PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Stephenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Oconnor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stephenson
vs
Oconnor

193 cm
25
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Stephenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Oconnor!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stephenson throws a combination that misses
and Oconnor counters with a head kick.
Oconnor misses with a few strikes there.
Stephenson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Oconnor has time to react.
Joe Stephenson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stephenson works the jab nicely.
Stephenson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stephenson lands an overhand right.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Oconnor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stephenson slaps away a takedown attempt from Oconnor, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Oconnor ducks right into an uppercut from Stephenson.
Oconnor tries to clinch but Stephenson moves out of range.
Stephenson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Oconnor.
Joe Stephenson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Oconnor.
Stephenson scores with a nice strike.

Oconnor is rocked!
Stephenson catches Oconnor with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Oconnor forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Joe Stephenson!
A less than humble Joe Stephenson misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.