PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eli Bracha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Rand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rand's choice of entrance music: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bracha
vs
Rand

180 cm
24
181 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

181 cm
34
182 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eli Bracha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Rand!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rand swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rand misses with the combination.
Bracha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rand.
Rand misses with a few strikes there.
Rand misses with a head kick.
Bracha cracks Rand with an open hand slap.
Rand throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Rand.
Bracha fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bracha moves out of range of the strikes.
Rand moves out of range as Bracha strikes.
Rand tries to bum rush Bracha with a series of wild strikes but Bracha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bracha goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rand throws a head kick that half lands.
Daniel Rand seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rand misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Rand scores with a four punch combination!
Bracha takes a swing at Rand's ribcage but misses.
Bracha misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bracha throws a series of punches but Rand avoids them all with ease.
Rand misses with a few strikes there.

Bracha darts in and clinches Rand up against the cage.

Rand's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bracha looks to throw the jab but Rand is out of range.
Bracha throws a hook but Rand avoids it easily.

Rand rushes Bracha and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bracha tries to land knees in the clinch but Rand avoids the damage to the body.

Rand pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bracha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rand walks into a jab.
Bracha takes a swing at Rand's ribcage but misses.
Bracha lands with a right hand.
Rand throws a right hand that Bracha ducks under and follows up with a left that Bracha also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Bracha.
Rand connects with a high kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bracha connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rand scores with the left hand. Bracha knows he should have avoided that one.
Rand throws a head kick that misses.
Rand is looking to clinch.
Rand lands a nice looking body shot.
Bracha looks to throw the jab but Rand is out of range.
Rand throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rand steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bracha.
Bracha throws a poor cross that misses
and Rand counters with a big head kick but Bracha shrugs it off.
Rand tries to land a front kick but Bracha steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bracha misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rand avoids the head kick by Bracha.
Bracha avoids the head kick by Rand.
Bracha throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bracha is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bracha misses with a combination
and Rand counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bracha avoids the head kick by Rand.
Bracha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bracha.
Bracha misses with an uppercut. Rand saw that one coming.
Rand defending well as Bracha loads up on a big left hand.
Bracha lands a jab to Rand's midsection.

Bracha gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bracha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bracha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Rand fails to land.
Rand blocks a body shot from Bracha.

Rand breaks from the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rand.
Bracha slips under a jab.
A big left from Bracha misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rand buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bracha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bracha looks to land a left hand but Rand moved out of range nicely.
Bracha misses the jab.
Rand throws a head kick but Bracha moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bracha throws a series of punches but Rand avoids them all with ease.
Bracha lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bracha's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rand under the eye.
Bracha scores with a jab.
Rand throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bracha misses with a looping right.
Bracha throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rand!
Bracha avoids the head kick by Rand.
Bracha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rand.
Bracha works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daniel Rand will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rand throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bracha catches Rand with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A head kick misses from Rand.
Rand throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rand throws a series of punches but Bracha moves out of range.
Bracha lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bracha.
Bracha scores with a one two! Rand had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rand fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rand looks to land a combination but Bracha avoids it well.
Rand throws a one two combo.
Daniel Rand is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bracha lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Bracha moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Bracha to work.
Rand works on Bracha's body with a couple of short punches.
Rand takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rand makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rand.
Bracha tries a body shot but Rand blocks it.
Rand managing to block the knees to the body from Bracha.
Bracha can't find room to land a body shot as Rand controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rand creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Rand pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bracha.
Rand connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rand takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A combination from Rand does no damage.
Rand throws a series of punches but Bracha avoids them all with ease.
Bracha misses with a right hand
and Rand counters with a one-two to the body.
Rand tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rand wants to clinch.
Good exchange - Bracha coming out on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rand pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bracha doesn't manage to clinch there - Rand circles away.
Bracha misses with a hook. Rand ducked under it nicely.
Bracha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bracha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Eli Bracha is winning the standup battle so far.
Bracha lunges at Rand with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rand's hand.
Bracha dips to his left and cracks Rand with an uppercut!

Bracha closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bracha is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rand avoids the elbow strike from Bracha, against the cage.
Bracha works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Rand - that landed with a thud.
Bracha throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bracha keeps control of Rand as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rand tries to circle away but Bracha has him pinned against the cage.

Rand breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bracha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rand throws a series of punches but Bracha moves out of range.
Rand looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice defenses there by Rand.
Rand moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rand throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rand shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rand falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bracha counters with a crisp one two that drops Rand! Bracha thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Rand to his feet! Rand is in big trouble!

Rand is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bracha lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Rand up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Bracha from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Rand's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eli Bracha!
Eli Bracha decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.