PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pow Pow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erick Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Pow
vs
Wright

175 cm
18
163 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

155 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pow Pow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Erick Wright!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wright circles away quickly and effectively.
Wright looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Pow plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Erick Wright has been cut.
Wright should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Wright dodges the punch combination from Pow.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pow. That's going to slow Wright down.
Wright's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pow connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wright scrambles back to his feet.
Pow seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pow lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Wright is rocked!
Pow lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Wright head around and knocks him out cold! Pow hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pow Pow!
After the fight, Pow Pow 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.