PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ishaan Thornton (ranked 4794 p4p, 2929 weight class) and Chadwick Raffelburg (ranked 487 p4p, 343 weight class). Raffelburg comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Hangman's Body Count - Volbeat kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ishaan Thornton has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Thornton
vs
Raffelburg

183 cm
25
170
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
170
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Prefers standup

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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ishaan Thornton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Chadwick Raffelburg!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raffelburg ducks under a wild hook from Thornton.
Thornton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raffelburg connects with a looping right hand.
Thornton throws an off balance right hand
and Raffelburg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Raffelburg lands a glancing blow to the side of Thornton's head.
Thornton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Raffelburg.
Thornton tries to clinch but Raffelburg moves out of range.
Raffelburg throws a body punch but Thornton moves out of range.
Thornton just misses with a punch to the body.
Raffelburg scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Raffelburg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thornton manages to avoid it.
Ishaan Thornton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thornton slips under a jab.
Thornton getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Raffelburg clobbers Thornton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raffelburg is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thornton tries to clinch but Raffelburg moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Raffelburg there.

Thornton is rocked!
Raffelburg looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Raffelburg scores with a hook to the body. Thornton takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thornton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Raffelburg paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Oh Thornton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thornton throws a predictable looking body shot
and Raffelburg counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Thornton is breathing heavily.
Thornton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Thornton gets tackled into the cage by Raffelburg. Raffelburg maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Raffelburg fails to land.
Thornton seems to have got his legs back now.
Raffelburg throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thorntons head.
Raffelburg lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Raffelburg lands a shot to the body.
Thornton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raffelburg's elbow.
Raffelburg blocks a body shot from Thornton.
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!
Thornton misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thornton.
A short uppercut from Raffelburg.
Raffelburg lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thornton misses with a punch to the body.
Raffelburg lands an uppercut.
Raffelburg scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Raffelburg creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Thornton with a big uppercut! Thornton tries to clinch up but Raffelburg pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Thornton to the mat! Thornton covers up and Raffelburg unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Chadwick Raffelburg!
A relieved looking Chadwick Raffelburg thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.