PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tank The Razors Edge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Habanero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Habanero has chosen NERD - Rockstar as his entrance music. Rafael Habanero has the eye of the tiger tonight.

The Razors Edge
vs
Habanero

188 cm
31
199 lbs
25 - 10 - 2

196 cm
31
200 lbs
19 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition
Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tank The Razors Edge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Habanero!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Habanero's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Habanero duly obliges.

It looks like Tank The Razors Edge has been cut.
Habanero throws a head kick but The Razors Edge moves out of range.
Habanero ducks under a wild hook from The Razors Edge.
Habanero looks to land a left hand but The Razors Edge moved out of range nicely.
Habanero throws a good cross that connects.
The Razors Edge with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Razors Edge takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The Razors Edge throws a big shot that misses.
Nice cross by The Razors Edge.
Habanero looks to score with a jab to the body but The Razors Edge is just out of range.
Habanero throws out a loose jab but The Razors Edge uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Razors Edge avoids the body shot from Habanero.

The Razors Edge looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Habanero not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Habanero preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The Razors Edge trying to control the position from guard on top but Habanero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Razors Edge 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.
The Razors Edge preventing the sweep.
The Razors Edge slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The Razors Edge trying to control the position from guard on top but Habanero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tank The Razors Edge.
Habanero misses with a body shot.
Habanero cracks the inside of The Razors Edge's front leg.
Habanero's hands are dropping dangerously low here and The Razors Edge connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Habanero scrambles back to his feet.
The Razors Edge throws a hook but Habanero avoids it easily.
The Razors Edge blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Habanero keeps The Razors Edge at a distance using the push kick.
Habanero dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Habanero throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Habanero thows a left - swing and a miss!
Habanero throws an overhand right that lands on The Razors Edge's shoulder, as The Razors Edge tries to avoid the shot.
Habanero swings for the body but The Razors Edge moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Habanero.
A good leg kick by The Razors Edge.
The Razors Edge throws a front kick aimed at Habanero's knee but Habanero avoids it well.
Habanero bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Habanero listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Habanero fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Razors Edge.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Habanero connects with a leg kick. The Razors Edge looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The Razors Edge throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Habanero.
Habanero checks a leg kick.
Habanero throws a lazy body kick
and The Razors Edge counters with a stiff right hand.
The Razors Edge looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Habanero goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

The Razors Edge shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. The Razors Edge showed some decent athleticism there.
Habanero is looking to get back to full guard here but The Razors Edge has managed to pass to side control instead.
The Razors Edge throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Razors Edge trying to control the action but Habanero is working from the bottom.
The Razors Edge fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Razors Edge wants to control for a moment but Habanero uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Habanero keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Habanero wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Razors Edge thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Habanero's head.
Habanero avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The Razors Edge.
Habanero trying to control but The Razors Edge postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rafael Habanero will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tank The Razors Edge's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The Razors Edge swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Razors Edge shoots in for a double leg but Habanero sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Habanero stuffs the takedown attempt from The Razors Edge. The Razors Edge gets slowly back to his feet.
The Razors Edge takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The Razors Edge misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tank The Razors Edge. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Razors Edge looks to throw the jab but Habanero is out of range.
Habanero looks to land a body kick but The Razors Edge moved away.
Rafael Habanero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Habanero pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Habanero moves out of range of the leg kick from The Razors Edge.
Habanero ducks under a wild hook from The Razors Edge.
The Razors Edge uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Habanero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Razors Edge fails to land the takedown.
The Razors Edge connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Habanero throws a head kick but The Razors Edge moves out of range.
The Razors Edge takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Habanero blocks a jab.
The Razors Edge ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Razors Edge fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Habanero on the side of the head.
The Razors Edge walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The Razors Edge takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Habanero has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Habanero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Razors Edge manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some bone on bone action there as The Razors Edge checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Habanero.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Razors Edge swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Habanero thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on The Razors Edge if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Razors Edge throws a right hand that misses
and Habanero counters with an outside leg kick.
Habanero lands a jab to The Razors Edge's midsection.
Jab, jab by Habanero - just one landing.
Habanero staying out of range there.
Habanero scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Razors Edge thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rafael Habanero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Habanero feints and then cracks The Razors Edge's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Razors Edge down.
Habanero lands with a kick to the temple. The Razors Edge shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
An inside leg kick lands from Habanero.
Habanero cracks the inside of The Razors Edge's front leg.
The Razors Edge swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Habanero cracks The Razors Edge with a right hand to the side of the head.
The Razors Edge on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The Razors Edge looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Habanero fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The Razors Edge takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Habanero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between The Razors Edge's hands.
Habanero connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The Razors Edge scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Habanero connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The Razors Edge takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Razors Edge avoids the head kick by Habanero.
Habanero scores with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Habanero checks a leg kick.
Habanero is looking to slow The Razors Edge down with leg kicks.
The Razors Edge looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Habanero lands a nice shot to the body.
Habanero is looking to slow The Razors Edge down with leg kicks.
The Razors Edge throws a chopping leg kick but Habanero manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rafael Habanero seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Some bone on bone action there as Habanero checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Habanero digs a good body shot into The Razors Edge's ribs.
Habanero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Razors Edge.
The Razors Edge throws the left hand but Habanero avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Razors Edge connects with a body shot that sends Habanero's belly button to the back.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from The Razors Edge is defended easily by Habanero.
The Razors Edge misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Habanero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tank The Razors Edge's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The Razors Edge walks into a stiff left hand from Habanero.
The Razors Edge fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Habanero manages to avoid it.
Habanero moves out of range of the body kick from The Razors Edge.
Habanero throws the kick towards the body but The Razors Edge avoids it.
A big right from Habanero misses.
The Razors Edge misses with a left hand
and Habanero counters with a thumping low kick.
The Razors Edge takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Habanero fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Habanero lands with a nice body kick.
The Razors Edge walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Habanero checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Razors Edge tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice shot by Habanero.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Habanero keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Razors Edge misses with an uppercut
and Habanero counters with a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Habanero.
Habanero scores with a jab. The Razors Edge acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The Razors Edge is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Habanero is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Habanero connects with a solid leg kick.
Habanero connects with a leg kick. The Razors Edge looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The Razors Edge walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Habanero lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Razors Edge throws a leg kick
and Habanero counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Habanero shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. The Razors Edge eats them both and turns towards Habanero to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

The Razors Edge is rocked!
Habanero cracks a nice hook into The Razors Edge's ribs.
Oh The Razors Edge is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Habanero lands with a good body shot.
The Razors Edge seems to have got his legs back now.
Habanero tests The Razors Edge's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Habanero does it's job there.
Habanero has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Habanero bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Razors Edge misses with a head kick.
The Razors Edge looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Both fighters circling a little - Habanero finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Habanero lands with a nice body kick.
The Razors Edge closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice uppercut there from Habanero.
Habanero lands an uppercut out of nowhere! The Razors Edge falls backwards - clearly groggy! Habanero dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael Habanero!
Rafael Habanero looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I'm gonna eat some good steaks at Mad Bank.'.