PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Beast Rabban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otou Hek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hek comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tha Playah kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Beast Rabban has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rabban
vs
Hek

175 cm
18
135 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

173 cm
18
140 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Beast Rabban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Otou Hek!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabban fails with a takedown attempt.
Rabban shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hek defends it nicely.
Hek fails with the takedown.
Hek misses with a takedown

and Rabban counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rabban.

Rabban gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Rabban instigates a clinch.

Rabban turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Rabban manages to end up in side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hek is trying to control Rabban's posture but Rabban avoids it.
Rabban postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hek tries to improve position but can't.
Rabban really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hek wants to control but Rabban postures up.
Rabban in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hek struggling a bit here.
Rabban postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Rabban creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Hek sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Hek stops Rabban from passing to mount.
Rabban sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hek is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Rabban working the strikes but Hek uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Hek regains full guard. Nicely done.

Hek had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rabban defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hek looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hek is controlling Rabban's posture.
Hek is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rabban throwing strikes from guard but Hek blocks nicely.
Rabban wants to control from the top but Hek keeps moving.
Rabban throws and elbow that misses. Hek uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rabban's guard. Nice move by Hek!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hek wants to control from the top but Rabban keeps moving.
Hek throws a strike but Rabban rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rabban distracts Hek with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rabban throwing strikes from guard but Hek blocks nicely.
Rabban trying to control but Hek is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rabban throws a strike but Hek rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rabban lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hek!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabban lands a nice shot to the head.
Rabban throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Rabban swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Hek is now in Rabban's guard. A big mistake from Rabban there, giving up the dominant position!
Hek engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rabban looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hek is one step ahead there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hek trying to control the position from guard on top but Rabban is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beast Rabban dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hek shoots in for a takedown but Rabban shows good takedown defense.

Rabban throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hek was covering up waiting for the punch and Rabban finishes the takedown easily into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rabban accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Rabban drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Hek dives on top into guard.
Hek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rabban keeping moving, preventing Hek from controlling successfully.
Hek preventing the sweep.
Rabban keeping moving, preventing Hek from controlling successfully.
Rabban is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabban wants to sweep here but Hek controlling him for the moment.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Otou Hek wasn't active enough on the ground.
Hek looks for a takedown but Rabban sprawls well.
Rabban chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hek can pounce on him.
Hek scores with a push kick.
Hek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rabban swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hek throws a wild body kick that Rabban sees coming a mile off.
Hek darts in trying to clinch

and Rabban counters with a nice double leg into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hek is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rabban not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Rabban looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Rabban throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rabban is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hek stands up over Rabban, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hek passes Rabban's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hek passes to full mount!
Hek trying to control but Rabban is having none of it.
Hek controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hek lands with some strikes.
Hek can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rabban is looking to escape.
Rabban is bucking up trying to escape but Hek cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hek scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rabban?
Rabban is looking to get to half guard.
Rabban 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.
Rabban is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hek lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Beast Rabban overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rabban can't escape the position.
Hek controlling from the full mount.

Hek working for a submission but Rabban is keeping him at bay.
Rabban swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Rabban is bucking up trying to escape but Hek cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hek tries to control but Rabban wriggling away.
Rabban tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hek with a couple of short strikes.
Rabban manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hek wants to pass the guard but Rabban is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otou Hek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Rabban gets the takedown into side control.
Hek tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hek dodges the ground and pound from Rabban.
Rabban moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Hek takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hek tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rabban throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rabban tries for a kimura but Hek is defending well.
Rabban throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Rabban is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hek has escaped the position, nice work there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rabban throws an elbow but Hek slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hek is trying to improve his position.
Hek can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabban lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hek struggling a bit here.
Hek avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rabban.
Rabban scores with punches from side control.
Rabban with the ground and pound but Hek regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Rabban thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hek wants to improve his position but Rabban is controlling well.
Hek makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hek.
Rabban postures up in Hek's guard and throws a big left but Hek blocks it.
Rabban preventing the sweep.
Rabban throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rabban postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hek utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rabban looking to pass the guard.
Rabban throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabban throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rabban with a nice head shot there.
Hek is trying to keep Rabban in close.
Rabban scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hek seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Rabban stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hek swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Beast Rabban showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rabban has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Beast Rabban!