PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vic Rains (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Opas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rains might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Thunder & Lightning. Opas has chosen AC/DC - Thunderstruck as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rains
vs
Opas

169 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vic Rains!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Don Opas!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Opas tries to close the distance and clinch but Rains swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Opas looks to land a right hand but Rains moved out of range.
Opas cracks Rains with a good jab.

Opas has Rains up against the cage in a clinch.
Rains lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Opas backwards.
Opas lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Vic Rains has been cut.
Opas tries to land knees in the clinch but Rains avoids the damage to the body.
Rains tries to break the clinch but Opas is controlling the position.
Rains avoids the elbow strike from Opas, against the cage.
Opas misses with the head strike.
Opas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rains backwards.
Rains is trying to break the clinch but Opas is controlling him.
Opas throws a head punch that misses.
Opas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rains avoids it.
Opas misses with an elbow strike.
Rains wants to break free but Opas has control.
Opas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Opas has Rains pressed against the cage, preventing Rains from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rains tries to break the clinch but Opas is controlling the position.
Rains wants to break free but Opas has control.
Rains is trying to break the clinch but Opas has him pressed against the cage.
Rains dodges an elbow strike from Opas.
Opas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Opas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rains can't break the clinch.
Rains blocking some punches.
Opas throws an elbow that misses.
Rains is trying to break the clinch but Opas has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Opas.
Opas lands an elbow just above Rains 's eye.
Opas pushes off an throws an elbow but Rains leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rains throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Opas lands a nice elbow.
Rains working hard to break the clinch.
Rains wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rains dodges an elbow strike from Opas.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rains.
Opas tries to stall but Rains uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice left hand lands by Rains.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Opas.
Opas throws an elbow but it misses.
Rains wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Opas has him pressed against the cage.
Rains misses with some punches.
Opas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rains is defending well for now.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Opas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rains throws a head punch that misses.
Rains misses with the head strike.
Opas keeps control of Rains as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rains tries to break the clinch but Opas is controlling the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Opas throws an elbow but misses.
Rains lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rains is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Opas lands a right hand.
Opas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rains's defenses.
Opas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rains avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rains's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rains circles away from the clinch attempt.
Opas thows a body shot but no joy.
Rains swings for the body but Opas moves out of range.
Jab from Opas.
Opas throws the kick towards the body but Rains avoids it.
Opas looks to land a body kick but Rains moved away.
Opas cracks Rains with an open hand slap.
Rains ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Opas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
No joy there for Rains, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Opas misses with a low kick.
Opas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rains.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Opas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Opas scores with a nice head shot.
Rains slips a straight right by Opas.
Opas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Opas stuns Rains with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Opas misses the jab.
Opas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Opas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A combination from Rains does no damage.
Opas misses with a body shot
and Rains counters with a nice body shot.
Rains goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Opas misses with a hook. Rains ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rains throws a shot from downtown. Opas moves away and avoids it.
Opas throws a jab but it's blocked by Rains.
Rains rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Opas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rains fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rains fails to land with a series of punches.
Opas throws a wild body kick that Rains sees coming a mile off.
A jab from Opas misses.
Rains ducks right into an uppercut from Opas.
Opas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rains counters with a stiff right hand.
Opas connects with a looping right hand.
Opas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Opas throws a looping overhand right but Rains ducks down to avoid it.
Opas throws a wild body kick that Rains sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Opas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vic Rains's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Opas throws a hook to the side of Rains's head but Rains sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rains misses with a jab, cross combination.
A slow jab from Rains misses its intended target.
Rains slips under a jab from Opas.
Opas moves in looking to clinch but Rains pushes him off.
Vic Rains is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A bone on bone clash there as Rains blocks the leg kick.
Opas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Opas moves in looking to clinch but Rains pushes him off.
Rains fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Opas manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Opas throws out a leg kick but Rains moves out of range and Opas only half commits.
Opas wants to clinch up but Rains keeps it at a distance.
Rains takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rains moves away from the strike by Opas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Rains misses the target.
Opas misses with a jab to the body
and Rains counters with a stiff right hand.
Opas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rains counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Opas lands a nice looking body shot.
Rains misses with a shot to the body
and Opas counters with a slapping leg kick.
Don Opas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rains avoids a kick to the body.
Opas misses with a looping left.
Some wild striking there from Rains.
Rains comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Opas misses with a hook to the body
and Opas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Opas swings for the body but Rains moves out of range.
Rains misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rains pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rains throws a lazy right hand but Opas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice jab there from Opas.
Opas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Opas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rains manages to avoid it.
Opas looks to throw the jab but Rains is out of range.
Rains takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Opas defending well as Rains loads up on a big left hand.
Opas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rains lands a really nice looking cross but Opas seems unphased.
Opas connects with a single shot there.
Rains throws a predictable looking body shot
and Opas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rains thinking.
Rains swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Opas counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rains throws a jab but it's blocked by Opas.
Opas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rains connects with a crisp jab.
Jab, jab by Opas - just one landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Opas.
Rains moves out of range of the body kick from Opas.
Rains uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Opas.
Rains jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Opas throws a low kick, looking for Rains's leg but Rains calmly moves out of range.
Opas throws a leg kick but Rains sees it coming and moves out of range.
Opas misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Rains misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Opas misses with a head kick.
Rains misses with a wild combination.
Opas misses with a body shot.
Rains steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Opas.
Rains displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Opas throws out the jab.
Opas looks to land a right hand but Rains moved out of range.
Opas moves out of range of the strikes.
Rains stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Opas.
Rains digs a good hook to Opas's body.
Rains fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A shot to the body from Opas misses
and Rains cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Opas misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Opas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vic Rains's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Opas throws a jab when Rains was well out of range.
Rains gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Opas throws out a powerful jab.
Rains uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Opas.
Opas throws a big shot that misses.
Rains misses with a looping left.
Opas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Opas looks to land a left hand but Rains moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Opas tries to clinch but Rains moves away
and Rains counters with a three punch combo that has Opas backing up. Opas nods at Rains to acknowledge the strikes.
Opas tries to close the distance and clinch but Rains swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Opas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rains looks to throw the jab but Opas is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rains slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Opas with a hook.
Opas scores with the left hand. Rains knows he should have avoided that one.
Opas slips under a jab from Rains.
Opas gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Opas clinches.
Opas lands an elbow that stopped Rains in his tracks for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Rains.
Opas lands an elbow that stopped Rains in his tracks for a moment.
Rains blocks the elbow strike.
Opas misses with an elbow strike.
Rains lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Opas lands a left hand.
Opas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Rains on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Opas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rains's brow.
Opas lands an elbow just above Rains 's eye.
Opas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Rains is rocked!

Vic Rains's cut is getting worse.
Rains lands a left hand that snaps the head of Opas backwards.
Oh Rains is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Opas keeps control of Rains as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Opas lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rains scores with a shoulder strike.
Rains tries to circle away but Opas has him pinned against the cage.
Rains has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rains wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rains seems to have got his legs back now.
Rains on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rains wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rains tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Opas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rains throws a punch but it's blocked by Opas.
Opas lands an elbow that stopped Rains in his tracks for a moment.
Opas lands an elbow just above Rains 's eye.

Rains manages to break the clinch.
Opas tries to clinch up
and Rains counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rains on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Opas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rains.
Opas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rains manages to avoid it.
Rains uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Opas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Opas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Opas tries to work over Rains's front leg with a kick but Rains checks it.
Opas looks to land a right hand but Rains moved out of range.
Opas misses with a looping right.
Rains throws a looping overhand right but Opas ducks down to avoid it.
Opas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rains throws a sloppy body shot
and Opas counters with a nice body shot.
Don Opas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rains displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Opas throws out the jab.
Opas digs a good hook to Rains's body.
Opas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rains.
Nice body kick there by Opas.
Opas loads up on a big right hand but Rains slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Opas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rains moves out of range of the strikes.
Rains throws a shot from downtown. Opas moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Opas misses its intended target.
Vic Rains has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A shot to the body from Opas misses
and Rains counters with a straight right hand.
Opas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rains connects with a good right hand that stumbles Opas. Opas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rains throws out a loose jab but Opas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rains misses with an uppercut.
Rains ducks under a wild hook from Opas.
Rains tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Opas was well out of range. Poor timing from Rains.
Opas misses with the combination.
Rains looks to land a right hand but Opas moved out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Don Opas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Opas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Opas!