PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony O Rangers (ranked 2146 p4p, 240 weight class) and Barney Rumble (ranked 2846 p4p, 291 weight class). O Rangers's entrance music is Helicopter- Bloc Party. A fine choice. Rumble has chosen Queens of the Stone Age - My God is the Sun as his entrance music. Tony O Rangers could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Barney Rumble's chin.

O Rangers
vs
Rumble

195 cm
37
265 lbs
26 - 16 - 2

200 cm
40
256 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony O Rangers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barney Rumble!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rumble lands a straight punch to the body, keeping O Rangers at a distance.
A good leg kick by Rumble.
O Rangers sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rumble dodges the punch combination from O Rangers.
O Rangers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Rangers will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

O Rangers rushes Rumble and presses him up against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rumble.
O Rangers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rumble tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Rangers avoids it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rumble.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rumble blocks an uppercut.
Rumble lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
O Rangers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
O Rangers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
O Rangers swings wildly with an uppercut but Rumble uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rumble digs a right hand into O Rangers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on O Rangers's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Rangers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
O Rangers takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rumble.
Rumble lands a right hook to the body.
O Rangers throws a series of punches but Rumble avoids them all with ease.
O Rangers is breathing heavily.

Rumble rushes O Rangers and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Rumble lands with a right to the head.
Rumble working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rumble scores a nice knee to the body.
O Rangers takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Rumble.
Rumble working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rumble lands a nice knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Rumble scores with a nice short uppercut.
Our sources have told us that O Rangers has been working on his elbows in the gym.
O Rangers takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Tony O Rangers has been cut.
Nice body punch from Rumble.

Rumble's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Rumble instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Rangers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rumble lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of O Rangers backwards.
O Rangers tries to break the clinch but Rumble is controlling the position.
Stalling in the clinch from Rumble.
Rumble unloads a knee to the mid-section. O Rangers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rumble scores a nice knee to the body.
Rumble lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rumble landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rumble stalling against the ropes.
Rumble lands a hook that snaps the head of O Rangers backwards.
Rumble lands with a right to the head.
Rumble pushes O Rangers back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Rangers.
O Rangers takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rumble creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
O Rangers is looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Rumble dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony O Rangers's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Rumble cracks O Rangers on the jaw with a powerful right hand and O Rangers falls backwards against the ropes. Rumble follows up with more strikes that drop O Rangers to his knees. Rumble keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save O Rangers! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barney Rumble!
Barney Rumble seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.