PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Fring (ranked 299 p4p, 462 weight class) and Taine Raharuhi (ranked 37 p4p, 56 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Fring
vs
Raharuhi

185 cm
34
162
20 - 9 - 0

180 cm
34
165
32 - 16 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gustavo Fring!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 16 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taine Raharuhi!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Raharuhi misses with a leg kick.
Raharuhi cracks Fring with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fring moves in looking to clinch but Raharuhi pushes him off.
Raharuhi thuds his right hand into Fring's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Raharuhi tries to work over Fring's front leg with a kick but Fring checks it.
Raharuhi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fring takes a swing at Raharuhi's ribcage but misses.
Raharuhi is looking to chop away at Fring's legs.
Raharuhi thumps Fring with a low kick.
Fring misses with a lunging right hand
and Raharuhi counters with a right hand to the body.
A big left from Fring misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fring throws a left and a right that both miss

and Raharuhi counters by clinching up.
Fring throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fring is trying to break the clinch but Raharuhi is controlling him.
Raharuhi struggles to land a body shot inside as Fring controls his hands.

Raharuhi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Raharuhi throws a quick inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raharuhi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fring moves into range and connects with a jab.
Raharuhi throws an overhand right that lands on Fring's shoulder, as Fring tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Raharuhi.
Raharuhi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fring misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Fring.
Raharuhi misses with a leg kick.
Raharuhi motions for Fring to come forward. Raharuhi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Raharuhi misses with an uppercut.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fring.
Raharuhi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Raharuhi.
Fring throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fring turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Raharuhi.
Fring pivots, looking for a leg kick but Raharuhi is out of range and Fring settles back down.
Raharuhi throws a low kick but Fring avoids it.
Raharuhi scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raharuhi feints and then cracks Fring's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fring down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi scores with a leg kick.
Raharuhi cracks a nice hook into Fring's ribs.
An inside leg kick from Fring misses.
Raharuhi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fring.
Raharuhi wants to counter with a clinch but Fring pushes him away.
Raharuhi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fring counters with a nice leg kick.
Raharuhi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fring lands with a cross.
Raharuhi thuds his shin into the meat of Fring's side.
A big left from Fring misses.
Raharuhi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fring is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Raharuhi misses with a body shot.
Raharuhi blocks the body kick.
Fring tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raharuhi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raharuhi wants to counter with a clinch but Fring pushes him away.
Raharuhi digs a good hook to Fring's body.
Raharuhi blocks a low kick nicely.
A low kick from Fring misses
and Raharuhi counters with a nice uppercut.
Raharuhi throws a leg kick which misses Fring's front leg but catches the back leg as Fring tries to avoid it.
Raharuhi swings for the body but Fring moves out of range.
Fring was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Fring looks to land a combination but Raharuhi avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fring.
Raharuhi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fring tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fring. Raharuhi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Raharuhi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fring connects with a good right hand that stumbles Raharuhi. Raharuhi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Raharuhi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fring throws a body shot but no joy.
Raharuhi connects with a body shot.
Raharuhi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fring fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Raharuhi tries to land a leg kick but Fring saw it coming and moves away.
Raharuhi scores with a shot to the body.
Raharuhi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fring manages to avoid it.
Raharuhi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Raharuhi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fring rather than just go for the knockout.
Raharuhi moves away from the strike by Fring.
Fring is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fring checks a low kick from Raharuhi.
Fring is looking to counter with head kicks.
Fring uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Raharuhi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fring tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Raharuhi is able to avoid easily.
Raharuhi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fring appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Raharuhi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Raharuhi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fring.
Raharuhi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fring stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fring avoids a punch combination nicely.
Raharuhi swings for the body but Fring moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Fring tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raharuhi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fring throws a body punch but Raharuhi moves out of range.
Raharuhi wants to counter with a clinch but Fring pushes him away.
Raharuhi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fring throws a quick counter kick to the body but Raharuhi avoids it.
Fring throws a body shot but no joy.
Fring blocks a low kick nicely.
Raharuhi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raharuhi slips a straight right by Fring.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fring. Raharuhi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fring on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fring throws a body shot but no joy.
Fring throws a body punch but Raharuhi moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Taine Raharuhi will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Fring scores with a jab.
Fring dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fring will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fring throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Raharuhi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Raharuhi. That's going to slow Fring down.
Fring avoids the body shot from Raharuhi.
Fring listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Fring checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fring swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Raharuhi slips under a jab.
Fring uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raharuhi.
Taine Raharuhi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fring tries to clinch
and Fring takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fring throws a half hearted mid kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Raharuhi misses.
Fring avoids the body shot from Raharuhi.
Fring scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Raharuhi doesn't seem bothered though.
Fring misses the shot to the body.
Raharuhi throws a counter combo.
Raharuhi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
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!
Fring throws a big shot that misses.
Raharuhi blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fring looks for the body kick but Raharuhi saw that one coming.
Fring tries to clinch up.
Raharuhi with a jab.
Fring doesn't manage to clinch there - Raharuhi circles away.
Raharuhi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fring cracks a nice hook into Raharuhi's ribs.
Raharuhi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fring is looking to counter punch.
Raharuhi staying out of range there.
Raharuhi throws a shot to the body.
Raharuhi avoids the body shot from Fring.
Fring keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Raharuhi's corner calls for a 1-2. Raharuhi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fighters circling - Fring throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fring takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fring takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Raharuhi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fring misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Fring misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fring misses with an uppercut. Raharuhi saw that one coming.
Raharuhi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fring blocks a low kick nicely.
Fring looks to land a left hand but Raharuhi moved out of range nicely.
Raharuhi connects with a body shot that sends Fring's belly button to the back.
Raharuhi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Fring clinches.
Fring working aggressively here.
Raharuhi misses with the head strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fring takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fring struggles to land a body shot inside as Raharuhi controls his hands.
Fring blocks an elbow strike from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi has Fring pressed against the cage, preventing Fring from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Raharuhi avoids the elbow strike from Fring, against the cage.
Raharuhi dodges an elbow strike from Fring.
Raharuhi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fring prevents a body shot from Raharuhi.
Fring creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Raharuhi as the two fighters clinch.
Fring tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fring takes a shot to the head.
Fring tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fring throws an elbow but it misses.
Fring stalling the fight.
Raharuhi struggles to land a body shot inside as Fring controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raharuhi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fring swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Fring breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fring misses with a body kick.
Raharuhi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fring misses the shot to the body.
Raharuhi digs a good hook to Fring's body.
Fring scores with a nice strike.

Fring clinches up with Raharuhi and pushes him back against the cage.
Fring takes a shot to the head.
Taine Raharuhi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A hook to the body from Fring.
Raharuhi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fring has had enough of the clinch but Raharuhi keeps him there for the moment.
Fring stalling.

Raharuhi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Raharuhi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Raharuhi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fring momentarily.
Fring lands with a right hand.
Fring throws a big shot that misses.
A clash of legs there as Fring blocks the low kick.

Fring forces Raharuhi back against the cage and clinches.
Fring's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Raharuhi blocks an elbow strike from Fring.
Fring looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fring digs a right hand underneath Raharuhi's ribcage. Raharuhi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fring throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fring scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Fring breaks the clinch.
Raharuhi slips under a jab.
Raharuhi wants to counter with a clinch but Fring pushes him away.
Raharuhi swats away the attempt to clinch by Fring.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Gustavo Fring will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Fring feints and then cracks Raharuhi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Raharuhi down.
A good leg kick by Raharuhi.
A punch combination from Fring misses.
Fring pivots, looking for a leg kick but Raharuhi is out of range and Fring settles back down.
Raharuhi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fring throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fring loads up on a big right hand but Raharuhi slips the punch.
Raharuhi misses with a body shot.
Raharuhi misses with a hook. Fring ducked under it nicely.
Raharuhi has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Fring misses the shot to the body.
Raharuhi wants to counter with a clinch but Fring pushes him away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raharuhi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fring ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fring staying out of range there.
A quick step to the side and Fring tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raharuhi defending well as Fring loads up on a big left hand.
Raharuhi lands a front kick.
Raharuhi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Raharuhi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raharuhi misses the shot to the body.
Donk. Fring catches Raharuhi right on the button with a cross.
Raharuhi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fring with a nice cross.
Fring connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Raharuhi's hands.
A nice leg kick lands there from Raharuhi.
Fring keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fring chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Raharuhi can pounce on him.
Raharuhi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Raharuhi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Raharuhi blocks a jab.
Fring uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raharuhi.
An inside leg kick from Fring misses.
Fring just misses with a punch to the body.
Fring throws a right hand that misses
and Raharuhi counters with a leg kick.
Raharuhi avoids a punch combination nicely.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Raharuhi. Fring does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi misses with a jab to the body
and Fring counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Raharuhi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Raharuhi lands a jab to Fring's midsection.
Fring scores with a nice head shot.
Raharuhi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fring throws a nice looking combination but Raharuhi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Raharuhi with a nice calf kick.
Nice body punch from Raharuhi.
A slow jab from Fring misses its intended target.
Fring throws a lazy right hand but Raharuhi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fring throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fring dips to his left and cracks Raharuhi with an uppercut!
Fring misses the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Raharuhi blocks the leg kick.
Fring fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fring slips a jab from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fring has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raharuhi swats away the attempt to clinch by Fring.
Fring looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A telegraphed right hand from Raharuhi misses the target.
Raharuhi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Raharuhi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fring on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A slapping leg kick lands for Raharuhi.
Raharuhi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fring at a distance.
Fring misses with a wild body shot.
Raharuhi avoids the head kick by Fring.
Fring walks into a jab.
Raharuhi throws a leg kick but Fring checks it.
Raharuhi misses with a straight left.
Raharuhi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Raharuhi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fring with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fring fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Raharuhi stuns Fring with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Raharuhi throws a jab when Fring was well out of range.
Fring tried to score with a low kick but Raharuhi checks it.
Raharuhi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fring takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Raharuhi throws a low kick but Fring moves out of range easily.
Fring throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Raharuhi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fring was well out of range. Poor timing from Raharuhi.
Fring on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fring avoids the body shot from Raharuhi.
Raharuhi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fring scores with a punch to the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Fring.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raharuhi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Raharuhi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fring.

And that's the end of the fight!
Taine Raharuhi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Raharuhi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taine Raharuhi!
Taine Raharuhi thanked the fans post fight for their support.