PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Third Wife (ranked 2138 p4p, 2282 weight class) and Iwon Raczynski (ranked 264 p4p, 284 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Wife
vs
Raczynski

190 cm
22
215
6 - 2 - 0

191 cm
21
220
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Third Wife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Iwon Raczynski!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raczynski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Raczynski jabs Wife to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Raczynski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wife.
Wife misses with a lunging right hand
and Raczynski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Raczynski misses with a body shot.
Wife misses with a lunging right hand
and Raczynski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Wife is rocked!
Raczynski wants to slow Wife down by chopping away at his legs.
Wife lunges at Raczynski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Raczynski's hand.
Raczynski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wife throws a poor cross that misses
and Raczynski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wife lands a big right hand that sends Raczynski crashing to the mat! Wife stays standing though and waves Raczynski back to his feet!

Raczynski is rocked!
Raczynski throws out a loose jab but Wife uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wife misses with a hook
and Raczynski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Raczynski looks to score with a jab to the body but Wife is just out of range.
Third Wife seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wife misses with a jab to the body
and Raczynski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wife misses with a hook.
Wife connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wife throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raczynski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raczynski throws a leg kick which misses Wife's front leg but catches the back leg as Wife tries to avoid it.
Raczynski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wife.
It looked like Wife wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wife chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Raczynski can pounce on him.
Wife throws out a loose jab but Raczynski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wife misses with a left hand
and Raczynski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wife misses with a right hand
and Raczynski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Wife is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wife ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wife lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Raczynski misses the target.
Wife throwing a counter right hand but Raczynski manages to avoid it.
Wife misses with a lunging right hand
and Raczynski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Raczynski moves out of range as Wife strikes.
Wife cracks Raczynski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wife swings widly with a right hand
and Wife takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Raczynski has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Wife misses with a right hand
and Raczynski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Raczynski misses with a looping right.
Raczynski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wife.
Raczynski tries a quick counter leg kick but Wife is wise to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raczynski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Raczynski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wife.
Wife throwing a counter right hand but Raczynski manages to avoid it.
Raczynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raczynski digs a good hook to Wife's body.
A big right from Wife misses.
Raczynski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wife.
Wife misses with a jab to the body
and Raczynski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wife misses with a right hand
enabling Raczynski to counter with a crisp jab.
Oh Wife is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raczynski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Raczynski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wife.
Wife seems to have got his legs back now.
Wife is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raczynski.
Raczynski stuns Wife with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wife throws a lazy uppercut
and Raczynski counters with a stiff right hand.
Wife ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raczynski moves away.
Wife misses with a lunging right hand
and Raczynski counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wife lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wife doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wife ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raczynski moves away.
Raczynski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wife misses with a hook
and Raczynski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wife rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Raczynski counters with a straight right hand.
Wife connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Raczynski's hands.
Wife swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Raczynski cracks a nice hook into Wife's ribs.
Wife lands a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Raczynski.
Raczynski thinks about the counter body kick.
Wife misses with a hook. Raczynski ducked under it nicely.
Raczynski is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wife had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raczynski missing with a left hand there. Wife was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Raczynski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wife.
Raczynski throws a solid leg kick but Wife takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Raczynski.

Raczynski clinches up with Wife and pushes him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Raczynski.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wife creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wife scores with a shoulder strike.

Wife pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wife defending well as Raczynski loads up on a big left hand.
Wife seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Wife misses with a looping left.
Wife misses with a left hand
and Raczynski counters with a straight right hand.
Raczynski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Raczynski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wife misses with a right hand
and Raczynski counters with a straight right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wife rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wife takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wife misses with a hook. Raczynski ducked under it nicely.
Raczynski throws the left hand but Wife avoids the punch easily.
Raczynski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wife paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Iwon Raczynski will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Raczynski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wife.
Raczynski appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Raczynski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wife stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Raczynski looks to throw the jab but Wife is out of range.
Wife ducks under a wild hook from Raczynski.
Wife swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Raczynski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big right from Wife misses.
Raczynski is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wife with a body shot.
Wife misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Raczynski counters with a nice body shot.
Raczynski loads up on a big right hand but Wife slips the punch.
Wife throws a poor cross that misses
and Raczynski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wife misses with a right hand
enabling Raczynski to counter with a crisp jab.
Iwon Raczynski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wife takes one on the button.
Wife misses with a lunging right hand
letting Raczynski counter with a right hand.
Wife smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
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!
Raczynski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wife throws the left hand but Raczynski avoids the punch easily.
Raczynski flicks out a counter leg kick but Wife steps away.
Raczynski moves out of range as Wife strikes.
Wife misses with an uppercut. Raczynski saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wife connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Raczynski misses with a body shot.
Wife throws a poor cross that misses
and Raczynski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Raczynski drops Wife with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Wife looks back up at him and smiles so Raczynski waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wife misses with a jab to the body
enabling Raczynski to counter with a crisp jab.
Wife ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wife misses with a hook.
Raczynski connects with a body shot.
Wife fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Raczynski throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Raczynski misses with a looping left.
Wife throws a poor cross that misses

and Raczynski counters with a crisp right hand that drops Wife! Raczynski lets Wife back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Raczynski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wife throws a looping overhand right but Raczynski ducks down to avoid it.
Wife misses with a hook. Raczynski ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wife walks into a straight right hand from Raczynski.
Raczynski feints and then cracks Wife's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wife down.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wife, as that shot connected.
Nice uppercut there from Wife.
Raczynski is still on wobbly legs! Can Wife finish him?
Raczynski throws a shot from downtown. Wife moves away and avoids it.
Raczynski seems to have recovered his senses.
Wife misses with a straight right.
Wife scores with a shot to the body.
Wife throws a shot to the body.
Raczynski is breathing heavily.
Wife lands with a nice body punch.
Raczynski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Raczynski is holding his hands too far apart here. Wife throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Raczynski is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Third Wife!
After the fight, Third Wife was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.