PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raining Blood (ranked 3221 p4p, 3855 weight class) and Amarillo Brillo (ranked 402 p4p, 456 weight class). Raining Blood has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Blood
vs
Brillo

188 cm
24
170
5 - 5 - 0

173 cm
24
172
6 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Fast

Stoner's Killer Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raining Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Amarillo Brillo!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood throws a body shot but no joy.
Blood cracks Brillo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Blood clinches with his opponent.
Brillo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Blood gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short right from Blood on the inside.
Brillo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Blood prevents it.
Brillo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Blood fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Raining Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amarillo Brillo.

Blood clinches up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brillo takes an elbow to the temple.
Brillo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brillo avoids the elbow strike from Blood, against the cage.

Brillo jumps guard.
Blood tries to stand but Brillo is controlling from the bottom.
Blood has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Blood preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brillo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Blood won't allow Brillo to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Brillo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Blood blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brillo.
Brillo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blood's head.
Brillo thows a huge punch but Blood dodges it nicely.

Brillo is working for a kimura but Blood is defending it quite comfortably.
Brillo prevents Blood from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brillo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brillo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brillo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Brillo is nestled in close to Blood, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Blood is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Brillo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Brillo stops Blood from getting back to his feet.
Blood blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brillo.
Brillo slips a nice elbow through Blood's hands, connecting with Blood's forehead.
Brillo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Blood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Blood blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brillo.
Blood knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brillo on the ground.
Brillo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brillo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Brillo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brillo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nice strikes from Brillo there.
Blood on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Blood tries to get out of the position.
Brillo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blood's head.
Brillo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brillo has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Brillo has control of Blood's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Blood regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Amarillo Brillo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brillo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Blood defends it nicely.
Blood throws a head kick that misses.
Brillo swings for the body but Blood moves out of range.
We've been told by Blood's head coaches at The Devil’s Playground that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Brillo connects with a solid leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Blood. Those never looked like landing.
Blood goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brillo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Blood is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Raining Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amarillo Brillo.
Blood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brillo is looking for a takedown.
Blood lands with a right to the head.
Brillo prevents a body shot from Blood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blood.
Brillo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Brillo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brillo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Blood seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Brillo can turn it around.
Blood stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brillo wants to get back to striking at distance but Blood won't allow it.
A short uppercut from Blood.
Raining Blood has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brillo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Blood pulls his leg out and moves away.
Brillo misses with an uppercut
and Blood counters with a nice uppercut.
Blood stuffs the takedown attempt from Brillo. Brillo gets slowly back to his feet.
Brillo is breathing heavily.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Blood backing away here, and Brillo unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Blood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brillo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A left and a right from Blood both land. Nice combination.

Brillo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brillo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Brillo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Blood is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brillo takes a shot to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blood.

It looks like Amarillo Brillo has been cut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blood.
Brillo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Blood fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Blood misses with a head kick.
Brillo dives in for a single leg takedown but Blood sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Blood was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Blood checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Blood moves out of range of the strikes.
Blood thuds his right hand into Brillo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Blood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brillo is working for takedown but Blood is calmly controlling the position for now.
Blood lands with a right to the head.
Blood scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Blood.
Brillo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Blood gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood lands an elbow that stopped Brillo in his tracks for a moment.
Blood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brillo avoids a wild elbow strike from Blood.
Blood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blood scores with a nice hook to the head.

Brillo is rocked!
Blood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brillo backwards.
Brillo is still on wobbly legs! Can Blood finish him?
Blood lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blood.
Blood is pressed up against the cage. Brillo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Blood down to the mat. Blood avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Brillo gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Blood gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Brillo is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raining Blood!
During a confident post fight interview, Raining Blood thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.