PBP Commentary

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

out
vs
Back

180 cm
19
178 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Knock out!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ridge Back!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
out misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
out shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Back defends it nicely.
Back tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but out paws at him with a jab and circles away.
out walks into a jab.

Back waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract out. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped out to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Back wanted to stand there but out had control of the position.
out is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
out is trying to keep Back in close.
out is wriggling around but Back manages to pass to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Back stands up out of the half guard.
Back is looking to clinch.
Back tries to clinch up but out circles away and keeps his distance.
out missing with a left hand there. Back was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Back slips a jab and a cross from out.
out shoots in for a double leg but Back sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
out fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Back forces out back against the cage and clinches.
Back scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
out has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Back is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Knock out. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Back lands an elbow inside that out shrugs off.
Back lands a nice uppercut.
Back working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Back stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
out tries to pull guard but Back holds him up against the cage and eventually out drops back down to his feet.
Back lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
out is breathing heavily.
Back lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of out backwards.

out is rocked!
Back tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oh out is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A knee to the head by Back.
Back misses with a short punch on the inside.
Back has a couple of punches blocked by out.
out blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Back creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops out! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Back.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ridge Back!