PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Payton Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Payton Wright is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Wright
vs
John

172 cm
22
202 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Payton Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ron John!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wright feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wright throws a nice looking combination but John bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
John looks to land a left hand but Wright moved out of range nicely.
Wright throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
John throws a big shot that misses.
John looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Wright misses with a hook.
Wright throws a combination but it was largely blocked by John.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
Wright scores with a nice right hand.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.
John getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wright doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wright scores with a decent looking hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Wright shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. John is trying to defend but Wright finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Wright is thwarting John's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John wants to improve his position but Wright is controlling well.
John is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
John punching from the bottom.

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.
John wants to control but Wright is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wright passes into side control, despite John's attempt to control the position.
John can't do much from the bottom here.

Wright stands up and beckons John to his feet.
John with a lazy takedown attempt

and Wright counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Wright gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
John on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
John takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
John looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John misses with an uppercut. Wright saw that one coming.
Wright with a nice cross.
Sloppy strikes from John. Those never looked like landing.
Wright punishes John's body with a nice straight punch.
Wright is looking to wear down John with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wright uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before John has time to react.

Wright shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wright showed some decent athleticism there.

Wright stands up from half guard.

Wright moves into the clinch.
Wright lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wright scores with a shoulder strike.
John tries for a takedown. No joy.
Payton Wright has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron John.
Wright lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wright lands a right hand that snaps the head of John backwards.
Wright lands a nice shot to the body.
Wright scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Wright.
Wright lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good body shot from Wright.
Wright pushes John back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Wright - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Wright.
Wright makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wright presses John against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Wright's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Wright gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Good body shot from Wright.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wright lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of John backwards.
Wright lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

John is rocked!
Wright scores with an uppercut up the middle.
John is still on wobbly legs! Can Wright finish him?
Wright pushes John against the cage. Wright is working some dirty boxing. Wright pushes off with a quick right hook! John goes down! John tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Wright moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Payton Wright!