PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Power might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fabolous, 50cent, Mase - Breathe Remix. Emanuel has chosen The Wizard by Black Sabbath as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Matthew Emanuel has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Max Power's chin.

Power
vs
Emanuel

185 cm
29
183 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

187 cm
24
185 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Resistance

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 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Max Power!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthew Emanuel!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emanuel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Power avoids the body shot from Emanuel.
Max Power seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emanuel takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Emanuel leaves Power with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Power lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Emanuel backs up against the cage.

It looks like Matthew Emanuel has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Power jabs Emanuel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Power throws a series of strikes that have Emanuel backpedaling.
Power misses with a right hand
and Emanuel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jab, jab by Power - just one landing.
Emanuel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Emanuel looks gassed!
Power keeps Emanuel at a distance using the push kick.
Power connects with a body shot.
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emanuel moves away.
Power connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Emanuel is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power drops Emanuel with a huge uppercut! Emanuel drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Power is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Power!
After the big win, Max Power made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Resistance and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.