PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shogun Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Broph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Rua
vs
Broph

190 cm
30
201 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

190 cm
28
190 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

Decent wrestler
Good knees
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Shogun Rua!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Craig Broph!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rua darts in trying to clinch

and Broph counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rua!
You get the feeling that Rua really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Broph landing shots from mount.
Broph lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Broph controlling the pace for now.
Broph postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rua looks a forlorn figure.
Broph lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Broph postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rua looks a forlorn figure.
Broph has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rua's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Broph loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Rua scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Broph land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Broph stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Craig Broph!
Craig Broph is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Craig Broph made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.