PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Raban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bronson has chosen Bronson Theme Song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Raban
vs
Bronson

200 cm
28
270 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

190 cm
30
240 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)

The Dark Side

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Raban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Bronson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raban takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bronson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bronson cracks Raban with a good jab.

It looks like James Raban has been cut.
Bronson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Raban. That did some damage!
Bronson scores with a hook to the body. Raban takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raban sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bronson thuds a left hand into Raban's body.
Bronson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Raban is breathing heavily.
Raban takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Bronson closes the distance and pushes Raban back into the cage.
Bronson can't find room to land a body shot as Raban controls the action.
Bronson lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raban blocking some punches.
Bronson looking to throw knees to the head but Raban is blocking nicely.
Bronson misses with some punches.
Bronson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Bronson - that landed with a thud.
Bronson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raban's defenses.
Bronson throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Bronson.
Raban stalling in the clinch but Bronson improves position.
Raban wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A shot in the inside from Bronson.
Bronson lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raban slows down the pace here.
A hook to the body from Bronson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bronson prevents the takedown attempt.
Bronson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bronson is leaning against Raban and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Raban blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bronson obliges.
Bronson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raban definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bronson misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Bronson.
A hook to the body from Bronson.
Bronson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson lands a hook that snaps the head of Raban backwards.
Good body shot from Bronson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raban.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bronson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

James Raban's cut is getting worse.
Bronson missing with knees to the body.
Bronson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bronson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raban's efforts to push away.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Bronson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bronson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bronson lands an elbow inside.

James Raban's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bronson missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raban wants to break free but Bronson has control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raban prevents a body shot from Bronson.
Raban takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bronson obliges.
Bronson stalling the fight.
Bronson lands a nice elbow.

Jeez, James Raban's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jack Bronson!
A relieved looking Jack Bronson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.