PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rufus Almighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Bwarnt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Almighty
vs
Bwarnt

188 cm
27
185 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

185 cm
26
187 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Spartan Nutrition
Namunamu Clothing

Namunamu Clothing

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rufus Almighty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Bwarnt!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bwarnt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bwarnt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice uppercut there from Almighty.
Almighty fails to land the takedown.
Bwarnt is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Almighty.
Bwarnt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Almighty pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A countering left hand to the body from Bwarnt misses.
Almighty lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A punch combination from Almighty misses.
Bwarnt doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Almighty throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bwarnt counters with a single leg into guard. Almighty didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bwarnt won't allow Almighty to get back to his feet.
Almighty is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bwarnt trying to control the position from guard on top but Almighty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Almighty looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almighty wants to stand but Bwarnt is controlling the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bwarnt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bwarnt wants to pass the guard but Almighty is keeping the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Almighty lands a jab to the nose.
Bwarnt loads up on a big right hand but Almighty slips the punch.
Almighty misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bwarnt! But no joy.
Almighty with a hook.
Almighty looks to land a combination but Bwarnt avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almighty uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bwarnt has time to react.
Almighty falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bwarnt counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Almighty is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Almighty wants to sweep but no luck.
Bwarnt must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bwarnt trying to control the position from guard on top but Almighty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Almighty wants to sweep but no luck.
Bwarnt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Almighty keeping moving, preventing Bwarnt from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bwarnt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Almighty fails with the takedown

and Bwarnt moves into the clinch.
Bwarnt tries for a takedown but Almighty manages to get underhooks.
Bwarnt is looking for a takedown.
Almighty misses with the head strike.

Bwarnt has picked Almighty up - he's going for a ride! Bwarnt dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Almighty wants to control but Bwarnt is keeping busy.
Bwarnt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Almighty has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Bwarnt is on him like a limpet, forcing Almighty back against the cage.
Almighty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bwarnt keeps control of Almighty as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Almighty tries a body shot but Bwarnt blocks it.
Bwarnt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Almighty tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bwarnt's elbow.
Almighty struggles to land a body shot inside as Bwarnt controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Almighty.
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!
Almighty doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Almighty misses with a punch on the inside.
Almighty can't find room to land a body shot as Bwarnt controls the action.
Almighty doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Bwarnt breaks from the clinch.
Rufus Almighty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almighty misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rufus Almighty dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Almighty misses with a series of wild punches.
Almighty is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bwarnt can do to turn this around?
Some wild striking there from Almighty.
Bwarnt wants to counter with a clinch but Almighty pushes him away.
Almighty misses with a combination

and Bwarnt counters with a nice double leg into side control. Almighty won't be happy with that.
Check out the look on Bwarnt's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Almighty avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bwarnt.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Bwarnt working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Bwarnt advances to mount.
Bwarnt really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Almighty. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almighty is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bwarnt looking to finish Almighty with some ground and pound. This is bad for Almighty!
Bwarnt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bwarnt lands a nice shot to the head.
Almighty controls the position.
Bwarnt landing shots from mount.

Almighty is rocked!
Bwarnt cracks Almighty 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 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Bwarnt!
The defeated Rufus Almighty had this to say: 'You all seem it !it was a eye poke! I just could not see BUT ILL BE BACK'.