PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Krayzie Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomas Rance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomas Rance has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bone
vs
Rance

179 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Krayzie Bone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tomas Rance!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bone scores with a three punch combo!
Bone lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Krayzie Bone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Rance closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bone's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bone can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rance controls the pace.
Rance passes into half guard.
Rance performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Rance working over Bone with some ground and pound. Bone looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rance wants to free his trapped foot but Bone is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bone looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rance controlling the action here.
Rance working the head and body with strikes.
Rance controlling the action here.
Bone trying to control here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bone goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rance manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rance blocks a head kick by Bone.
Rance throws a right hand that misses
and Bone counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rance is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bone scores with a head kick. Rance tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Rance gets a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bone on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rance working Bone over with strikes.
Rance trying to pass the guard but Bone defending well.
Rance stalling.
Bone looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rance wants to free his trapped foot but Bone is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Rance winds up and cracks Bone with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rance is keen to just control but Bone is a slippery customer.
Rance wants to pass to mount but Bone is defending the position.
Bone on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rance looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rance trying to control from half guard but Bone is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rance controlling the pace.
Rance seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bone does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Tomas Rance wasn't active enough on the ground.
Bone throws a series of punches but Rance moves out of range.
Bone tries to clinch but Rance moves out of range.
Rance takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Bone.
Rance tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bone swivels and escapes.
Rance looks to land a left hand but Bone moved out of range nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Bone.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rance throws out the jab.
Bone shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rance but Rance pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bone is breathing heavily.
Bone throws a sloppy head kick and Rance moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomas Rance dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bone moves out of range of the strikes.
Bone throws a nice head kick!
Bone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bone lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bone tries to clinch but Rance is having none of it.
Bone connects with a leg kick. Rance looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A telegraphed right hand from Rance misses the target.
Bone tries to clinch there but Rance circles away.
Rance is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Rance looks to land a left hand but Bone moved out of range nicely.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Bone enables Rance to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bone manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Bone looking for a guillotine here but Rance defends easily.
Rance looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rance content to stall in guard here.
Rance lands a couple of elbows.
Rance slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Rance working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bone being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rance trying to control but Bone is working from the bottom.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Tomas Rance hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bone throws a head kick that misses.
Bone throws a series of punches but Rance moves out of range.
Bone lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rance shoots for a double leg takedown but Bone sprawls well. He's pushed Rance's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bone fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rance misses the jab.

Rance bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Rance trying to control the action but Bone is working from the bottom.
Rance has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Bone!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rance trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rance has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rance landing strikes, looking to finish!

Bone is rocked!
Rance cracks Bone with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomas Rance!