PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tonkei Oloishona (ranked 1862 p4p, 1705 weight class) and Ricky Rawse (ranked 18 p4p, 65 weight class). Oloishona kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Besomorph & N3WPORT ft. Lunis - Zombie (Rudelies Remix). Ricky Rawse told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Oloishona
vs
Rawse

198 cm
30
263
11 - 7 - 1

193 cm
29
269
12 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

The Dirty Needle Project

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tonkei Oloishona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Rawse!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Oloishona.
Rawse moves out of range of the strikes.
Rawse staying out of range there.
Rawse misses with a right hand
and Oloishona counters with a left to the body.
Oloishona needs to keep his hands up - Rawse had a free shot at his head there.
Oloishona with a nice calf kick.
Oloishona bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rawse's head.
Oloishona throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rawse.
Rawse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oloishona moves away.
Rawse throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oloishona has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gonzasco Hydropathy in the buildup to the fight.
Rawse swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oloishona was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rawse lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rawse ducks under a wild hook from Oloishona.
Rawse looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rawse throws a right hand that Oloishona ducks under and follows up with a left that Oloishona also avoids with ease.
Rawse misses with a hook.
Rawse moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oloishona buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rawse misses with a body shot.
Oloishona dodges the punch combination from Rawse.
Oloishona feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Rawse misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oloishona looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Oloishona lunges at Rawse with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rawse's hand.
Oloishona is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oloishona steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rawse.
A nice leg kick from Oloishona, right into the meat of the thigh.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Rawse has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Rawse misses with a hook
and Oloishona connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oloishona loads up on a big right hand but Rawse slips the punch.
Rawse is looking for the big counter here.
Rawse misses with a right hand
and Oloishona cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rawse throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Oloishona counters with a body kick that stops Rawse in his tracks momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Rawse misses.
Rawse changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oloishona cracks a nice hook into Rawse's ribs.
Rawse looks winded!
Oloishona jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oloishona loads up on a big right hand but Rawse slips the punch.
Oloishona scores with a hook to the body. Rawse takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Oloishona scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rawse is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oloishona.
Oloishona half committed to a counter leg kick.
Oloishona with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oloishona connects with a leg kick.
Rawse takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rawse misses with a jab to the body
and Oloishona counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rawse misses with an uppercut

and Oloishona counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rawse! Oloishona lets Rawse back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Rawse takes a swing at Oloishona's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Oloishona was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rawse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oloishona connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oloishona keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rawse.
Oloishona throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rawse scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Oloishona doesn't seem bothered though.
Some wild striking there from Rawse.
Oloishona ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rawse moves away.
Oloishona works Rawse's body with a nice hook.
Rawse rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rawse takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oloishona moves out of range of the strikes.
Rawse moves out of range of the leg kick from Oloishona.
Rawse throws a hook but Oloishona avoids it easily.
Oloishona lands a leg kick that knocks Rawse off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawse misses with a two punch combination.
Oloishona appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A jab from Oloishona misses.
A leg kick checked by Rawse.
Rawse swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rawse lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rawse.
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!
Oloishona takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rawse just misses with a punch to the body.
Rawse uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oloishona.

Oloishona drops Rawse with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Rawse looks back up at him and smiles so Oloishona waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Rawse is rocked!

It looks like Ricky Rawse has been cut.
Rawse throws a hook to the side of Oloishona's head but Oloishona sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rawse throws a poor cross that misses
and Oloishona connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rawse is still on wobbly legs! Can Oloishona finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rawse throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oloishona swings widly with a right hand
and Rawse counters with a stiff right hand.
Rawse seems to have recovered his senses.
Oloishona swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tonkei Oloishona dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Rawse's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Oloishona throws a body shot but no joy.
Rawse throws a body shot but no joy.
Oloishona staying out of range there.
Rawse throws a jab when Oloishona was well out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Rawse might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Oloishona has got the better of the exchanges.
Oloishona drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rawse looks to land a left hand but Oloishona moved out of range nicely.
Oloishona throws a low kick but Rawse avoids it.
Nice jab there from Rawse.
Rawse walks into a straight right hand from Oloishona.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawse lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Oloishona cracks Rawse with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Rawse looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Oloishona finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rawse takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rawse wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawse waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oloishona.

Oloishona lands a big right hand that sends Rawse crashing to the mat! Oloishona stays standing though and waves Rawse back to his feet!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rawse, as that shot connected.
Oloishona moves away from the strike by Rawse.
Rawse cracks a nice hook into Oloishona's ribs.
Rawse misses with a lunging right hand

and Oloishona counters with a nice right hand that sends Rawse toppling to the canvas! Rawse scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Oloishona finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rawse feints a jab promting Oloishona to slip. Rawse then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Oloishona slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Oloishona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Rawse was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oloishona steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rawse.
Oloishona slips a jab from Rawse.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Rawse in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The fighters circling - Rawse throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rawse throws a jab when Oloishona was well out of range.
Rawse throws a combination. Oloishona tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oloishona moves out of range as Rawse strikes.
Oloishona is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rawse can do to turn this around?
Oloishona takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oloishona throws a hook to the side of Rawse's head but Rawse sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oloishona throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oloishona throws an overhand right that lands on Rawse's shoulder, as Rawse tries to avoid the shot.
Rawse looks to land a right hand but Oloishona moved out of range.
Rawse misses the jab.

Oloishona cracks Rawse with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Rawse looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Oloishona finish him?
Rawse will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oloishona fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rawse.
Rawse swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Oloishona.
Oloishona drops Rawse with a naaaaasty hook - Rawse is in real trouble here! Oloishona dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tonkei Oloishona!
Tonkei Oloishona tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.