PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Medley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexis Texas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Medley
vs
Texas

200 cm
25
285 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
290 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Diamond Nutrition 160q

Clothes
Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Medley !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexis Texas!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Texas lands a nice hook to Medley 's body. Medley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Texas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Texas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Texas throws a lazy head kick
and Medley counters with a head kick. That will keep Texas thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Texas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Texas blocks a leg kick.
Texas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Medley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Texas thuds his right hand into Medley 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like John Medley has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Texas. Medley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Texas throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Medley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Texas.
Medley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Texas moves away.
Medley throws a right and a left that Texas avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Texas looks for the body kick but Medley saw that one coming.
Medley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Medley delivers a nice body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Texas blocks the leg kick.

Medley rushes Texas and presses him up against the cage.
Texas takes a shot to the head.
Medley swings wildly with an uppercut but Texas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Medley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Medley throws a punch but it's blocked by Texas.
Medley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Texas backwards.
Texas misses with a punch to the body.
Texas can't find room to land a body shot as Medley controls the action.
Texas stalling in the clinch but Medley improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Texas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Texas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Medley .
Texas scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Medley being controlled against the cage.
Texas misses with the head strike.
Medley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Medley misses with a punch on the inside.
Medley misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Medley .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Medley .
Medley working aggressively here.
Texas swings wildly with an uppercut but Medley uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Medley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Medley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Texas avoiding damage.
A head punch on the inside from Texas fails to land.
Medley misses with a punch on the inside.
Texas throws a punch but it's blocked by Medley .
Texas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Medley blocks a body shot from Texas.
A nice left hand lands by Texas.
Texas takes a shot to the head.
Texas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Medley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Texass head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Medley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Medley throws a punch but it's blocked by Texas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Medley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Texas working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Medley .
A right handed body shot lands from Texas.
Medley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Medley looking to stall.
Medley taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Texas digs a right hand underneath Medley 's ribcage. Medley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Texas fails to land.
Texas lands with a light punch inside.
Texas stalling in the clinch but Medley improves position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Medley .
Texas has Medley pressed against the cage, preventing Medley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Texas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Medley s head.

John Medley 's cut is getting worse.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Texas working aggressively here.
Texas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Medley blocking some punches.
Texas throws a head punch that misses.
Texas misses with a punch to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Texas as Medley tries to tie him up.
Texas throws a head punch that misses.
Medley blocks an uppercut.
Texas is trying to maintain a safe position but Medley gets an underhook and turns Texas into the cage.
Texas takes a shot to the head.
Texas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Texas.
Texas can't find room to land a body shot as Medley controls the action.
Medley misses with the head strike.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Medley blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Texas.
Texas has a couple of punches blocked by Medley .
Medley blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Medley .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Medley .
Texas lands a nice uppercut.
Medley blocks an uppercut.
Medley lands with a right to the head.
Medley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Texas scores with a shoulder strike.
Medley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Medley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Texas's elbow.
Texas has a couple of punches blocked by Medley .

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Texas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Medley .
Texas misses with the head strike.
Medley blocking some punches.
Medley lands a nice uppercut.
Texas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Medley is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Medley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Texas throws a punch but it's blocked by Medley .
Texas throws a punch but it's blocked by Medley .
Texas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Texas.
Medley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Texas has a couple of punches blocked by Medley .
Medley tries to stall but Texas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch on the inside from Texas fails to land.
Texas trying to stall but Medley improves his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Texas fails to land.
Nice body punch from Medley - that landed with a thud.
Medley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Texas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Texas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Texas throws a head punch that misses.
Texas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Texas swings wildly with an uppercut but Medley uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Texas.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Medley misses with a punch on the inside.
Medley misses with some punches.
Texas blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Texas fails to land.
A short left from Medley .
Medley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Texas misses with a punch on the inside.
Medley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Texas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Texas misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Texas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Medley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Texas tries a body shot but Medley blocks it.
Medley pushes Texas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Medley .
I think Medley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for John Medley !
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for John Medley !

John Medley wins by majority decision!
After the fight, John Medley was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.