PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maicol Raul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bang has chosen Like A Prayer as his entrance music. Maicol Raul has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Raul
vs
Bang

185 cm
21
205 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

190 cm
20
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maicol Raul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thomas Bang!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raul avoids the head kick by Bang.
Raul half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Raul takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bang misses with a head kick.

Bang gets a clinch.
Bang with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bang lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Raul.
Bang landing knees to the head.
Bang lands an elbow that stopped Raul in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Maicol Raul has been cut.
Raul is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bang gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Raul takes an elbow to the forehead.

Raul is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bang comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oh Raul is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bang throws 2 knees - Raul can't escape Bang's clinch. As Raul tries to escape again Bang whips his head left to meet with another knee! That's knocked out Raul's gum shield and as Raul falls to the floor, the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Thomas Bang!
A very excited looking Thomas Bang made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.