PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Odin Raveneye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Aguete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aguete has chosen Los Redondos - El pibe de los astilleros as his entrance music. Rafael Aguete will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Raveneye
vs
Aguete

179 cm
34
195 lbs
21 - 15 - 0

192 cm
26
202 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Odin Raveneye!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Aguete!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguete tries to clinch up but Raveneye circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Raveneye was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Aguete.
Raveneye just misses with a punch to the body.
Aguete doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Aguete throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Odin Raveneye has been cut.
Aguete with a nice cross.

Aguete moves into range and clinches up with Raveneye.
Aguete is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Raveneye is defending well for now.
Aguete struggles to land a body shot inside as Raveneye controls his hands.
Raveneye is trying to break free.
Aguete throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raveneye tries to break the clinch but Aguete is controlling the position.

Aguete breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aguete tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raveneye was well out of range. Poor timing from Aguete.
Raveneye tried to counter with a leg kick but Aguete avoided it.
Rafael Aguete seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aguete throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguete pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aguete looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aguete fakes the leg kick and cracks Raveneye in the body.
Aguete tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raveneye was well out of range. Poor timing from Aguete.
Aguete misses with a body shot.
Raveneye misses with an uppercut.
Aguete moves in looking to clinch but Raveneye pushes him off.
We've been informed that Aguete has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Aguete will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Raveneye appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aguete. Raveneye does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raveneye jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Raveneye swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Aguete counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Raveneye misses with a low kick.
Raveneye dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Aguete. That did some damage!
Aguete falls off balance throwing a combination
and Raveneye counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Aguete tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Raveneye manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
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!
Raveneye avoids a kick to the body.
Raveneye is looking to counter punch.
Aguete misses with a kick to the body.
Aguete throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Raveneye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raveneye takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Aguete checks the leg kick nicely there.
Despite the aggression on Aguete's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Aguete pushes Raveneye away with a front kick.
Raveneye walks into a jab.
A jab from Aguete finds it's way through Raveneye's defenses.
Aguete looks to land a combination but Raveneye avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aguete looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aguete waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Raveneye.
It looked like Raveneye wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Aguete keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguete throws a nice outside leg kick.
Aguete throws a series of punches but Raveneye avoids them all with ease.
Aguete misses with a series of wild punches.
Raveneye blocks a head kick by Aguete.
Raveneye was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A shot to the liver by Raveneye. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aguete lands a nice looking kick to the body. Raveneye takes a step back to recover.
Raveneye misses with a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Raveneye.
Nice uppercut lands for Raveneye. That snapped Aguete's head back.
Aguete throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Aguete dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Odin Raveneye's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Aguete tries to clinch but Raveneye moves away
and Raveneye counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aguete thinking.
Aguete scores with a head kick. Raveneye tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Aguete walks into a stiff left hand from Raveneye.
Aguete wants to clinch up but Raveneye keeps it at a distance.
Aguete moves in looking to clinch but Raveneye pushes him off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Raveneye lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Aguete has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Aguete and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Aguete lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Raveneye throws a monster overhand right that drops Aguete! Raveneye follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Odin Raveneye!
Odin Raveneye retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Odin Raveneye thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.