PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between The Mammoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Cristo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mammoth
vs
Cristo

190 cm
23
186 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

184 cm
19
197 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, The Mammoth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Cristo!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mammoth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mammoth chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cristo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mammoth throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cristo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mammoth with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cristo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mammoth. Mammoth obviously looking to wear him down.
Mammoth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Mammoth closes the distance and pushes Cristo back into the cage.
Mammoth landing knees to the body.
Cristo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mammoth's elbow.
Mammoth working Cristo over with knees to the body.
Cristo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mammoth presses Cristo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cristo looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cristo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mammoth unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cristo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mammoth scores a nice knee to the body.
Mammoth unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mammoth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mammoth scores with a knee to the head.
Mammoth utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Mammoth connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Cristo goes down! Mammoth jumps into full mount looking to finish!

Cristo is rocked!
Mammoth lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cristo is still in real trouble! Can Mammoth finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mammoth postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Cristo bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Mammoth and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Mammoth!