PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scipio Africanus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John huge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Africanus
vs
huge

180 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
179 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scipio Africanus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John huge!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
huge fails to land with a series of punches.
huge misses with a series of wild punches.
Africanus shoots in and drives through. huge sprawls well.
Africanus wants to clinch up but huge keeps it at a distance.
Africanus will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Africanus changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. huge tries to avoid it but Africanus manages to keep hold of a leg and drag huge to the ground. huge escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scipio Africanus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Africanus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Africanus misses with a takedown attempt - huge sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by huge.
huge moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
John huge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Africanus throws a hook to the side of huge's head but huge sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Africanus shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Africanus was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
huge is bucking up trying to escape but Africanus cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
huge is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Africanus with good strikes from the mount here!
Africanus cracks huge with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

huge is rocked!
huge is wriggling around trying to escape.
huge is still in real trouble! Can Africanus finish him?
Africanus blocks huge's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
huge seems to have recovered his senses.
Africanus working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Africanus has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of huge's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Africanus breaks from huge's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Africanus looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has huge covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scipio Africanus!