PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Darken Rahl (ranked 1493 p4p, 824 weight class) and Jack Waller (ranked 97 p4p, 48 weight class). Waller comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Snoop Dogg - Murder Was the Case kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jack Waller will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rahl
vs
Waller

168 cm
30
146
11 - 5 - 0

165 cm
29
142
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conquer
Brooklyn Apothecary

CHURCH OF ZOIDBERG - FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darken Rahl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Waller!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waller dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Waller lands a nice looking body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Rahl misses the target.
Waller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Waller throws a body shot but no joy.
Waller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Waller scores with a nice head shot.
Waller misses with a left hand
and Rahl counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rahl uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waller.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rahl uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waller.
Rahl was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Waller lands the left hand.
Jack Waller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Waller misses with a straight left.
Waller misses with a wild body shot.
Rahl is looking for a counter combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Waller. Rahl does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rahl keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rahl shoots in and drives through. Waller sprawls well.
Waller scores with a punch to the head.
Waller listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Waller has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Waller connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Waller cracks Rahl with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rahl connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Waller momentarily.
Rahl bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Waller jabs Rahl to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rahl takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahl keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waller lands a really nice looking cross but Rahl seems unphased.
Waller throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rahl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rahl goes for a double leg but Waller avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Waller continues to drive forward.

Waller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Waller misses the shot to the body.
A cross from Waller lands.
A slow jab from Rahl misses its intended target.
Rahl staying out of range there.
Rahl throwing a counter right hand but Waller manages to avoid it.

Rahl shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Waller looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rahl accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Waller wants to hit a sweep here but Rahl passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Waller there!
Rahl throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Rahl scoring with strikes but Waller is staying in there.
Waller really wants to buck Rahl off and get back to his feet.
Waller can't escape the position.
Rahl lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahl is landing with some decent strikes but Waller is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rahl misses with a head shot.
Rahl trying to control but Waller is having none of it.
Waller trying desperately to get to his feet.
Rahl cracks Waller with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Waller bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Rahl had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Waller defends it easily.
Waller postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Waller 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.

Waller slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jack Waller seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Waller throws a lazy uppercut
and Rahl counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Waller sizes up Rahl with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Waller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Waller connects with the punch.
Waller thows a left - swing and a miss!
Waller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rahl.
Waller cracks Rahl with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Rahl misses.
Waller throws a body shot but no joy.
Rahl throwing a counter right hand but Waller manages to avoid it.
Waller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rahl.
Waller throws a right hand that Rahl ducks under and follows up with a left that Rahl also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waller misses with a hook.
Rahl pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Waller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Rahl misses the target.
Waller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rahl scores with a three punch combo!
A punch combination from Rahl misses.
Waller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rahl is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rahl on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Waller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rahl manages to avoid it.
Rahl is looking to counter the offense by Waller and move into the clinch.
Rahl ducks right into an uppercut from Waller.
Rahl fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waller misses the shot to the body.
Waller has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rahl loads up on a big right hand but Waller slips the punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Waller.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No luck for Rahl with that takedown attempt.
Rahl is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Waller.
A big left from Rahl misses.
Waller loads up on a big right hand but Rahl slips the punch.
Waller jabs at Rahl's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rahl swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Waller counters with a nice body shot.
Rahl takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rahl scores with a crisp jab that stopped Waller in his tracks.
Waller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rahl throwing a counter right hand but Waller manages to avoid it.
Rahl misses with a takedown attempt - Waller sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darken Rahl. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Waller misses with a wild body shot.
Rahl shoots for a double leg takedown but Waller sprawls well. He's pushed Rahl's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Waller tests Rahl's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Waller throws a shot from downtown. Rahl moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahl ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Waller on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Waller uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rahl has time to react.
Rahl takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rahl takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Waller fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Waller throws a hook but Rahl blocks it.
Rahl throwing a counter right hand but Waller manages to avoid it.
Waller moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Waller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rahl avoids the body shot from Waller.
Waller connects with a nice looking jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Waller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Waller cracks Rahl with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rahl looks to land a left hand but Waller moved out of range nicely.
Rahl misses with a hook. Waller ducked under it nicely.
Waller blocks a jab.
Rahl catches Waller with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rahl looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Good exchange - Waller coming out on top.
Waller fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Waller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rahl was well out of range. Poor timing from Waller.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Waller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Waller takes a swing at Rahl's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Rahl.
Rahl scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rahl doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rahl displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Waller throws out the jab.
Waller lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Rahl shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Waller keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rahl not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rahl working Waller over with strikes.
Darken Rahl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rahl is keen to just control but Waller is a slippery customer.
Rahl sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Waller is not content to let Rahl control the position.
Rahl prevents Waller from standing back up.
Waller is pressing down on Rahl's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rahl with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rahl looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rahl's guard.

Rahl has a closed guard, preventing Waller from standing up.

Rahl throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Waller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Waller stands up and waves to Rahl to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahl throws a hook but Waller blocks it.
Waller misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Rahl to counter with a crisp jab.
Rahl keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jack Waller is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rahl doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Waller counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jack Waller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Waller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Waller finds it's way through Rahl's defenses.
Rahl loads up on a big right hand but Waller slips the punch.
A jab from Waller does it's job there.
Some wild striking there from Waller.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Waller comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Waller 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Waller!
Jack Waller seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.