PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maw Real (ranked 2272 p4p, 24698 weight class) and Ezekiel Rawlins (ranked 290 p4p, 718 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Real
vs
Rawlins

189 cm
25
205
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
210
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Maw Real!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ezekiel Rawlins!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rawlins misses with a straight right.
Real tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rawlins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rawlins throws an overhand right that lands on Real's shoulder, as Real tries to avoid the shot.
Rawlins drops his hands momentarily and Real takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rawlins connects with a jab.
Real throws a jab but it's blocked by Rawlins.
Real uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rawlins.
Nice body punch from Real.
Rawlins looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Real instigates a clinch.
Rawlins looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Real escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rawlins is looking to score with low kicks.

Real moves into the clinch.

Real escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Real swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rawlins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Real looks to score with a jab to the body but Rawlins is just out of range.
Rawlins throws a combination that misses
letting Real counter with a right hand.
Real fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rawlins manages to avoid it.
Rawlins misses with a hook to the body
and Real counters with a nice uppercut.
Rawlins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Real connects with a combination that backs up Rawlins into the cage. Real lands a flurry of punches that gets past Rawlins's guard. Rawlins is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Real bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maw Real!
A very excited looking Maw Real rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.