PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aldo Raine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubbles Ticklepants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raine comes to the ring accompanied by DMX : It's Dark & Hell Is Hot. Aldo Raine had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Raine
vs
Ticklepants

181 cm
33
171 lbs
26 - 14 - 0

174 cm
31
169 lbs
18 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

BeastMode

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aldo Raine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bubbles Ticklepants!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raine throws a body punch but Ticklepants moves out of range.
Raine shoots in but no luck this time.
Raine tries to clinch but Ticklepants moves away
and Ticklepants counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ticklepants moves out of range as Raine strikes.
We've been told by Raine's head coaches at Wax on Wax off 'Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Raine fails in his attempt to clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Ticklepants has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Ticklepants displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Raine.
Ticklepants keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ticklepants.
Raine throws a series of punches but Ticklepants moves out of range.
Raine takes a swing at Ticklepants's ribcage but misses.
Raine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bubbles Ticklepants is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raine swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ticklepants counters with a nice kick to the body.

Raine pushes Ticklepants up against the ropes in a clinch.
Ticklepants prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aldo Raine. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Raine breaks from the clinch.
Ticklepants uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Raine.
Raine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Raine throws a series of punches but Ticklepants avoids them all with ease.
Ticklepants moves away from the strike by Raine.
Ticklepants stuffs the takedown attempt from Raine. Raine gets slowly back to his feet.
Raine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ticklepants was well out of range. Poor timing from Raine.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raine tries to clinch but Ticklepants moves away
and Ticklepants counters with a nice low kick that buckles Raine's knee momentarily.
Raine throws a jab when Ticklepants was well out of range.
Raine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ticklepants manages to avoid it.
Ticklepants uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Raine.
Raine swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ticklepants counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ticklepants takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Raine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ticklepants.
Raine works Ticklepants's body with a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raine jabs at Ticklepants's body.
Raine swings widly with a right hand
and Ticklepants counters with a nice body shot.
Ticklepants ducks under a wild hook from Raine.
Raine looks to throw the jab but Ticklepants is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Ticklepants.
Raine scores with a hook to the body. Ticklepants takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Raine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ticklepants was well out of range. Poor timing from Raine.
Raine is looking to wear down Ticklepants with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Raine darts in looking for a takedown but Ticklepants gets double underhooks and turns Raine into the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ticklepants breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Raine throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ticklepants counters with a nice uppercut.
Raine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Raine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Raine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Raine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ticklepants was well out of range. Poor timing from Raine.
Raine just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ticklepants uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Raine.
Raine fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aldo Raine dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Raine takes a swing at Ticklepants's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Raine does no damage.
Raine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raine misses with a takedown attempt
and Ticklepants counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Raine moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Raine shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ticklepants as he jumps to the side.
Raine lands a two punch combo.
Raine connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ticklepants. Ticklepants circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raine tries to clinch
and Ticklepants counters with a nice body kick.
Aldo Raine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raine throws a series of punches but Ticklepants avoids them all with ease.
Ticklepants avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ticklepants showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Raine.
Raine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ticklepants was well out of range. Poor timing from Raine.
Raine swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ticklepants counters with a nice leg kick.
No luck for Raine with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aldo Raine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raine missing with a left hand there. Ticklepants was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Raine throws an off balance right hand
and Ticklepants counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Raine tries to clinch there but Ticklepants circles away.
Raine throws a right hand that Ticklepants ducks under and follows up with a left that Ticklepants also avoids with ease.
Raine misses with a body punch
and Ticklepants counters with a stiff right hand.
Raine fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ticklepants slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ticklepants sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aldo Raine is winning the standup battle so far.
Raine misses with a wild combination.
Ticklepants stuffs the takedown attempt from Raine. Raine gets slowly back to his feet.
Aldo Raine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raine looks to land a combination but Ticklepants avoids it well.
Raine tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Ticklepants manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Raine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Raine missing with a left hand there. Ticklepants was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raine lands a really nice looking cross but Ticklepants seems unphased.
Raine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ticklepants.
Raine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ticklepants.
Raine misses the shot to the body.
Raine misses with a right hand
and Ticklepants counters with an inside leg kick.
Raine misses with a hook
and Ticklepants cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Raine moves in looking to clinch but Ticklepants pushes him off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raine looks to score with a jab to the body but Ticklepants is just out of range.
Raine wants to clinch
and Ticklepants counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aldo Raine dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Raine throws a shot from downtown. Ticklepants moves away and avoids it.
Raine misses with a looping left.
Raine swings for the body but Ticklepants moves out of range.
Ticklepants circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ticklepants counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Raine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ticklepants manages to avoid it.
Raine tries to clinch up but Ticklepants circles away and keeps his distance.
Raine throws a hook but Ticklepants blocks it.
Raine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Raine gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Ticklepants pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Raine. Those never looked like landing.
Ticklepants showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Raine.
Raine tries to close the distance and clinch but Ticklepants swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Raine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Raine tries to clinch but Ticklepants moves out of range.
Raine throws a series of punches but Ticklepants avoids them all with ease.
Raine misses with a combination
and Ticklepants makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raine slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Raine misses with a double jab
and Ticklepants counters with a nice uppercut.
Raine throws a series of punches but Ticklepants avoids them all with ease.
Raine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Raine changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ticklepants tries to avoid it but Raine manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ticklepants to the ground. Ticklepants escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Raine looks to clinch
and Ticklepants counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Raine punishes Ticklepants's body with a nice straight punch.
Raine throws a sloppy body shot
and Ticklepants counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ticklepants keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Raine.
The fight stays on the outside here - Raine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Raine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Raine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Raine looks to throw the jab but Ticklepants is out of range.
Aldo Raine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Raine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ticklepants showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Raine.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raine misses with a body shot.
A jab from Raine misses.
Ticklepants takes a jab right on the kisser.
Raine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ticklepants manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Raine.
Raine misses with a takedown attempt - Ticklepants sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Raine has managed to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aldo Raine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Raine has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aldo Raine!
A relieved looking Aldo Raine thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.