PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Rabid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus Almighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Rabid
vs
Almighty

187 cm
23
193 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

10th World Order + 10% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vincent Rabid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rufus Almighty!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almighty fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rabid scores with a jab to the body.
Almighty misses with a two punch combination.

Rabid moves into the clinch successfully.
Rabid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Almighty avoids it.
Rabid lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Almighty is trying to break free.
Almighty has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rabid is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Almighty is trying to pull guard but Rabid turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Almighty has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rabid is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Vincent Rabid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rufus Almighty.
Almighty tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rabid smiles and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almighty closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rabid circles away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Almighty or perhaps it was just good defense by Rabid, which made it look bad.
Almighty looks to land a right hand but Rabid moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Rabid on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice uppercut lands for Almighty. That snapped Rabid's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almighty throws a poor cross that misses
and Rabid counters with a right hand to the body.
Rabid scores with a sloppy right hand. Almighty should have avoided that one.
Almighty with a poor takedown
and Rabid counters with a left to the body.
Almighty looks winded!
Rabid connects with a looping right hand.
Almighty takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Almighty ducks right into an uppercut from Rabid.

Rabid gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
I was talking to Rabid's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rabid lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Almighty is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rabid is defending well.
Rabid works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Rabid.
Rabid stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rabid landing knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Rabid.
Rabid lands a hook that snaps the head of Almighty backwards.
Rabid lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabid lands a right hand that snaps the head of Almighty backwards.
Almighty missing with knees to the body.
Rabid lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Almighty backwards.

Almighty is rocked!
Rabid is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Almighty is still on wobbly legs! Can Rabid finish him?
Rabid lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Almighty.
Rabid lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rabid lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Almighty to his knees! Rabid keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincent Rabid!
Vincent Rabid tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.