PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Monte Christo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher McCormick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christo comes to the cage accompanied by Walk this way - Run DMC & Aerosmith. McCormick has chosen Shipping up to Boston as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Christo
vs
McCormick

162 cm
30
166 lbs
23 - 16 - 0

164 cm
29
165 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER

Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160

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 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Monte Christo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christopher McCormick!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCormick jabs Christo right on the nose. Christo blinks but takes it well.
McCormick jabs at Christo's body.
McCormick scores with a nice strike.
Christo defending well as McCormick loads up on a big left hand.
McCormick misses with a low kick as Christo jumps back.
Christo dodges the punch combination from McCormick.
McCormick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McCormick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCormick throws a combination that misses

and Christo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Christo.
Christo is leaning against McCormick and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCormick swings wildly with an uppercut but Christo uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCormick has a couple of punches blocked by Christo.
Christo misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCormick misses with a punch on the inside.
Christo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Christo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCormick misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christo misses with some punches.

McCormick breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Christo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCormick throws out the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Christo checks a leg kick.
Christo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McCormick tries to work over Christo's front leg with a kick but Christo checks it.
A head kick misses from McCormick.
Christo throws a chopping leg kick but McCormick manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Christo takes a swing at McCormick's ribcage but misses.
McCormick throws a leg kick which misses Christo's front leg but catches the back leg as Christo tries to avoid it.
Christo throws out a leg kick but McCormick moves out of range and Christo only half commits.
McCormick throws a hook but Christo avoids it easily.
McCormick wants to clinch up but Christo keeps it at a distance.
Christo wants to land a leg kick but McCormick is out of range.
Christo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McCormick loads up on a big right hand but Christo slips the punch.
Christo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christo lands a nice hook to McCormick's body. McCormick takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christo throws a looping overhand right but McCormick ducks down to avoid it.
McCormick throws a head kick that misses.
Christo tries to close the distance and clinch but McCormick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCormick fails to land with a series of punches.
McCormick feints a jab promting Christo to slip. McCormick then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Christo slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Christo avoids the head kick by McCormick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Christo.
Christo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCormick.
Christo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Christo takes a swing at McCormick's ribcage but misses.
McCormick misses with a left hand
and Christo counters with a straight right hand.
McCormick avoids a kick to the body.
McCormick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Christo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Christo throws a lazy right hand but McCormick sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Christo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Christo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Christo lands with an overhand left.
A shot to the liver by Christo. Beautiful body shot.
Christo misses with a left hand
and Christo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Christo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCormick throws a right hand that misses
and Christo counters with a good low kick that McCormick was not able to check.
McCormick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Christo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCormick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Christo manages to avoid it.
McCormick checks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for McCormick.
McCormick gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Christo.

McCormick is rocked!
McCormick gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Christo points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. McCormick wakes up just in time to hear Christo thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Monte Christo!
After winning the bout, Monte Christo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.