PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abel Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Hershey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Limp Bizkit / Break Stuff. Hershey is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Aztechnical. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Speed
vs
Hershey

182 cm
35
196 lbs
20 - 8 - 1

169 cm
32
183 lbs
18 - 19 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Abel Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steve Hershey!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speed throws a sloppy body shot
and Hershey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Speed avoids the head kick by Hershey.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hershey moves away.
Hershey slips under a jab from Speed.
Hershey looks to throw the jab but Speed is out of range.
Speed doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Speed uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hershey has time to react.
Abel Speed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hershey takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hershey misses with an uppercut
enabling Speed to counter with a crisp jab.
Speed jabs Hershey to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hershey takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hershey has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Speed! Hershey is backing up but he can't get away as Speed lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Hershey and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Abel Speed!
A victorious Abel Speed thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.