PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tadas Menelaos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rank Rox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rank Rox has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Menelaos
vs
Rox

182 cm
27
275 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

190 cm
24
245 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tadas Menelaos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rank Rox!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menelaos just misses with a punch to the body.
Rox throws a series of punches but Menelaos moves out of range.
Menelaos throws a shot from downtown. Rox moves away and avoids it.
Rox loads up on a big right hand but Menelaos slips the punch.

Menelaos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Menelaos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Menelaos backwards.
Menelaos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Menelaos pushes Rox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Menelaos misses with some punches.
Menelaos lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Menelaos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rox tries a body shot but Menelaos blocks it.
Menelaos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Menelaos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rox swings wildly with an uppercut but Menelaos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menelaos throws a punch but it's blocked by Rox.
Menelaos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Menelaos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rox just misses with a elbow thrown towards Menelaos's brow.
Menelaos swings wildly with an uppercut but Rox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Menelaos throws a head punch that misses.

Rox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Menelaos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rox looks to throw the jab but Menelaos is out of range.
Menelaos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rift Fighting Academy in the buildup to the fight.

Rox has closed the distance and engaged Menelaos in a clinch.
Menelaos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roxs head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menelaos blocks an uppercut.
Rox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rox has a couple of punches blocked by Menelaos.
Rox lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rox lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rox swings wildly with an uppercut but Menelaos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rox.
Rox's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rox lands a body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rox.
Menelaos is breathing heavily.

Rox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rox.
Menelaos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheers as Rox lands an impressive looking overhand right. Menelaos doesn't seem phased though.
Rox scores with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rox clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Menelaos.
Rox has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.

Rox breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Rox.
Rox moves away from the strike by Menelaos.
Menelaos looks to land a left hand but Rox moved out of range nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rox.
Rox cracks Menelaos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rox lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rox scores with a three punch combo!
Rox connects with a body shot.

Menelaos gets tackled into the cage by Rox. Rox maintains the clinch.
Rox scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Rox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rox throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Menelaos stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Rox follows into mount!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Rox unloads with some shots from mount but Menelaos bucks and avoids them well.
Rox raining down shots from the mount!
Rox thowing shots but they're missing.
Rox can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Menelaos is looking to escape.
Rox punching from mount but Menelaos doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rox throwing strikes here but Menelaos is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rank Rox dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Menelaos at a distance.
Rox tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Rox does it's job there.
Rox misses with a series of wild punches.
Rox has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Rox. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Menelaos moves in looking to clinch but Rox pushes him off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rox.
Rox throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rox swings for the body but Menelaos moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rox.
Rox has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rox lands the left hand.
Rox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Menelaos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menelaos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Menelaos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rox.
Rox is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rox throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Menelaos on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rox lands with a kick to the ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rox connects with a right that clearly hurt Menelaos. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Rox proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Menelaos collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rank Rox!
As Rank Rox got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Thanks for a fine fight....now who is next?'.