PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Flare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kain Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint has chosen Be Aggresive by Faith No More as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Flare
vs
Saint

180 cm
35
206 lbs
17 - 27 - 0

188 cm
34
210 lbs
28 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 27 - 0, fighting out of London, John Flare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Kain Saint!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Saint fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Flare, pushing him back against the cage.
Saint dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Saint misses with an elbow over the top.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Saint.
Saint comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Flare has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Saint avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Saint misses with an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Saint scores with a nice short uppercut.
Saint lands an elbow inside that Flare shrugs off.
Saint tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flare avoids it.
Saint stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Saint lands a nice elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Saint.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Saint breaks from the clinch.
Saint fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Flare has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Saint closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Saint stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Flare is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Saint breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Saint cracks Flare with a big right hand and Flare goes down!

Flare is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Flare can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Saint controls the pace.
Saint chips away with some ground and pound.
Saint stands and throws Flare's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Saint scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Flare is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Saint can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

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