PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Rainey (ranked 524 p4p, 701 weight class) and Nils Norling (ranked 72 p4p, 98 weight class). Norling is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Eminem - Go To Sleep. Bradley Rainey could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nils Norling's chin.

Rainey
vs
Norling

181 cm
28
170
10 - 2 - 0

185 cm
35
175
27 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bradley Rainey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nils Norling!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rainey lands a front kick.
Norling moves away from the strike by Rainey.
Norling fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rainey checks it well.
Rainey scores with a kick to the midsection.
Norling scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rainey misses with a straight right.
A punch combination from Norling misses.
Norling throws a low kick but Rainey moves out of range easily.
Norling moves forwards but Rainey connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Norling cracks Rainey with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rainey lands with a straight right. Norling didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice jab there from Rainey.
Norling takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bradley Rainey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rainey throws a sloppy head kick and Norling moves out of range easily.
Rainey looks for a takedown but Norling sprawls well.
Norling lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Rainey cracks Norling with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Norling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rainey moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norling misses with a two punch combination.
Rainey is looking to counter punch.
Norling uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rainey has time to react.
Norling throws a jab when Rainey was well out of range.
Norling swings for the body but Rainey moves out of range.
Norling 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.

Rainey changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Norling looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Rainey sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Norling is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Rainey creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Norling parries the strikes from Rainey easily there. Rainey is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Norling to escape.
Norling takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Rainey definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rainey wants to control but Norling is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Norling defending against the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rainey cracks Norling with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Rainey throwing strikes but Norling manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Rainey manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Rainey throwing shots but Norling is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rainey throwing shots but Norling is blocking nicely.
Norling keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rainey not doing much here.
Rainey thows a huge punch but Norling dodges it nicely.
Rainey thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Norling's head.
Norling wants to control but Rainey is keeping busy.
Norling avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rainey.
Rainey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Norling pushes Rainey off looking to stand but Rainey dives back in and keeps control.
Rainey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rainey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rainey scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norling taking some punishment here, with Rainey in his half guard.
Rainey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Norling taking some punishment here, with Rainey in his half guard.
Rainey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Norling blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rainey.
Rainey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Norling is rocked!
Norling misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Norling is still in real trouble! Can Rainey finish him?
Rainey stops Norling from getting back to his feet.
Norling seems to have recovered his senses.
Rainey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rainey prevents Norling from standing back up.
Norling tries to get to full guard but Rainey has control of the leg.
Rainey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rainey keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rainey working the head and body with strikes.
Rainey throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Norling to regain full guard.
Rainey with a nice head shot there.
Rainey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Norling avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rainey content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Norling is trying to control the position but Rainey postures up.
Rainey throws a big right hand that misses.
Rainey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Norling working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rainey.
Rainey wants to control from the top but Norling keeps moving.
Rainey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rainey trying to control but Norling is working from the bottom.
Rainey working some strikes from top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bradley Rainey dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rainey takes a swing at Norling's ribcage but misses.
Rainey attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rainey throws a poor cross that misses
and Norling cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rainey misses with a kick to the body
and Norling counters with a straight right hand.
Norling throws a looping overhand right but Rainey ducks down to avoid it.
Rainey misses with an uppercut
and Norling counters with a nice uppercut.
Rainey with a poor takedown
and Norling counters with a nice uppercut.

Rainey is rocked!
Norling ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oh Rainey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Norling batters Rainey with a massive right followed by a huge left! Rainey is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Norling lands a final crushing right hand to drop Rainey to the mat with a gruesome thud! Norling is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nils Norling!
Nils Norling decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.