PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Angle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rashid rowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). rowe is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: juicy. rashid rowe will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Angle
vs
rowe

179 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

219 cm
20
269 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kurt Angle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, rashid rowe!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Eddie Farnsworth and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
rowe throws a right and a left that Angle avoids nicely.
rowe swinging wilding here.

rowe gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Angle to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Angle scoring with some ground and pound.
Angle wants to stand but rowe has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
rowe lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Angle!
rowe with a couple of short strikes.
Angle throwing hammer fists to the chest of rowe. What's that going to do exactly?
rowe looking to finish Angle with some ground and pound. This is bad for Angle!
rowe landing strikes, looking to finish!
Angle is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
rowe punishing his opponent with strikes.
rowe with good strikes from the mount here!
Angle tries to get back to half guard but can't.
rowe blocks Angle's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
rowe lands a big shot there that rocks Angle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
rowe raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Angle is wriggling around trying to escape.
rowe unloading with bombs!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Angle is working to get back to half guard.
rowe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
rowe postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Angle looks a forlorn figure.
Angle swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
rowe landing strikes from the mount.
Angle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Angle swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
rowe lands with some strikes.
rowe looks gassed!
Angle is looking to improve his position but rowe isn't that keen on the idea.
Angle taking shots to the head.
rowe lands a big shot there that rocks Angle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Angle swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
rowe blocks Angle's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
rowe with a couple of short strikes.
rowe postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Angle looks a forlorn figure.
You get the feeling that Angle really doesn't like being in this position too much.
rowe lands a nice shot to the head.
Angle on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Angle tries to get out of the position.
rowe blocks Angle's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
rowe misses with a head shot.
rowe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Angle is wriggling around trying to escape.
rowe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Angle swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Angle is wriggling around trying to escape.
Angle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for rowe on the ground.
rowe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by rowe.
rowe with the ground and pound from mount.
Angle is working to get back to half guard.
rowe is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angle tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Angle is trying to stand.
rowe lands a big shot there that rocks Angle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Angle takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
rowe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
You get the feeling that Angle really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Angle is wriggling around trying to escape.
Angle swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
rowe landing strikes, looking to finish!
rowe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
rowe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Angle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
rowe landing strikes from the mount and Angle is in trouble!
rowe with a couple of short strikes.
Angle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Angle is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Angle tries to buck rowe off but he can't manage it.
Angle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
rowe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
rowe lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
rowe lands a big elbow.
Angle swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Angle flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
rowe is landing with some decent strikes but Angle is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
rowe is landing with some decent strikes but Angle is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
rowe blocks Angle's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The referee warns Angle that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Angle is looking to improve his position but rowe isn't that keen on the idea.
Angle is bucking up trying to escape but rowe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rashid rowe dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A punch combination from rowe misses.

Angle throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. rowe was covering up waiting for the punch and Angle finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Angle trying to stand up but can't free himself from rowe's guard.
rowe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Angle won't allow rowe to pass to mount.
rowe passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Angle!
Angle swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Angle is looking to improve his position but rowe isn't that keen on the idea.
Angle squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
rowe raining down shots from the mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Angle keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Angle flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
You get the feeling that Angle really doesn't like being in this position too much.
rowe with the ground and pound from mount.
rowe lands a nice shot to the head.
rowe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
rowe scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Angle?
Angle is mounted but he's throwing punches.
Angle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
rowe cracks Angle with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Angle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Angle is trying to stand.
Angle is looking to improve his position but rowe isn't that keen on the idea.

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.
rowe has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Angle's face.
rowe won't let Angle get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
rowe looking to finish Angle with some ground and pound. This is bad for Angle!
Angle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
rowe landing strikes from the mount.
Angle wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
rowe is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Angle can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
BOOM! rowe connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Angle is in all sorts of trouble here.
rowe lands with some strikes.
rowe working the ground and pound effectively.
rowe cracks Angle with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Angle really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Angle is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
rowe working the ground and pound effectively.
Angle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
rowe working the ground and pound effectively.
rowe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
rowe with good strikes from the mount here!
Angle tries to get back to half guard but can't.
rowe lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Angle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Angle is looking to improve his position but rowe isn't that keen on the idea.
Angle is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
rowe lands a nice shot to the head.
Angle in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Angle is in all sorts of trouble here.
rowe postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Angle looks a forlorn figure.
rowe with the ground and pound from mount.
Angle throwing hammer fists to the chest of rowe. What's that going to do exactly?
Angle can't escape the position.
Angle is working hard here to advance position.
rowe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
rowe has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Angle's face.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
rowe blocks Angle's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Angle is desperately trying to improve his position but rowe has a good base and remains in mount.
Angle taking shots to the head.
rowe prevents Angle from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kurt Angle will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

rowe misses with a wild combination.

Angle closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Angle lands in his opponent's guard.
Angle throws a big right hand that misses.
Angle stands up over rowe, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
rowe manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Angle manages to get himself to full guard.
Angle is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Angle throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
rowe stops Angle from standing up.
rowe is working Angle over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
rowe stops Angle from standing up.
rowe passes easily into side control. Nice work.
rowe is chipping away with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Angle striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Angle.
rowe swinging wilding here.
rowe lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
rowe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Angle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kurt Angle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
rowe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Angle scores with a takedown into rowe's guard.
Angle has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
rowe looking to hit a scissor sweep but Angle is one step ahead there.
rowe striking off his back but it's not causing Angle any problems.
Angle won't allow rowe to sweep him here.
Angle distracts rowe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Angle wanted to stand there but rowe had control of the position.
Angle trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
rowe tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Angle darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Angle works his way into side control.
rowe is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Angle's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
rowe manages to get to full guard.
rashid rowe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Angle missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
rowe looking for a sweep. Not yet rowe, not yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now rowe is on top in guard.
rowe prevents Angle from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angle can't keep his opponent in guard - rowe advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Angle is in trouble now - rowe has advanced to mount!
Angle throwing hammer fists to the chest of rowe. What's that going to do exactly?
rowe lands a big shot there that rocks Angle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Angle swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Angle is bucking up trying to escape but rowe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Angle squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Angle is wriggling around trying to escape.
rowe lands a heavy elbow.
rowe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Angle is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
rowe is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Angle can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
rowe scoring with strikes but Angle is staying in there.
Angle is bucking up trying to escape but rowe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
rowe lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
rowe lands a big shot there that rocks Angle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns Angle that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by rowe.
rowe is landing with some decent strikes but Angle is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Angle throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Angle flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Angle really wants to buck rowe off and get back to his feet.
Angle is in all sorts of trouble here.
rowe looking to finish Angle with some ground and pound. This is bad for Angle!
rowe working away from the top, dropping strikes.
rowe cracks Angle with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
rowe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kurt Angle.
I think Angle has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... rashid rowe!