PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and pure mauy thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Powers
vs
mauy thai

193 cm
20
203 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, pure mauy thai!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Powers gets a takedown into half guard.
mauy thai trying to control but Powers postures up.

Powers decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Powers looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Powers decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
mauy thai fails with the takedown

and Powers counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Powers working away.
mauy thai tries to buck Powers off but Powers is having none of it.
A lull in the action here.

Powers stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Powers.
mauy thai wants to control but Powers postures up.
mauy thai really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Powers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Powers stands up and we're back to a striking position.
mauy thai fails with the takedown

and Powers counters with a shoot takedown. mauy thai fights it but they end up in guard.
Powers sitting in guard here, content to control.
mauy thai trying to keep a closed guard but Powers is proving a slippery customer.

Powers stands up from mauy thai's guard - Powers perhaps looking for a knockout.
mauy thai tries for a takedown but Powers circles away easily

and Powers decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in mauy thai's guard.
Rocky Powers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of pure mauy thai.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
mauy thai looking to hit a scissor sweep but Powers is one step ahead there.
Powers controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Powers stands up from mauy thai's guard - Powers perhaps looking for a knockout.
Powers throws a head kick that misses.
Powers is breathing heavily.
mauy thai has his takedown stuffed

and Powers counters with a shoot takedown. mauy thai fights it but they end up in guard.
mauy thai is trying to keep Powers in close.

Powers gets to his feet. mauy thai looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
mauy thai doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Powers counters with a shoot takedown. mauy thai fights it but they end up in guard.
mauy thai controls Powers momentarily but Powers frees himself.
Powers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Powers slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Powers wants to pass the guard but mauy thai is keeping the position.
mauy thai wants to sweep here but Powers controlling him for the moment.
mauy thai is looking to stand up but Powers isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Powers stands up from guard. Let's bang!
mauy thai misses with a takedown

and Powers counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

mauy thai isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Powers stacks mauy thai on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Powers!
mauy thai tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Powers decides to stand back up. Powers steps back and let's mauy thai get back to his feet.

Powers shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Powers showed some decent athleticism there.

Powers decides to stand and escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Powers dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

mauy thai scores with a nice body kick.
mauy thai explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rocky Powers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
mauy thai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Powers circles away quickly and effectively.
mauy thai doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Powers counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for mauy thai!
mauy thai tries to hold on but Powers pushes him away.
Powers lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Powers.
Rocky Powers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Powers lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
mauy thai tries to hold on but Powers postures up.
Powers tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Powers landing strikes from the mount and mauy thai is in trouble!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mauy thai wants to hold on but Powers pushes him away.
mauy thai is just holding on here. Powers manages to take his back.

Powers working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. mauy thai is doing well to defend. Powers seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! mauy thai is forced to tap and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rocky Powers!