PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Iner Raledran (ranked 750 p4p, 1221 weight class) and Thanos Doomsday (ranked 114 p4p, 180 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Raledran
vs
Doomsday

192 cm
24
185
11 - 5 - 1

189 cm
22
185
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Iner Raledran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Thanos Doomsday!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doomsday throws a nice inside leg kick.

Doomsday closes the distance and pushes Raledran back into the cage.
Doomsday putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Raledran in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raledran blocks it with crossed arms.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Doomsday lands a nice knee to the body.
Raledran working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Raledran has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Raledran lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Raledran.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raledran avoids it.
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!
Doomsday lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Iner Raledran has been cut.
Raledran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Doomsday misses with a knee to the head.
Doomsday misses with a knee to the head.
Raledran throws a head punch that misses.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doomsday blocks an uppercut.
Raledran misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raledran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Raledran.
Doomsday misses with a knee strike.
Raledran blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raledran blocks it with crossed arms.
Raledran lands a left hand.
Raledran lands a left hand that snaps the head of Doomsday backwards.
Doomsday tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Doomsday throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doomsday blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Doomsday with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Raledran lands a left hand that snaps the head of Doomsday backwards.
Raledran throws a head punch that misses.
Doomsday throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raledran blocks it with crossed arms.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raledran avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raledran presses Doomsday against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Raledran misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raledran lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raledran creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raledran creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Raledran blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Raledran on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Doomsday misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raledran.
Doomsday utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Raledran fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raledran.
Raledran misses with the head strike.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raledran avoids it.
Doomsday is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Raledran.
Raledran lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Doomsday backwards.
Raledran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A knee to the head by Doomsday.
Doomsday lands a nice knee to the body.
Raledran swings wildly with an uppercut but Doomsday uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday misses with a knee strike.
Raledran throws a punch but it's blocked by Doomsday.
Raledran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Raledran misses with a short punch on the inside.
Doomsday tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Raledran.
Raledran avoiding damage as Doomsday throws knees to the body.
Doomsday with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doomsday trying to land knees to the body.

Raledran gets control of Doomsday's arms and successfully pulls guard. Raledran will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Raledran is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Doomsday decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Doomsday throws a lazy uppercut
and Raledran counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doomsday tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raledran paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Doomsday moves into range and clinches up with Raledran.
Raledran lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doomsday tries to land knees in the clinch but Raledran avoids the damage to the body.
Doomsday tries to land knees in the clinch but Raledran avoids the damage to the body.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Raledran jumps into guard, dragging Doomsday to the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Raledran looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Raledran is looking to cinch up a triangle. Doomsday throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Raledran's body to avoid the submission. Raledran has instead reached around Doomsday's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Raledran arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Iner Raledran!
Our winner, Iner Raledran, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.