PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hubert Raymond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyrus Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Red has chosen Rezorecta (Seek N Destroy remix) - Black Tiger Sex Machine as his entrance music. Hubert Raymond has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Raymond
vs
Red

177 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

190 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hubert Raymond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cyrus Red!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Red. Those never looked like landing.
Red scores with a crisp jab that stopped Raymond in his tracks.
Raymond blocks a jab.
Red goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Red misses with a double jab.

Raymond tries to sprawl but Red drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Raymond is trying to stand up here but Red is controlling him well.
Raymond avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Red.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Red is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Red keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Raymond's head.
Raymond tries to get to full guard but Red has control of the leg.
Raymond avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Red.
Ground and pound from Red.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Raymond with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Raymond strikes from the bottom but Red passes into mount!
Raymond is in a horrible position here. Red smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

It looks like Hubert Raymond has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Red content just to control the position here.
Red avoids the attempt from Raymond to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red with good strikes from the mount here!
Red landing strikes from the mount.

Raymond is rocked!
Red cracks Raymond with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cyrus Red!
Cyrus Red was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.