PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richie Fortune (ranked 8691 p4p, 666 weight class) and Reginald Velvet (ranked 4538 p4p, 437 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Fortune
vs
Velvet

190 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
26
260 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Richie Fortune!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Reginald Velvet!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortune scores with a hook.
Velvet looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Velvet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fortune.
Velvet throws a series of punches but Fortune moves out of range.
No joy there for Velvet, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fortune throws a lazy right hand but Velvet sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Velvet showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fortune.
Velvet ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Velvet moves away from the strike by Fortune.

Fortune drives through and clinches with Velvet against the cage.
Velvet tries to break free but Fortune pushes him back against the cage.
Velvet has had enough of the clinch but Fortune keeps him there for the moment.
Fortune is leaning against Velvet and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fortune digs a right hand underneath Velvet's ribcage. Velvet let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fortune presses Velvet against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fortune lands a right hand that snaps the head of Velvet backwards.
Fortune just leaning against Velvet, taking a breather.
Fortune lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Velvet backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fortune digs a right hand into Velvet's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Velvet's gas tank.
Velvet looks winded!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fortune takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fortune is pushing Velvet up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortune stalling in the clinch.
Fortune blocking some punches.
Fortune slowing the pace effectively.
Fortune stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Richie Fortune.
Velvet throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fortune.
Velvet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Fortune forces Velvet back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Fortune.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Velvet takes a shot to the head.
Fortune is pushing Velvet up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fortune working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fortune lands a hook that snaps the head of Velvet backwards.
A shot in the inside from Fortune.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortune works on Velvet's body with a couple of short punches.
Velvet looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Come on Fortune - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fortune is leaning against Velvet and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Velvet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fortune is working Velvet over against the cage.
Nice body punch from Fortune.
Fortune cracks Velvet with a nice body shot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fortune lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Velvet being controlled against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fortune.
Velvet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fortune throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Velvets head.
Fortune scores with a shot to the side of Velvet's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortune lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Velvet or not.
Velvet being controlled against the cage.
Fortune is stalling here.
Fortune lands an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Fortune.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fortune creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fortune scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Fortune.
Good body shot from Fortune.
Fortune lands a right hand.
Fortune lands a nice shot to the body.
Fortune is stalling here.
Fortune's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Velvet takes a shot to the head.

Velvet is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortune holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Come on Fortune - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Richie Fortune.

Fortune closes the distance and pushes Velvet back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Fortune on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Fortune.
Fortune stalling against the cage.
Fortune stalling the fight.
Fortune lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A bit of stalling here from Fortune.
Velvet is trying to break the clinch but Fortune has him pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Fortune.
Fortune pushes Velvet back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Fortune - that landed with a thud.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fortune.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fortune lands a big uppercut and Velvet crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Velvet looks OK. Fortune waves Velvet back to his feet!
Velvet is still on wobbly legs! Can Fortune finish him?

It looks like Reginald Velvet has been cut.
Reginald Velvet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fortune is stalking Velvet. Velvet circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Fortune, and it's lights out! Velvet really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Richie Fortune!