PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taine Raharuhi (ranked 258 p4p, 127 weight class) and Tyler Wrexham (ranked 29 p4p, 14 weight class). 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.

Raharuhi
vs
Wrexham

180 cm
34
165
33 - 16 - 4

178 cm
38
163
42 - 18 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Gatoroids

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 16 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taine Raharuhi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyler Wrexham !
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raharuhi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wrexham moves away.
Raharuhi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Grunt in the buildup to the fight.
Raharuhi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Wrexham misses.
An inside leg kick from Wrexham misses.
Wrexham missing with a left hand there. Raharuhi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wrexham lands a head shot.
Wrexham misses with a looping left.
Raharuhi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A telegraphed right hand from Wrexham misses the target.
Wrexham throws a lazy body kick
and Raharuhi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wrexham swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Raharuhi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Raharuhi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wrexham misses with a body punch

and Raharuhi counters by moving into the clinch.
Raharuhi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Wrexham 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Raharuhi throws a body punch but Wrexham moves out of range.
Wrexham throws the left hand but Raharuhi avoids the punch easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wrexham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Raharuhi motions for Wrexham to come forward. Raharuhi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Raharuhi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wrexham was well out of range. Poor timing from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wrexham moves away.
Wrexham throws a counter combo.
Wrexham fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Raharuhi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tyler Wrexham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrexham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Raharuhi.
Wrexham looks for the body kick but Raharuhi saw that one coming.
Wrexham loads up on a big right hand but Raharuhi slips the punch.
Wrexham tries to score with a low kick but Raharuhi moves his leg out of the way.
Raharuhi connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice body kick from Wrexham .
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wrexham throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Raharuhi counters with a nice leg kick.
Wrexham stuns Raharuhi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Raharuhi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Raharuhi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Raharuhi is looking to wear down Wrexham with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Raharuhi throws a body punch but Wrexham moves out of range.
Raharuhi throws a front kick aimed at Wrexham 's knee but Wrexham avoids it well.
Raharuhi throws a front kick aimed at Wrexham 's knee but Wrexham avoids it well.
Wrexham turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wrexham slips under a jab.
Jab from Wrexham .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Wrexham .
Raharuhi jabs Wrexham to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wrexham throws a body punch but Raharuhi moves out of range.
Wrexham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raharuhi paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham lands a jab-cross combination.
Wrexham is looking to clinch but Raharuhi is avoiding it.
Raharuhi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Raharuhi connects with a solid leg kick.
Raharuhi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Raharuhi's corner calls for a 1-2. Raharuhi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Raharuhi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Raharuhi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wrexham wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wrexham lands a slapping body shot.
Wrexham comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Raharuhi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wrexham thuds his right hand into Raharuhi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wrexham fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Raharuhi checks it well.
Wrexham missing with a left hand there. Raharuhi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wrexham lands with a good body shot.
Wrexham misses with a two punch combination.
Raharuhi lands a slapping body shot.
Raharuhi tests Wrexham 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Raharuhi misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham misses with a straight right.
Raharuhi misses with a wild body shot.
Raharuhi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wrexham moves away.
A slow jab from Wrexham misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - Raharuhi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wrexham throws out a counter right but Raharuhi avoids it with no problem.
Wrexham swinging wildly here.
Raharuhi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wrexham .
A looping hook to the body misses from Wrexham . Raharuhi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raharuhi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Raharuhi takes a swing at Wrexham 's ribcage but misses.
Raharuhi cracks a nice hook into Wrexham 's ribs.
Raharuhi misses with a head kick.
Raharuhi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wrexham was well out of range. Poor timing from Raharuhi.
Wrexham tries to clinch up.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Wrexham .
Raharuhi tries to work over Wrexham 's front leg with a kick but Wrexham checks it.
Raharuhi throws a leg kick but Wrexham checks it.
A big right from Wrexham misses.
Wrexham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raharuhi was well out of range. Poor timing from Wrexham .
Raharuhi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Raharuhi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi slips a straight right by Wrexham .
Raharuhi looks to score with a jab to the body but Wrexham is just out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Wrexham misses.
Raharuhi tries to land a leg kick but Wrexham saw it coming and moves away.
Raharuhi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Raharuhi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Raharuhi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wrexham throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Raharuhi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wrexham stuns Raharuhi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wrexham checks a low kick from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi just misses with a punch to the body.
Raharuhi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Raharuhi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Raharuhi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wrexham .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wrexham lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Raharuhi backs up against the cage.
Raharuhi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Raharuhi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wrexham throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Raharuhi avoids the body shot from Wrexham .
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Wrexham dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Wrexham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wrexham avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Raharuhi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Raharuhi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wrexham manages to avoid it.
Raharuhi tries a low kick but Wrexham avoids it.
Wrexham looks to land a right hand but Raharuhi moved out of range.
Raharuhi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wrexham .
Raharuhi lands a slapping body shot.
Raharuhi defending well as Wrexham loads up on a big left hand.
Raharuhi with a nice calf kick.
Raharuhi takes one to the chin there.
A low kick lands for Raharuhi.
Raharuhi tries to bum rush Wrexham with a series of wild strikes but Wrexham uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wrexham closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wrexham has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Raharuhi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wrexham . That did some damage!
Raharuhi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wrexham has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Raharuhi.
Wrexham lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wrexham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Raharuhi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wrexham 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Raharuhi throws a body punch but Wrexham moves out of range.
Raharuhi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raharuhi scores with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Raharuhi.
Raharuhi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Raharuhi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wrexham swings for the body but Raharuhi moves out of range.
It looked like Raharuhi was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Wrexham takes the fight into the clinch.
Raharuhi misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Wrexham breaks the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wrexham .
Crunch! Raharuhi slams his shin into Wrexham 's torso.
Wrexham lands with an uppercut that bounces Raharuhi off the cage and back into range.
Raharuhi thumps Wrexham with a low kick.
Raharuhi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wrexham was well out of range. Poor timing from Raharuhi.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Raharuhi connects with a body shot that sends Wrexham 's belly button to the back.
Raharuhi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Raharuhi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wrexham swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wrexham lands a glancing blow to the side of Raharuhi's head.
Raharuhi stuns Wrexham with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wrexham swings for the body but Raharuhi moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Raharuhi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice shot by Raharuhi.
Raharuhi checks a leg kick nicely.
Wrexham missing with a left hand there. Raharuhi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wrexham swings for the body but Raharuhi moves out of range.
Raharuhi throws a body punch but Wrexham moves out of range.
Raharuhi defending well as Wrexham loads up on a big left hand.
Wrexham throws out a leg kick but Raharuhi moves out of range and Wrexham only half commits.
Wrexham throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Wrexham throws a body punch but Raharuhi moves out of range.
Wrexham lands with a shot to the body.
Raharuhi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wrexham lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Raharuhi throws a solid leg kick but Wrexham takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Raharuhi.
Raharuhi throws a low kick, looking for Wrexham 's leg but Wrexham calmly moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wrexham .
Wrexham misses with a kick to the body.
Wrexham takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wrexham avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wrexham swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham connects with a body shot.
Raharuhi takes a swing at Wrexham 's ribcage but misses.
Raharuhi connects with an inside leg kick.
Wrexham throws an off balance right hand
and Raharuhi counters with a right hand to the body.
Raharuhi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Raharuhi thumps Wrexham with a low kick.
Wrexham throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Raharuhi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wrexham on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wrexham checks a low kick from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi misses with a low kick.
Wrexham appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wrexham throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Raharuhi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Raharuhi takes a swing at Wrexham 's ribcage but misses.
Wrexham sizes up Raharuhi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wrexham fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Raharuhi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Raharuhi motions for Wrexham to come forward. Raharuhi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wrexham looks to throw the jab but Raharuhi is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raharuhi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Raharuhi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Raharuhi walks into a jab.
Wrexham misses with a body shot.
Wrexham avoids the body shot from Raharuhi.
Wrexham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raharuhi.
Wrexham avoids the body shot from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wrexham throws a lazy right hand but Raharuhi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Raharuhi is looking to score with low kicks.
Wrexham swings for the body but Raharuhi moves out of range.
Raharuhi misses with a body shot.
Wrexham flicks out a counter leg kick but Raharuhi steps away.
Raharuhi defending well as Wrexham loads up on a big left hand.
Raharuhi half committed to a counter leg kick.
Raharuhi scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raharuhi misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Raharuhi.
Wrexham doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tyler Wrexham seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wrexham tries to clinch up.
Wrexham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raharuhi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wrexham looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Taine Raharuhi will probably get the nod.
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!

Raharuhi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wrexham getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Raharuhi throws a body shot but no joy.
Raharuhi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wrexham .
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wrexham !
A looping hook to the body misses from Wrexham . Raharuhi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wrexham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wrexham with a hook.
Wrexham takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wrexham scores with a hook.
Wrexham misses with a series of wild punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raharuhi throws a leg kick but Wrexham moved away.
Raharuhi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Raharuhi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wrexham misses with the combination.
Wrexham dodges the punch combination from Raharuhi.
Wrexham looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raharuhi takes a swing at Wrexham 's ribcage but misses.
Wrexham on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wrexham misses with a straight right.
Raharuhi misses with a two punch combination.
Wrexham chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Raharuhi can pounce on him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wrexham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Raharuhi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Raharuhi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Wrexham manages to circle out of the way.
Raharuhi takes a swing at Wrexham 's ribcage but misses.
Raharuhi swings for the body but Wrexham moves out of range.
Raharuhi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Raharuhi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wrexham scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Raharuhi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wrexham counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wrexham has closed the distance and engaged Raharuhi in a clinch.
Wrexham tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raharuhi's elbow.
Raharuhi misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Wrexham .
Raharuhi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wrexham lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Wrexham .
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wrexham .
Wrexham tries a body shot but Raharuhi blocks it.

Wrexham breaks the clinch.
Wrexham looks to score with a jab to the body but Raharuhi is just out of range.
Raharuhi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wrexham .
The crowd cheers as Wrexham lands an impressive looking overhand right. Raharuhi doesn't seem phased though.
Wrexham with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wrexham looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Raharuhi throwing a counter right hand but Wrexham manages to avoid it.
Wrexham moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Raharuhi checks a leg kick.
Raharuhi throws a solid leg kick but Wrexham takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Raharuhi.
Raharuhi throws a front kick that sends Wrexham stumbling back into the cage.
Wrexham lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Raharuhi tries to work over Wrexham 's front leg with a kick but Wrexham checks it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wrexham .
Jab, jab by Raharuhi - just one landing.
Raharuhi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Raharuhi scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrexham thuds a left hand into Raharuhi's body.
Wrexham moves out of range as Raharuhi strikes.
Donk. Wrexham catches Raharuhi right on the button with a cross.
A leg kick checked by Raharuhi.
Wrexham misses with a straight left.
A low kick from Wrexham is predictable there
and Raharuhi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wrexham delivers a nice body kick.
Raharuhi avoids a kick to the body.
Raharuhi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Raharuhi misses with a body shot.
Wrexham appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Raharuhi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wrexham scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wrexham takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wrexham avoids the body shot from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Raharuhi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It looked like Raharuhi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wrexham throws a body punch but Raharuhi moves out of range.
Wrexham lands a lovely overhand right.
Wrexham throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raharuhi swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi looks to throw the jab but Wrexham is out of range.
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!
Wrexham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raharuhi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wrexham throws a series of punches but Raharuhi avoids them all with ease.
A low kick lands for Raharuhi.
Wrexham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Raharuhi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wrexham moves away.
Wrexham listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wrexham throws a half hearted mid kick.
Raharuhi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Raharuhi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wrexham manages to avoid it.
Wrexham lands a really nice looking cross but Raharuhi seems unphased.
Wrexham connects with a body shot.
Raharuhi throws a leg kick but Wrexham sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raharuhi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wrexham throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Raharuhi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice straight punches there by Raharuhi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Raharuhi.
Raharuhi moves out of range as Wrexham strikes.
Wrexham misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Wrexham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wrexham has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Wrexham !