PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Dandy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas has chosen Jesus I Was Evil as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dandy
vs
Lucas

210 cm
28
306 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

200 cm
23
290 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jim Dandy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matthew Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dandy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lucas scores with a body shot.
Jim Dandy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lucas throws a body punch but Dandy moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lucas, right into the meat.
Dandy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lucas darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

It looks like Jim Dandy has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dandy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lucas.
Lucas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dandy lands a nice shot to the body.
Dandy misses with a two punch combination.
Dandy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Lucas counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dandy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dandy tries to get out of the position.
Lucas is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lucas lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dandy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Lucas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Lucas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lucas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dandy's head.
Lucas is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Dandy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lucas on the ground.
Dandy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dandy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lucas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in half guard, Lucas seems content to control.
Dandy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lucas.
Dandy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lucas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Jim Dandy's cut is getting worse.
Lucas controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas working Dandy over with strikes.
Dandy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lucas.
Lucas throwing shots but Dandy is blocking nicely.
Lucas looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucas trying to control from Dandy's half guard. Dandy has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Dandy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lucas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lucas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lucas throwing strikes from guard but Dandy blocks nicely.
Lucas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dandy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dandy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lucas.
Lucas is pushing down on Dandy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dandy is fighting to maintain full guard but Lucas has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lucas wants to free his trapped foot but Dandy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lucas sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lucas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lucas lands strikes from half guard.

Jim Dandy's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jim Dandy's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matthew Lucas!
A very excited looking Matthew Lucas rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.