PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rauta Kansleri (ranked 1745 p4p, 2071 weight class) and Yeshua Immanuel (ranked 238 p4p, 282 weight class). Rauta Kansleri has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kansleri
vs
Immanuel

192 cm
39
200
31 - 15 - 0

181 cm
33
190
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Rauta Kansleri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yeshua Immanuel!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Skip Squint and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Immanuel fails with a takedown attempt.
Immanuel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kansleri blocks a leg kick.
Kansleri seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Immanuel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kansleri.
Nice takedown defense from Immanuel. No joy for Kansleri on that attempt.
Immanuel connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kansleri tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Immanuel defends well and Kansleri ends up having to push Immanuel into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Immanuel! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rauta Kansleri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Immanuel throws a hook but Kansleri avoids it easily.
Immanuel tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Immanuel looks to score with a jab to the body but Kansleri is just out of range.

Kansleri shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Immanuel napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Immanuel explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kansleri is defended easily by Immanuel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Immanuel thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kansleri if he has to take too many more of those.
Kansleri shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Immanuel as he avoids it easily.
Kansleri blocks a jab.
Kansleri is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Immanuel.
Immanuel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Immanuel lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kansleri fails with the takedown.
Immanuel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kansleri shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Immanuel defends it nicely.
Immanuel flicks out a counter leg kick but Kansleri steps away.
Kansleri on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Immanuel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kansleri moves away from the strike by Immanuel.
Kansleri is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Immanuel.
Immanuel lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kansleri blocks a low kick nicely.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kansleri or perhaps it was just good defense by Immanuel, which made it look bad.
Immanuel tries to land a leg kick but Kansleri saw it coming and moves away.
Kansleri is looking to counter the offense by Immanuel and move into the clinch.
Nice body kick from Immanuel.
Kansleri is breathing heavily.
Kansleri tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Immanuel defends well and Kansleri ends up having to push Immanuel into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Immanuel stuffs the takedown.
Immanuel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kansleri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yeshua Immanuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Immanuel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kansleri with a poor takedown
and Kansleri takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Immanuel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kansleri on the side of the head.
Immanuel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kansleri avoids the head kick by Immanuel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kansleri avoids the head kick by Immanuel.
Kansleri shoots for a takedown but Immanuel saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Immanuel misses with the combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Immanuel.
Immanuel connects with a leg kick.
Immanuel stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Immanuel wants it to stay on the feet.

Immanuel lands a big head kick that sends Kansleri tumbling to the mat! Immanuel takes a step backwards and waves Kansleri back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Rauta Kansleri has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kansleri is defended easily by Immanuel.
Immanuel lands with a slapping head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Immanuel throws a body shot but no joy.
Kansleri tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Immanuel manages to circle out of the way.
Immanuel looks to score with a jab to the body but Kansleri is just out of range.
Immanuel stuffs the takedown.
Immanuel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kansleri slips a jab and a cross from Immanuel.
Immanuel scores with a head kick. Kansleri tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Immanuel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Immanuel lands a head shot.
Kansleri is trying hard to land a takedown here. Immanuel sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kansleri shoots in for a takedown but Immanuel shows good takedown defense.
Immanuel misses with a head kick.
Immanuel lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Oooooh!!! Immanuel has knocked Kansleri down with a huge combo! Immanuel steps away and waves a wobbly Kansleri back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Kansleri is rocked!
A chopping leg kick lands by Immanuel.
Oh Kansleri is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Immanuel misses with a few strikes there.
Kansleri misses with a takedown attempt - Immanuel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yeshua Immanuel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rauta Kansleri's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kansleri doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kansleri seems to have got his legs back now.

Immanuel lands a big head kick that sends Kansleri tumbling to the mat! Immanuel takes a step backwards and waves Kansleri back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Kansleri is rocked!
Immanuel throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Kansleri stumbling backwards into the cage! Kansleri bounces back off the cage towards Immanuel, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Immanuel lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Immanuel celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Yeshua Immanuel!
Yeshua Immanuel decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.