PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lennart Lennartsson (ranked 1393 p4p, 159 weight class) and Kai Raymaker (ranked 2249 p4p, 231 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lennartsson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Runaway Baby - Bruno Mars. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lennartsson
vs
Raymaker

190 cm
28
250 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

196 cm
23
257 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lennart Lennartsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kai Raymaker!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Raymaker.
Lennartsson misses with a body shot.
Raymaker throws a jab but it's blocked by Lennartsson.
It looked like Lennartsson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lennartsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Raymaker.
Raymaker misses with a right hand
and Lennartsson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Raymaker scores with a body shot.
Raymaker swings widly with a right hand
letting Lennartsson counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lennartsson misses with a body shot

and Raymaker counters with a crisp one two that drops Lennartsson! Raymaker thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Lennartsson to his feet! Lennartsson is in big trouble!
Raymaker scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raymaker misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lennartsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Raymaker lands a nice shot that snaps Lennartsson's head back.
Lennartsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lennartsson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Lennartsson missing with a left hand there. Raymaker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Raymaker misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Lennartsson misses the target.
Lennartsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Raymaker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Raymaker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lennartsson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Lennartsson loads up on a big right hand but Raymaker slips the punch.
Lennartsson lands with an uppercut that bounces Raymaker off the cage and back into range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raymaker misses with a wild body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Raymaker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Raymaker.
Lennartsson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Raymaker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Raymaker takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raymaker throws a jab but it's blocked by Lennartsson.
Kai Raymaker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lennartsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lennartsson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lennartsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raymaker throws a hook but Lennartsson blocks it.
The fighters circling - Lennartsson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Raymaker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Raymaker walks into a straight right hand from Lennartsson.
Lennartsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Raymaker.
It looked like Lennartsson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Raymaker throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lennartsson counters with a nice uppercut.
Raymaker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lennartsson looks to land a left hand but Raymaker moved out of range nicely.
Raymaker appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Raymaker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lennartsson throws an off balance right hand
and Raymaker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raymaker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lennartsson misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Raymaker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Raymaker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raymaker throws a looping overhand right but Lennartsson ducks down to avoid it.
Lennartsson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lennartsson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab by Raymaker.

Lennartsson is rocked!
Lennartsson ducks into an uppercut from Raymaker and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kai Raymaker!
Kai Raymaker 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.
Lennart Lennartsson spoke after the fight, saying 'He was the better fighter this time. You win lose, and you some some.'.