PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Senor Skeletor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aron Raleigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Skeletor
vs
Raleigh

170 cm
19
146 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
19
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Senor Skeletor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aron Raleigh!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skeletor connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Skeletor stuffs the takedown attempt from Raleigh. Raleigh gets slowly back to his feet.
Raleigh throws a sloppy head kick and Skeletor moves out of range easily.
Skeletor slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A head kick misses from Raleigh.

Skeletor looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Skeletor not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Skeletor is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Raleigh sees it coming and defends easily.
Skeletor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Raleigh throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Raleigh is trying to control but can't.
Skeletor not doing much here.
Raleigh is refusing to be controlled, as Skeletor sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raleigh is trying to control but can't.
Raleigh slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Raleigh is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Skeletor looking to pass the guard.
Raleigh really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Skeletor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Raleigh has Skeletor pulled in close to control his posture.
Raleigh not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Skeletor postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Skeletor connects with a couple of short punches.
Raleigh throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Raleigh keeping moving, preventing Skeletor from controlling successfully.
Raleigh is looking to sweep but instead, Skeletor has passed into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skeletor controlling the action here.
Raleigh tries to roll over but Skeletor keeps him under control.
Raleigh trying to control here.
Raleigh pushes Skeletor off but Skeletor dives into side control.
Skeletor scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Skeletor is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Raleigh is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Raleigh is trying to improve his position.
Skeletor tries to move into full mount but can't pass Raleigh's legs.
Skeletor working the head with strikes.

Skeletor thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Skeletor is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Raleigh knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Skeletor is breathing heavily.
Skeletor cracks Raleigh with a big right hand but Raleigh just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raleigh struggling a bit here.
Skeletor working the ground and pound.

Skeletor tries for a kimura but Raleigh is defending well.
Skeletor looks up at the clock and then as Raleigh takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Skeletor smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Raleigh struggling a bit here.

Skeletor swings around for an armbar but Raleigh sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Skeletor's guard.
Raleigh postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Raleigh throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Raleigh looks to land a left hand but Skeletor moved out of range nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Skeletor.
Raleigh misses with a head kick.
Raleigh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Skeletor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Raleigh takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Skeletor feints and as Raleigh raises his hands in defense, Skeletor changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Skeletor thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Skeletor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Raleigh is keeping the position for now.
Skeletor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Skeletor wants to control from the top but Raleigh keeps moving.

Raleigh isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Skeletor stacks Raleigh 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 Skeletor!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raleigh throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raleigh can't do much from the bottom here.

Skeletor is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Raleigh has escaped the position, nice work there.
Skeletor is working Raleigh over with some ground and pound from side control.
Skeletor lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Raleigh down.
Raleigh is trying to get back to half guard.
Raleigh can't do much from the bottom here.
Skeletor working the ground and pound from side control.
Raleigh takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skeletor lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Raleigh down.
Skeletor looks up at the clock and then as Raleigh takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Skeletor smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Raleigh takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Skeletor is working Raleigh over with some ground and pound from side control.
Skeletor working the head with strikes.
Skeletor lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
A lull in the action here.
Skeletor lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skeletor is looking to take a break and control but Raleigh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Skeletor is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raleigh is trying to get back to his feet.
Raleigh tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Raleigh trying to remain calm as Skeletor controls from the top position.

Raleigh wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Skeletor has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Raleigh's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Raleigh is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Skeletor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Senor Skeletor!