PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank The (ranked 5753 p4p, 4062 weight class) and Danny Racio (ranked 650 p4p, 541 weight class). Danny Racio will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

The
vs
Racio

190 cm
26
210
5 - 2 - 0

214 cm
26
210
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hank The!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Danny Racio!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Racio closes the distance and clinches.
The pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Racio tries to break the clinch but The is controlling the position.
Racio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Racio takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Danny Racio has been cut.
Racio tries to land a knee to the head but The blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The just misses with a elbow thrown towards Racio's brow.
The misses with an elbow over the top.
The throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from The.
The lands a nice elbow.
The lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Danny Racio's cut even more.
Racio blocks an elbow strike from The.
Racio takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Racio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The lands an elbow just above Racio 's eye.
The lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above Danny Racio's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The lands an elbow that stopped Racio in his tracks for a moment.

Racio is rocked!
The lands an elbow that stopped Racio in his tracks for a moment.
Racio is still on wobbly legs! Can The finish him?
The comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Racio is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The.
Racio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Racio wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Racio is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Racio seems to have recovered his senses.
The misses with an elbow over the top.
The lands an elbow inside.

Danny Racio's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Racio is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but The is defending well.
The is stalling here.
The lands an elbow that stopped Racio in his tracks for a moment.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Danny Racio's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hank The!