PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mun Soon (ranked 3073 p4p, 5337 weight class) and Ezekiel Rawlins (ranked 395 p4p, 566 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Soon
vs
Rawlins

202 cm
25
220
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
210
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mun Soon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ezekiel Rawlins!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rawlins pushes Soon up against the cage in a clinch.
Rawlins tries a body shot but Soon blocks it.
Rawlins misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Rawlins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rawlins - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Soon lands a body shot.
Rawlins is trying to force a seperation but Soon has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Soon.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawlins misses with an elbow strike.
Rawlins tries to work over Soon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rawlins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rawlins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soon is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Soon.
Rawlins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Soon has Rawlins pressed against the cage, preventing Rawlins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rawlins blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Soon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rawlins backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Rawlins.
Rawlins unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Soon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soon prevents a body shot from Rawlins.
Rawlins missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawlins stalling in the clinch but Soon improves position.
Rawlins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rawlins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Soon avoids it.
Soon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rawlins is trying to break free.
Rawlins blocks an uppercut.
Rawlins can't break the clinch.
Rawlins takes a shot to the head.
Rawlins misses with an elbow strike.
Soon lands a nice uppercut.
Rawlins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Soon.
Rawlins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Soon misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Soon.
Soon blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Soon.
Rawlins throws an elbow that misses.
Rawlins is trying to break free.
Soon blocking some punches.
Rawlins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Soon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rawlins backwards.
Soon misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rawlins tries to throw a body punch but Soon avoids it by throwing Rawlins back against the cage.
Soon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rawlins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Soon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Soon blocks the elbow strike.
Rawlins misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rawlins.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rawlins stalling in the clinch but Soon improves position.
Rawlins tries a body shot but Soon blocks it.
Rawlins misses with a knee strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mun Soon will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rawlins tries to clinch but Soon moves out of range.
Soon throwing a counter right hand but Rawlins manages to avoid it.
Rawlins looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Soon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Soon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rawlins throws a lazy right hand but Soon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Soon misses the target.
Soon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rawlins.
Rawlins misses with a leg kick

and Soon counters by moving into the clinch.
Soon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rawlins's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawlins misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Rawlins breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawlins misses with a straight left.
Rawlins pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Soon seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Rawlins tries to bum rush Soon with a series of wild strikes but Soon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Rawlins misses.
Soon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rawlins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Soon moves away from the strike by Rawlins.
An attempted straight right counter from Soon misses the target.
Rawlins tests Soon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good exchange - Rawlins coming out on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawlins moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rawlins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Soon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ezekiel Rawlins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rawlins shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It looked like Soon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rawlins lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rawlins smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Soon staying out of range there.
Soon is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rawlins.
Rawlins connects with the punch.
Rawlins throws a solid leg kick but Soon takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rawlins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawlins tries to close the distance and clinch but Soon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Rawlins tries to get set, Soon tries to push him back and clinch up but Rawlins manages to avoid the attempt.
A swing and a miss from Rawlins.
Soon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rawlins punishes Soon's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rawlins. Soon does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Soon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice uppercut there from Rawlins.
A jab from Rawlins misses.
Rawlins scores with a jab.
Rawlins looks to land a right hand but Soon moved out of range.
Soon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rawlins throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawlins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rawlins misses with a lunging right hand
and Rawlins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Rawlins is rocked!
Rawlins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Soon counters with a big left hand that crumples Rawlins! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mun Soon!