PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ser Bian Warc Riminal (ranked 994 p4p, 840 weight class) and Mike Lowe (ranked 106 p4p, 92 weight class). Lowe has chosen Parsonsfield - Weeds or Windflowers as his entrance music. Ser Bian Warc Riminal is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Riminal
vs
Lowe

168 cm
28
145
8 - 4 - 0

172 cm
43
156
35 - 20 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Carnage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ser Bian Warc Riminal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Lowe!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riminal dodges the punch combination from Lowe.
Lowe tries a head kick but it misses.
Lowe clobbers Riminal with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A nice leg kick from Lowe, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lowe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A big right from Riminal misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Riminal blocks the leg kick.
Riminal feinted with a counter takedown.
Lowe throws a sloppy head kick and Riminal moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riminal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Riminal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lowe listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lowe misses with the combination.
Mike Lowe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe throws a half hearted mid kick.
Riminal keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A punch combination from Lowe misses.
Lowe throws a head kick that misses
and Riminal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Mike Lowe has been cut.
Riminal blocks a low kick nicely.
Riminal is looking to counter punch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lowe!
Lowe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riminal manages to avoid it.
Riminal tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lowe manages to circle out of the way.
Lowe loads up on a big right hand but Riminal slips the punch.
It looked like Riminal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice cross by Lowe.
Lowe scores with a jab to the body.
Riminal lands a glancing blow to the side of Lowe's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riminal moves out of range of the body kick.
Riminal ducks under a wild hook from Lowe.
Lowe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Riminal changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Riminal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riminal appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lowe lands with a good body shot.
Lowe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lowe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riminal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lowe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Riminal changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Lowe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Riminal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Riminal's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lowe connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Riminal scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riminal tries to clinch up.
Lowe throws a hook to the side of Riminal's head but Riminal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lowe's jab looks to have found its range, popping Riminal under the eye.
Lowe throws a body punch but Riminal moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Riminal tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lowe stuffs the takedown.
Lowe throws a wild body kick that Riminal sees coming a mile off.
Riminal attempts a counter takedown but Lowe avoids it well and moves away.
Lowe lands with a nice body kick.
Riminal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big left from Lowe misses.
Riminal tries to counter with a takedown but Lowe is quick to defend against it.
Riminal blocks a head kick by Lowe.
Riminal drops down looking for a counter takedown but Lowe sprawls and moves away.
Nice defenses there by Riminal.
Riminal tries to counter with a takedown but Lowe is quick to defend against it.
Riminal blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riminal lands a nice looking body shot.
Lowe throws out a leg kick but Riminal moves out of range and Lowe only half commits.
Riminal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lowe tried to score with a low kick but Riminal checks it.
Riminal defending well as Lowe loads up on a big left hand.
Lowe tries to bum rush Riminal with a series of wild strikes but Riminal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lowe throws a body shot but no joy.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lowe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lowe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lowe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Riminal circles away quickly and effectively.
Riminal drops down looking for a counter takedown but Lowe sprawls and moves away.
Lowe throws a shot from downtown. Riminal moves away and avoids it.
Riminal is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Lowe.
Riminal checks a low kick from Lowe.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Lowe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Lowe's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lowe jabs at Riminal's body.
Lowe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riminal changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Riminal takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lowe throws the kick towards the body but Riminal avoids it.
Lowe tries to clinch there but Riminal circles away.
Riminal with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lowe to score with a decent uppercut.
Riminal avoids a kick to the body.
Riminal tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lowe manages to circle out of the way.
Lowe tries to bum rush Riminal with a series of wild strikes but Riminal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lowe throws out a loose jab but Riminal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riminal defending well as Lowe loads up on a big left hand.
Lowe swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Riminal.
Lowe throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Riminal counters with a single leg into guard. Lowe didn't expect that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe wants to control but Riminal passes easily into half guard.
Riminal perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Riminal trying to pass the guard but Lowe defending well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Riminal in particular looking to stall.
Riminal wants to pass to mount but Lowe is defending the position.
Lowe missing with punches from the bottom.
Riminal looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lowe wants to control but Riminal is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Riminal is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Still in half guard, Riminal seems content to control.
Riminal prevents Lowe from improving his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lowe throws a chopping leg kick but Riminal manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowe looks for the body kick but Riminal saw that one coming.
Riminal attempts a counter takedown but Lowe avoids it well and moves away.
Lowe misses with a few strikes there.
Lowe throws a lazy right hand but Riminal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Riminal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lowe cracks a nice hook into Riminal's ribs.
A swing and a miss from Riminal.
Lowe feints a counter leg kick.
Lowe misses with a double jab.
Riminal half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Riminal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lowe swings for the body but Riminal moves out of range.
Riminal drops down looking for a counter takedown but Lowe sprawls and moves away.
Lowe throws a series of strikes that have Riminal backpedaling.
A jab from Lowe finds it's way through Riminal's defenses.
Riminal takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lowe lands a right hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lowe swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Riminal.
Lowe thuds his right hand into Riminal's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Riminal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lowe.
Riminal feinted with a counter takedown.
Riminal checks the leg kick nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lowe. Riminal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riminal lands a nice hook to Lowe's body. Lowe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lowe looks for the body kick but Riminal saw that one coming.
Mike Lowe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Riminal misses with a hook.
Riminal stalks Lowe and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lowe's face. Lowe staggers backwards, shaken.
Lowe lands the left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Lowe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Lowe's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Riminal avoids the head kick by Lowe.
Lowe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters circling a little - Lowe finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Riminal blocks the body kick.
Mike Lowe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Riminal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lowe.
Riminal seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lowe. Riminal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riminal feinted with a counter takedown.
Lowe fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Riminal is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Riminal. Lowe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lowe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Riminal attempts a counter takedown but Lowe avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riminal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lowe misses with a hook. Riminal ducked under it nicely.
Lowe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lowe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowe defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Riminal.
Riminal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lowe.
Riminal appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lowe attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Riminal is looking to counter the offense by Lowe and move into the clinch.
Lowe misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Lowe.
Lowe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lowe throws a head kick that misses.
Riminal feinted with a counter takedown.
Riminal drops his hands momentarily and Lowe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice uppercut there from Riminal.
Lowe just misses with a punch to the body.
Mike Lowe is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riminal blocks a head kick by Lowe.
Riminal throwing a counter right hand but Lowe manages to avoid it.
Lowe tries to score with a low kick but Riminal moves his leg out of the way.
Riminal is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Lowe.
Lowe bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Riminal's head.
Lowe ducks under a wild hook from Riminal.
Lowe delivers a nice body kick.
Lowe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riminal manages to avoid it.
Ser Bian Warc Riminal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lowe misses with a low kick.
Lowe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Lowe is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lowe scores with a shot to the body.
Lowe is still on wobbly legs! Can Riminal finish him?
Riminal takes a swing at Lowe's ribcage but misses.
Lowe seems to have recovered his senses.
Sloppy strikes from Lowe. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riminal fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Riminal throws a jab but it's blocked by Lowe.
Good standup being displayed there by Lowe as he connects with a hook.
Lowe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Riminal keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Riminal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lowe just misses with a punch to the body.
Mike Lowe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lowe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Riminal circles away quickly and effectively.
Riminal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lowe is looking to chop away at Riminal's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riminal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lowe.
Riminal drops down looking for a counter takedown but Lowe sprawls and moves away.
Lowe thows a leg kick but Riminal checks it
and Riminal makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lowe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Riminal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lowe stuns Riminal with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lowe tries to clinch up.
Lowe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Riminal misses the target.
Lowe throws a right hand that Riminal ducks under and follows up with a left that Riminal also avoids with ease.
Riminal drops down looking for a counter takedown but Lowe sprawls and moves away.
Riminal avoids the body shot from Lowe.
Lowe lands an overhand right.
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!
Riminal uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lowe has time to react.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lowe.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Lowe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lowe 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Lowe!
After winning the bout, Mike Lowe thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.