PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raining Blood (ranked 3461 p4p, 23726 weight class) and Tian Long (ranked 428 p4p, 602 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Blood
vs
Long

188 cm
25
170
6 - 7 - 0

180 cm
25
180
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

New Standard

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raining Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tian Long!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long throws a body punch but Blood moves out of range.
Nice shot by Long.
Long throws a hook but Blood blocks it.
Blood looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Long misses with a wild body shot.
Blood missing with a left hand there. Long was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Long misses the shot to the body.
Blood slips a jab from Long.
Blood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Long looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Blood throws a sloppy head kick and Long moves out of range easily.
Nice shot by Blood.
Long misses with a straight left.
Long lands with a shot to the body.
Blood throws a shot from downtown. Long moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blood defending well as Long loads up on a big left hand.
Blood tries a head kick but it misses.
Blood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Long.
The crowd cheers as Blood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Long doesn't seem phased though.
Blood takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Blood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blood misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long throws a body shot but no joy.
Blood throws a head kick but Long moves out of range.
Tian Long seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood scores with a nice right hand.
Long jabs Blood to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Blood takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A telegraphed right hand from Blood misses the target.
Sloppy strikes from Blood. Those never looked like landing.
Long digs a good body shot into Blood's ribs.
A jab from Long does it's job there.
A big left from Long misses.
Blood is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Long thuds a left hand into Blood's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Long connects with the punch.

It looks like Raining Blood has been cut.
Long tests Blood's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good shot there by Long.
Long uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Blood has time to react.
Blood walks into a jab.
Blood swings for the body but Long moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood looks to land a left hand but Long moved out of range nicely.
Blood on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Blood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Long connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blood's hands.
Blood tries a head kick but it misses.
Long slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Long on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Long lands an overhand right.
A slow jab from Long misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Blood.
Long is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Blood had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

Long drops Blood with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Blood looks back up at him and smiles so Long waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Blood is rocked!
Long throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oh Blood is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blood is breathing heavily.
Long throws an overhand right that drops Blood like a sack of potatoes! Long dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tian Long!
During a confident post fight interview, Tian Long thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.