PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Red Rum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Balboa
vs
Rum

190 cm
26
210 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

190 cm
32
220 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry
Wolfpack Blood Labs Q158-Q155

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 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Red Rum!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rum lands a nice shot to the body.
Balboa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rum but Rum pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rum connects with an inside leg kick.
Rum looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch but Rum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balboa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rum defends it nicely.
Balboa shoots for a double leg takedown but Rum sprawls well. He's pushed Balboa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Balboa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rum scores with a sloppy right hand. Balboa should have avoided that one.
Rum throws a shot to the body.
Rum is looking to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rum lands with a nice body punch.
Rum uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Balboa has time to react.

Rum clinches.
Rum scores with a shoulder strike.
Balboa working aggressively here.
Rum lands a body shot.
Balboa is breathing heavily.
Rum gets through Balboa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rum tries a knee to the head but Balboa blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rum misses with a knee to the head.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
Rum blocks an uppercut.
Rum misses with a punch on the inside.
Rum struggles to land a body shot inside as Balboa controls his hands.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Rum.
A short uppercut from Rum.
Rum digs a right hand underneath Balboa's ribcage. Balboa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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!
Rum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rum lands a left hand that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rum.

Rum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rum lands a slapping body shot.
Nice cross by Rum.
Rum connects with an inside leg kick.
Red Rum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rum fakes the leg kick and cracks Balboa in the body.
Rum jabs at Balboa's body.
Rum turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rum throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Balboa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rum cracks a nice hook into Balboa's ribs.
Rocky Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rum listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rum throws a shot to the body.

Rum closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rum can't find room to land a body shot as Balboa controls the action.
Balboa takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Rum on the inside.
Rum lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rum lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Balboa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rum lands a good knee to the midsection. Balboa won't want to take too many of those.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rum.
Rum misses with a punch to the body.
Balboa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rum lands a left hand.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rum.
A short right from Rum on the inside.
Balboa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rum lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Balboa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rum's elbow.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Balboa. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Rum working Balboa over with knees to the body.
Rum unloads a knee to the mid-section. Balboa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rum gets through Balboa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rum connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rum digs a right hand into Balboa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Balboa's gas tank.
Rum misses with a knee to the head.
Rum working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rum is leaning against Balboa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Knees to the body from Rum.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rum.
Rum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Rum.
Rum lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rum with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rum works on Balboa's body with a couple of short punches.

Rum breaks the clinch.
Rum fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Rum takes the fight into the clinch.

Rum pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Balboa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rum.
Rum throws a head kick that Balboa semi-blocks.

Rum moves into the clinch successfully.
Balboa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rum creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rum softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rum working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rum softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Balboa takes an elbow to the temple.
Rum unloads a knee to the mid-section. Balboa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice body punch from Rum.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Rum dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Balboa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rum finds it's way round the side to connect with Balboa's head.
Rum tries a head kick but it misses.
Rum lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rum has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Balboa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rum counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rum scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Balboa is rocked!
The crowd cheers as Rum lands an impressive looking overhand right. Balboa doesn't seem phased though.
Oh Balboa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rum connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Balboa's hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balboa throws a solid leg kick but Rum takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Balboa.
Rum cracks Balboa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Balboa.
Balboa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Red Rum seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rum ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rum connects with a body shot that sends Balboa's belly button to the back.
Balboa seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice uppercut there from Rum.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rum with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good leg kick by Rum there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Balboa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rum cracks the inside of Balboa's front leg.
Rum lands a jab to Balboa's midsection.
Balboa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Balboa takes one to the side of the head.

Rum clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rum scores with a shot to the side of Balboa's head.
Rum lands a left hand.
Rum with a knee to the head.
Balboa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rum gets through Balboa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Rum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rum cracks Balboa with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Balboa falls to his knees and Rum doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Red Rum!
Red Rum seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.