PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Synephrine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Phoenix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Synephrine comes to the cage accompanied by Hammerfall - Hearts On Fire . Phoenix comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Oh la!! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Synephrine
vs
Phoenix

175 cm
18
173 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Synephrine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Simon Phoenix!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phoenix lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Synephrine at a distance.
Phoenix closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Sam Synephrine has been cut.
Phoenix scores with a three punch combo!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Phoenix cracks Synephrine with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Synephrine shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Synephrine showed some decent athleticism there.
Phoenix wants to get back to his feet.
Synephrine thows a huge punch but Phoenix dodges it nicely.
Phoenix tries to roll over but Synephrine keeps him under control.
Nice strikes from Synephrine there.
Synephrine is pressing down on Phoenix's thigh, looking to free his foot. Phoenix is holding on for now.
Synephrine is trying to control. Phoenix wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Phoenix really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Synephrine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Synephrine is really struggling to control Phoenix but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sam Synephrine wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Synephrine closes the distance and clinches up with Phoenix, looking for a takedown. Synephrine pushes Phoenix against the cage but Phoenix circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Phoenix looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Synephrine is breathing heavily.
Phoenix thows a body kick. Synephrine tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Phoenix digs a good body shot into Synephrine's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Phoenix drops Synephrine with a beautiful combination! Synephrine stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Phoenix is looking for the KO!
Crunch! Phoenix slams his shin into Synephrine's torso.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Phoenix! Synephrine is backing up but he can't get away as Phoenix lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Synephrine and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Simon Phoenix!