PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jo El (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willabee Raggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

El
vs
Raggs

200 cm
21
300 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
255 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jo El!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Willabee Raggs !
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El moves out of range of the strikes.
El shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Raggs as he avoids it easily.

El instigates a clinch.

El's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
El needs to keep his hands up - Raggs had a free shot at his head there.
Raggs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Raggs shoots in but El avoids the takedown attempt easily.

El fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Raggs , pushing him back against the cage.

El breaks the clinch.
El misses with a double jab.
Raggs tries to bum rush El with a series of wild strikes but El uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Raggs slips a jab and a cross from El.
El waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Raggs .
Raggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El throws an overhand right that lands on Raggs 's shoulder, as Raggs tries to avoid the shot.
Raggs misses with a straight left.
Raggs throws a leg kick that misses.
El fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

El dives in and scores a takedown into Raggs 's guard.
Raggs looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Raggs wants to control the position but El says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

Raggs looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
El is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Raggs tries to roll over but El keeps him under control.
El winds up and cracks Raggs with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. El lands a nice short elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raggs looks like he's trying to stand up.
Raggs tries to get to full guard but El has control of the leg.
El moves into full mount! Raggs won't be happy about that!
El controlling from mount.
Raggs is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
El controlling from mount.
El with good strikes from the mount here!
El lands a heavy elbow.

Raggs is rocked!

It looks like Willabee Raggs has been cut.
Oooooh, big shot lands for El! Raggs is hurt baaadly! El is firing away with more strikes - Raggs is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jo El!
Jo El seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.