugøn.
Maugøn misses with a looping left.
Rain lands a glancing blow to the side of Maugøn's head.
Rain has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Maugøn misses with a two punch combination.
Rain throws the kick towards the body but Maugøn avoids it.
Rain lands with a right hand.
Maugøn ducks under a wild hook from Rain.
Rain works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Maugøn throws a low kick, looking for Rain's leg but Rain calmly moves out of range.
Rain is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Maugøn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Maugøn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rain walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maugøn checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Maugøn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rain moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Maugøn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rain.
Rain dips to his left and cracks Maugøn with an uppercut!
Maugøn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Maugøn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Maugøn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Maugøn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Heavy Rain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rain throws a head kick but Maugøn moves out of range.
Rain is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Rain scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maugøn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rain blocks a head kick by Maugøn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A counter left hand to the body from Maugøn misses its target.
Maugøn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Maugøn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rain.
Rain walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Maugøn avoids the body shot from Rain.
Maugøn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rain shapes to counter with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rain.
Rain is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Maugøn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jab from Rain.
Rain wants to land a leg kick but Maugøn is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heavy Rain dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rain cracks Maugøn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Maugøn tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jab, jab by Rain - just one landing.
Rain throws a looping overhand right but Maugøn ducks down to avoid it.
Rain staying out of range there.
Rain connects with a nice looking jab.
Maugøn takes a swing at Rain's ribcage but misses.
Maugøn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Maugøn thows a leg kick but Rain checks it
and Maugøn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rain lands a lovely overhand right.
Rain connects with a nice looking jab.
Maugøn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maugøn throws a jab when Rain was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rain.
Maugøn wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Rain jabs Maugøn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rain scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maugøn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rain.
Maugøn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rain checks it well.
Rain let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A slow jab from Rain misses its intended target.
Maugøn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Maugøn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rain scores with a kick to the body.
Rain lands with a hook. Maugøn tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rain with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maugøn throws the left hand but Rain avoids the punch easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Maugøn.
Rain scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maugøn manages to avoid it.
Rain scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rain misses with a looping right.
Maugøn is looking to counter punch.
Rain misses the shot to the body.
Maugøn finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Maugøn slips a jab from Rain.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rain. Maugøn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maugøn is looking to counter with a body kick.
Rain moves out of range as Maugøn throws a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maugøn throws a leg kick which misses Rain's front leg but catches the back leg as Rain tries to avoid it.
Maugøn throws a low kick, looking for Rain's leg but Rain calmly moves out of range.
Rain lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Rain misses the target.
Rain thows a leg kick but Maugøn checks it
enabling Maugøn to counter with a crisp jab.
A low kick from Maugøn is predictable there
and Rain counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Maugøn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maugøn.
Rain lands with a nice body punch.
Maugøn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Maugøn needs to keep his hands up - Rain had a free shot at his head there.
Maugøn fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maugøn throws a wild body kick that Rain sees coming a mile off.
Rain lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Maugøn at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, jab by Rain - just one landing.
A big left from Maugøn misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rain.
Good exchange - Rain coming out on top.
Maugøn misses with a body kick.
A nice side step and Rain releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rain blocks a low kick nicely.
Maugøn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maugøn misses with a lunging right hand
and Rain counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maugøn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rain throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heavy Rain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Maugøn takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Maugøn misses with a double jab
and Rain counters with a low kick, right behind Maugøn 's knee.
Maugøn takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maugøn works the jab nicely.
Maugøn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rain misses with a head kick.
Maugøn is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Maugøn misses with a lunging right hand
and Rain counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Maugøn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rain follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rain slips under a jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Maugøn - that will leave a mark!
Maugøn tries to land a leg kick but Rain saw it coming and moves away.
Rain throws a body punch but Maugøn moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maugøn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rain pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rain misses with a body shot.
Rain works the jab nicely.
Rain looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maugøn drops his hands momentarily and Rain takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Maugøn moves out of range of the body kick from Rain.
Rain lands a slapping body shot.
Maugøn checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Maugøn misses the shot to the body.
Rain takes a swing at Maugøn's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain connects with a leg kick. Maugøn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maugøn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rain with a hook.
Rain misses with a hook.
Heavy Rain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maugøn throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rain is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Rain moves out of range as Maugøn strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Rain. Maugøn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rain misses with a straight left.
Rain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maugøn throwing a counter right hand but Rain manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rain, right into the meat.
Rain lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maugøn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rain can pounce on him.
Rain cracks Maugøn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maugøn.
No joy there for Rain, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rain lunges at Maugøn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Maugøn's hand.
Rain scores with a sloppy right hand. Maugøn should have avoided that one.
Maugøn takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rain.
Maugøn looks to land a left hand but Rain moved out of range nicely.
Rain only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Rain connects with a leg kick. Maugøn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rain lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maugøn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maugøn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rain connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Maugøn scrambles back to his feet.
Maugøn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A jab lands there for Rain.
Rain lands a slapping body shot.
A head kick misses from Maugøn.
Maugøn throws a lazy right hand but Rain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rain is trying to counter with his kicks.
Maugøn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rain can pounce on him.
Maugøn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Maugøn. That snapped Rain's head back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Heavy Rain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rain winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heavy Rain!
Heavy Rain decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.