PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony O Rangers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Rangers has chosen Hold on to you as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tony O Rangers was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Palmer
vs
O Rangers

201 cm
25
279 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

195 cm
25
265 lbs
11 - 4 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roy Palmer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony O Rangers!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
O Rangers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palmer.
O Rangers looks to land a left hand but Palmer moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Palmer misses its intended target.
O Rangers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Palmer.
O Rangers feints the counter takedown.
O Rangers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palmer.
Palmer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tony O Rangers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palmer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Rangers manages to avoid it.
Palmer misses with a body shot
letting O Rangers counter with a right hand.
O Rangers scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Rangers tries to move into range but Palmer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
O Rangers has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
O Rangers cracks Palmer with a right hand to the side of the head.
Palmer misses with a lunging right hand

and O Rangers counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer is refusing to be controlled, as O Rangers sits in half guard.
O Rangers looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

O Rangers is working for a kimura but Palmer is defending it quite comfortably.
O Rangers wants to take a breather but Palmer is having none of it.
Palmer won't allow O Rangers to pass to mount.

Palmer has one foot on O Rangers's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
O Rangers misses with a body shot.
Roy Palmer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Rangers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Palmer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Palmer lands with a right hand.
Palmer misses with a straight right.
O Rangers fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Palmer's jab looks to have found its range, popping O Rangers under the eye.

O Rangers drives through with a takedown into Palmer's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palmer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
O Rangers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer keeping moving, preventing O Rangers from controlling successfully.
Palmer is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
O Rangers is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
O Rangers pushing down on Palmer's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palmer wants to control but O Rangers is keeping busy.
O Rangers performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

O Rangers is looking for a kimura but Palmer is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for O Rangers to get the leverage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

O Rangers is working for a submission of some sort.
O Rangers is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Palmer is controlling O Rangers's posture.
O Rangers passes into half guard.
O Rangers looks to land a strike but Palmer avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
O Rangers advances to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
O Rangers passes to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tony O Rangers will probably get the nod.
That's time! Palmer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Palmer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and O Rangers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Palmer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Rangers connects with the punch.
O Rangers with a lazy takedown attempt

and Palmer moves into the clinch.
Palmer misses with some punches.
Palmer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Palmer lands a hook that snaps the head of O Rangers backwards.
O Rangers is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Palmer pulls him back up using the underhooks.
O Rangers lands an uppercut.
Palmer working aggressively here.
O Rangers misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from O Rangers.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Palmer lands a body shot.
O Rangers is breathing heavily.
Palmer gets through O Rangers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Palmer gets through O Rangers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Palmer lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Palmer.
Palmer lands a right hand.
Palmer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Rangers's elbow.
Palmer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of O Rangers backwards.
O Rangers tries to pull guard but Palmer forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Roy Palmer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony O Rangers.
Palmer lands a body punch in the clinch.
O Rangers tries to break the clinch but Palmer is controlling the position.
Palmer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Palmer scores with a shot to the side of O Rangers's head.
O Rangers wants to break free but Palmer has control.
Palmer is working O Rangers over against the cage.
Palmer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt O Rangers or not.
Palmer lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Rangers backwards.
Palmer scores with a shoulder strike.
Palmer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Palmer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Rangers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Palmer scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Palmer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

O Rangers is rocked!
Palmer lands a big right hand that drops O Rangers! The killer instinct kicks in and Palmer finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Palmer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roy Palmer!
Roy Palmer retains his heavyweight title!
Roy Palmer 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.