PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Hume (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rojo Sangria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hume
vs
Sangria

186 cm
24
203 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

181 cm
22
195 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, James Hume!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rojo Sangria!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hume tries to clinch up but Sangria circles away and keeps his distance.
Sangria throws the left hand but Hume avoids the punch easily.
Sangria connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like James Hume has been cut.
Hume misses with a low kick.
Sangria looks to throw the jab but Hume is out of range.
Sangria moves away from the strike by Hume.
Sangria ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hume throws a front kick aimed at Sangria's knee but Sangria avoids it well.
Sangria missing with a left hand there. Hume was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sangria throws a shot from downtown. Hume moves away and avoids it.
Hume slips under a jab.
Hume tries to work over Sangria's front leg with a kick but Sangria checks it.
Sangria bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hume's head.
Sangria throws a hook to the side of Hume's head but Hume sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sangria misses with a body shot.

Hume clinches.
Sangria lands a body punch.
Sangria blocks the elbow strike.
Hume tries a knee to the head but Sangria blocks it.
Hume creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sangria's defenses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sangria lands a shot to the body.
Hume lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Sangria - that landed with a thud.
Sangria lands a body shot.
Hume is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Sangria.
A right hook to the body lands for Sangria.
Sangria works on Hume's body with a couple of short punches.
Sangria working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sangria cracks Hume with a nice body shot.
Hume misses with a knee to the head.
Sangria lands with a short shot to the head.
Sangria lands a body shot.

Sangria escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hume leaves Sangria with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
James Hume is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hume moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sangria connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Hume is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sangria closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Hume! Sangria dives in looking to finish! Hume is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rojo Sangria!