PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddie Nightmare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Ryan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Freddie Nightmare's chin.

Ryan
vs
Nightmare

186 cm
21
199 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jake Ryan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Freddie Nightmare!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan throws a looping overhand right but Nightmare ducks down to avoid it.
Nightmare delivers a nice body kick.
Ryan moves out of range of the body kick.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
Ryan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ryan swinging wilding here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ryan avoids the elbow strike from Nightmare, against the cage.
Ryan scores with a shoulder strike.
Nightmare tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nightmare lands an elbow that stopped Ryan in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Jake Ryan has been cut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nightmare gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nightmare trying to land knees to the body.
Ryan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nightmare swings wildly with an uppercut but Ryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ryan.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ryan.
Ryan avoiding damage.
Ryan is trying to maintain a safe position but Nightmare gets an underhook and turns Ryan into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nightmare looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nightmare can't break the clinch.
Ryan lands a body punch.
Nightmare being controlled against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Ryan.
Ryan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nightmare is trying to break the clinch but Ryan has him pressed against the cage.
Nightmare is trying to force a seperation but Ryan has the dominant position.

Ryan manages to break the clinch.
Nightmare misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nightmare keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A leg kick checked by Ryan.
Nightmare moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ryan lands a with a good body shot.
Nightmare looks gassed!
Ryan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ryan lands a jab to the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nightmare misses with a low kick.
Ryan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan moves out of range of the body kick from Nightmare.
Nightmare takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nightmare takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice uppercut there from Ryan.
Ryan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Nightmare is rocked!
Ryan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nightmare doesn't seem bothered though.
Nightmare is still on wobbly legs! Can Ryan finish him?
Ryan is looking to wear down Nightmare with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nightmare showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ryan.
Nightmare seems to have recovered his senses.
Ryan lands a slapping body shot.
Nightmare takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nightmare closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ryan lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Nightmare can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Ryan and Nightmare drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Ryan.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Ryan!
Jake Ryan retains his middleweight title!