PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hoe Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magne Bruno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray's entrance music is BONE. A fine choice. Hoe Ray could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Magne Bruno's chin.

Ray
vs
Bruno

195 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
215 lbs
9 - 6 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hoe Ray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Magne Bruno!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ray has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ray there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bruno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ray.
Ray scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A punch lands to the side of Bruno 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bruno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Bruno misses.
Magne Bruno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ray lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bruno's sensitive parts.
Nice defenses there by Ray.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bruno was well out of range. Poor timing from Ray.
A nice combination there by Bruno.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ray. That's going to slow Bruno down.
Ray throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bruno looks gassed!
Bruno avoids the body shot from Ray.
Ray tries a head kick but it misses.
Ray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray throws a shot from downtown. Bruno moves away and avoids it.
Bruno throws a right hand that misses
and Ray counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ray throws a head kick that misses.
Ray moves in looking to clinch but Bruno pushes him off.
Ray tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ray darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Ray has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ray works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bruno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ray lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruno stalling in the clinch but Ray improves position.
Ray tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bruno blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ray throws an elbow but it misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Ray.
Still in the clinch, Ray scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruno working hard to break the clinch.
Bruno is trying to break free.
Ray working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bruno wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ray lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ray lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Bruno pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ray throws a head kick but Bruno moves out of range.
Ray misses with a straight left.
Ray tries to clinch but Bruno moves out of range.
Ray bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ray darts in trying to clinch
and Bruno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ray connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ray looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray misses with a body kick.
Bruno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ray.
Bruno avoids the body shot from Ray.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ray. Bruno does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ray throws a head kick but Bruno moves out of range.
Bruno misses with a looping left.
Ray throws a jab but it's blocked by Bruno.
Bruno takes a swing at Ray's ribcage but misses.
Ray misses with a jab to the body
and Ray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bruno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ray thumps Bruno with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bruno lands a nice looking body shot.
Ray misses with a head kick.
Ray slips a jab from Bruno.
Bruno swats away the attempt to clinch by Ray.
Ray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bruno connects with a body shot that sends Ray's belly button to the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ray tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ray takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ray avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bruno digs a good body shot into Ray's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hoe Ray dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A big left from Bruno misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruno. Ray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruno takes a swing at Ray's ribcage but misses.
Bruno takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ray defending well as Bruno loads up on a big left hand.
Ray is looking to wear down Bruno with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bruno just misses with a punch to the body.
Bruno throws the left hand but Ray avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Bruno misses.
Bruno circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bruno is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bruno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruno.
Ray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bruno.
Ray dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bruno is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray just misses with a punch to the body.
Ray throws a head kick that misses.
Bruno avoids the head kick by Ray.
Ray thows a body shot but no joy.
Ray darts in trying to clinch
and Bruno counters with a stiff right hand.
Ray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bruno throws a good cross that connects.
Bruno swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ray.
A slow jab from Bruno misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Bruno misses its intended target.
Bruno takes a swing at Ray's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruno misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Bruno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Ray gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bruno is trying to push Ray away but Ray has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ray is working Bruno over against the cage.
Bruno wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ray lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ray scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ray misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ray misses with a body punch.
Ray keeps control of Bruno as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bruno being controlled against the cage.
Bruno looking to stall.
Bruno tries to circle away but Ray has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray can't find room to land a body shot as Bruno controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Ray.
A nice left hand lands by Ray.
Ray swings wildly with an uppercut but Bruno uses good head movement to avoid it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bruno backwards.
Ray lands a right hand.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bruno.
Ray lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bruno or not.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ray can't find room to land a body shot as Bruno controls the action.
Ray lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ray struggles to land a body shot inside as Bruno controls his hands.
Ray scores with a shot to the side of Bruno's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ray takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ray lands with a light punch inside.

Bruno is rocked!
Ray works on Bruno's body with a couple of short punches.
Bruno is still on wobbly legs! Can Ray finish him?
A short right from Ray on the inside.
Ray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bruno can do to turn this around?
Ray lands a big right hand that drops Bruno! The killer instinct kicks in and Ray finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Ray!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hoe Ray!
During a confident post fight interview, Hoe Ray thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.