PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jhogo Ko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Slamen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ko's entrance music is DJ Khaled - All I do is win. A fine choice. Slamen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jaws Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ko
vs
Slamen

173 cm
34
157 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

183 cm
30
163 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

Olympic wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jhogo Ko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Slamen!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Slamen.
Ko tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Slamen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Slamen working the head and body with strikes.
Ko is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ko can't do much from the bottom here.
Slamen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Slamen lands a few punches from side control.
Slamen is chipping away with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slamen working the ground and pound.

Ko is rocked!
Slamen working the ground and pound.
Oh Ko is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ko gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Slamen loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Ko scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Slamen land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Slamen stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Troy Slamen!
Our winner, Troy Slamen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.