PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wally News (ranked 3378 p4p, 3682 weight class) and Average Tycoon Player (ranked 131 p4p, 116 weight class). Average Tycoon Player is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

News
vs
Tycoon Player

195 cm
26
265
3 - 2 - 0

210 cm
21
255
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

HELLBENT

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wally News!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Average Tycoon Player!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Eddie Farnsworth and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tycoon Player misses with a double jab.
Tycoon Player ducks down and throws a hook to the body but News moves away.
News doesn't manage to clinch there - Tycoon Player circles away.
News closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tycoon Player counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
News takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Wally News has been cut.
News just misses with a punch to the body.

News clinches up against the cage.
Tycoon Player lands a knee to the head.
I was talking to News's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
News misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tycoon Player blocks a body shot from News.
Tycoon Player lands a knee to the head.
News misses with a punch to the body.
Tycoon Player landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
News takes a knee right on the jaw!

Tycoon Player breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tycoon Player ducks down and throws a hook to the body but News moves away.
Tycoon Player throws a hook to the side of News's head but News sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tycoon Player blocks a jab.
Tycoon Player is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
News throws a combination that misses
and Tycoon Player counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Average Tycoon Player!