PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Night (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Balboa
vs
Night

185 cm
25
217 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

188 cm
19
218 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Travis Night!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa misses with a series of wild punches.
Night showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balboa.
Balboa misses with a few strikes there.
Balboa avoids the body shot from Night.
Night throws a hook to the side of Balboa's head but Balboa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Night misses with a wild body shot.
Night connects with a jab.
Balboa ducks under a wild hook from Night.
The fighters circling - Night throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Night moves away from the strike by Balboa.
Balboa lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Balboa.
Night avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Balboa throws a looping overhand right but Night ducks down to avoid it.
Night misses the shot to the body.
Balboa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Night.
Balboa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Night counters with a nice uppercut.
Night slips a straight right by Balboa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Balboa misses the target.
Night misses with a series of wild punches.
Balboa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Night counters with a one-two to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balboa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Balboa wants to clinch but Night slips to the side
and Night counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Rocky Balboa has been cut.
Balboa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Night.
Balboa throws a body punch but Night moves out of range.
Night circles away from the clinch attempt.
Balboa falls off balance throwing a combination

and Night counters with a crisp one two that drops Balboa! Night thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Balboa to his feet! Balboa is in big trouble!
Balboa is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balboa misses with a double jab
and Night counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Balboa slips a jab and a cross from Night.
Balboa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Night.
Night uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Balboa has time to react.
Night lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Night misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Night avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Night drops Balboa with a beautiful combination! Balboa stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Night is looking for the KO!

Balboa is rocked!
Night misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balboa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Night will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Balboa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Balboa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Night counters with a crisp one two that drops Balboa! Night thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Balboa to his feet! Balboa is in big trouble!
Oh Balboa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Night dips to his left and cracks Balboa with an uppercut!
Night swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Night lands a slapping body shot.
Balboa seems to have got his legs back now.
Night ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Night looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Night fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Balboa manages to avoid it.

Night tries to keep at a distance but Balboa has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Night breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Night thuds his right hand into Balboa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Balboa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Night counters with a left and a right that stings Balboa.
Balboa moves out of range of the strikes.
Balboa lands with a nice body punch.
Balboa looks to clinch
letting Night counter with a right hand.
Night throws a body punch but Balboa moves out of range.
Balboa misses the jab.
Night fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Balboa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Night counters with a series of strikes. Balboa will be more careful next time no doubt.

Rocky Balboa's cut is getting worse.
Night connects with a body shot.
Balboa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Night misses with a wild body shot.
Night looks to land a combination but Balboa avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa misses with a combination
letting Night counter with a right hand.
Night is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Balboa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Night misses with a body shot.
Rocky Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balboa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A combination from Night does no damage.
Balboa throws a combination that misses
and Night counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balboa throws a nice looking combination but Night bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Night misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balboa.
Balboa throws a combination that misses
and Night counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Balboa thinking.
Balboa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Balboa misses with a combination
and Night counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Night misses with a double jab.
Balboa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Night counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Night dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Balboa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Night showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balboa.
Night bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Balboa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Night moves away from the strike by Balboa.
A jab from Night does it's job there.
Balboa works over Night's head and body with a nice combination.
Night ducks right into an uppercut from Balboa.
Balboa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Night connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Night throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balboa.
Night has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jab, jab by Night - just one landing.

Rocky Balboa's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Travis Night seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Night swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Night throws a nice looking combination but Balboa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Night scores with a one two! Balboa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Night scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Night showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balboa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa misses with a combination
and Night counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Balboa walks into a stiff left hand from Night.
Balboa throws a series of punches but Night avoids them all with ease.
Rocky Balboa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Night connects with a crisp jab.
Night comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Balboa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balboa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Night was well out of range. Poor timing from Balboa.
Balboa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Night counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Night connects with the punch.

Jeez, Rocky Balboa's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Balboa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Night lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rocky Balboa's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Travis Night!