PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maverick Smokeleaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John J Rambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smokeleaf comes to the cage accompanied by LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It . The crowd seem to be enjoying Rambo's choice of entrance music: American Badass. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Smokeleaf
vs
J Rambo

205 cm
26
283 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

186 cm
30
270 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maverick Smokeleaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, John J Rambo!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Smokeleaf, right into the meat.
Smokeleaf keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smokeleaf takes one on the button.

It looks like Maverick Smokeleaf has been cut.
Smokeleaf throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rambo swings for the body but Smokeleaf moves out of range.
Smokeleaf uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rambo.
Rambo with a jab.
Smokeleaf tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rambo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rambo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Smokeleaf gets a clinch.
Smokeleaf throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smokeleaf lands a body shot.
Smokeleaf blocks an uppercut.
Rambo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smokeleaf lands a nice elbow.
Rambo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Smokeleaf pushes off an throws an elbow but Rambo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rambo lands with a short shot to the head.
Rambo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rambo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rambo gets through Smokeleaf's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rambo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smokeleaf utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smokeleaf misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Rambo fails to land.
Rambo working hard to break the clinch.

Rambo breaks from the clinch.
Smokeleaf thows a body shot but no joy.
Smokeleaf tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rambo was well out of range. Poor timing from Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf lands a leg kick that knocks Rambo off balance momentarily.

Smokeleaf gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rambo throws a punch but it's blocked by Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rambo's elbow.
Rambo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smokeleaf's elbow.
A hook to the body from Rambo.
Smokeleaf gets through Rambo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rambo.
Smokeleaf misses with a knee to the head.
Rambo lands with a right to the head.
Smokeleaf is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rambo is defending well for now.
Rambo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rambo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smokeleaf looking to throw knees to the head but Rambo is blocking nicely.
Smokeleaf blocking some punches.
Rambo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smokeleaf backwards.
Rambo misses with a punch on the inside.
Rambo has had enough of the clinch but Smokeleaf keeps him there for the moment.
Rambo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rambo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Maverick Smokeleaf's cut is getting worse.
Rambo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smokeleaf backwards.
Rambo misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smokeleaf throws an elbow but misses.
Rambo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rambo lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf landing knees to the head.
Rambo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smokeleaf blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rambo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rambo swings wildly with an uppercut but Smokeleaf uses good head movement to avoid it.

Rambo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rambo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smokeleaf at a distance.
Rambo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rambo lands a nice shot that snaps Smokeleaf's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smokeleaf sizes up Rambo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smokeleaf throws a sloppy head kick and Rambo moves out of range easily.
Rambo throws a right hand that misses
and Smokeleaf makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rambo really felt that one!
Rambo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rambo looks to land a right hand but Smokeleaf moved out of range.
No joy there for Rambo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rambo lands a hook that snaps the head of Smokeleaf backwards.

Maverick Smokeleaf's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Smokeleaf with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smokeleaf unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rambo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smokeleaf tries to land a knee to the head but Rambo blocks with his arms.
A right hand to the body from Rambo.
Smokeleaf is breathing heavily.
Smokeleaf lands a knee to the body.
Rambo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rambo wants to break free but Smokeleaf has control.
Smokeleaf tries to land a knee to the head but Rambo blocks with his arms.
Smokeleaf takes a shot to the head.
Smokeleaf blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rambo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rambo misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rambo tries to work over Smokeleaf's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rambo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smokeleaf lands an elbow inside that Rambo shrugs off.
Smokeleaf landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John J Rambo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maverick Smokeleaf's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rambo throws a lazy right hand but Smokeleaf sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
John J Rambo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smokeleaf throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rambo throws a big shot that misses.
Smokeleaf throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smokeleaf steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rambo.
Smokeleaf wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rambo misses with a left hand
and Smokeleaf counters with a stiff right hand.

Smokeleaf tries to keep at a distance but Rambo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rambo working aggressively here.
Rambo misses with some punches.
Smokeleaf keeps control of Rambo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rambo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rambo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smokeleaf has him pressed against the cage.
Rambo takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like John J Rambo has been cut.
John J Rambo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rambo struggles to land a body shot inside as Smokeleaf controls his hands.
Smokeleaf creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rambo's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smokeleaf gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smokeleaf keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rambo's efforts to push away.
Rambo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Rambo breaks the clinch.
Rambo scores with a three punch combo!
Smokeleaf tries a head kick but it misses.
Smokeleaf scores with a kick to the body.
Rambo is breathing heavily.
Smokeleaf punishes Rambo's body with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smokeleaf throws a nice outside leg kick.
Smokeleaf throws a nice outside leg kick.
Smokeleaf thuds a left hand into Rambo's body.
Smokeleaf swings for the body but Rambo moves out of range.
Smokeleaf lands with a nice body kick.
Smokeleaf is looking to wear down Rambo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rambo just misses with a punch to the body.
Rambo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smokeleaf has Rambo up against the cage in a clinch.
Smokeleaf lands a knee to the body.
Smokeleaf lands an elbow inside that Rambo shrugs off.
Smokeleaf with a knee to the head.
Smokeleaf connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rambo's face.
Smokeleaf putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rambo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smokeleaf creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rambo's defenses.
Smokeleaf lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smokeleaf creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smokeleaf lands a knee to the head.
Smokeleaf connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rambo's face.
Smokeleaf makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smokeleaf lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rambo backwards.
Smokeleaf comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smokeleaf lands an elbow just above Rambo 's eye.

Rambo is rocked!
Smokeleaf lands a big knee! That's hurt Rambo! Oh, he's all over the place! Smokeleaf lands another knee that sends Rambo to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maverick Smokeleaf!
Maverick Smokeleaf decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.