PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Ring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Skantze Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Ring
vs
Skantze Jr

180 cm
29
187 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

176 cm
34
174 lbs
17 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeremy Ring!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Skantze Jr!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skantze Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ring pushes Skantze Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Skantze Jr has Ring pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ring manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Skantze Jr takes an elbow to the temple.
Skantze Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Skantze Jr is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ring pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Ring.
Ring crunches a lovely knee into Skantze Jr's ribcage.
Skantze Jr looks winded!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ring connects with a knee to the head.
Ring landing knees to the body.
Ring comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ring gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ring lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ring stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ring softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Ring has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ring obliges.
Ring has Skantze Jr pushed against the cage.
Ring lands a knee to the body.
Ring scores with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Ring.
Ring stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ring makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ring scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ring stalling.
Ring with a knee to the head.
Ring lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ring obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ring lands an elbow that stopped Skantze Jr in his tracks for a moment.
Ring has Skantze Jr pushed against the cage.
Ring landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ring lands an elbow that stopped Skantze Jr in his tracks for a moment.
Ring lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skantze Jr backwards.
Ring scores with a knee to the head.
Ring scores a nice knee to the body.
Ring lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Ring.
Ring landing knees to the body.
Ring is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ring softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ring scores with a shoulder strike.
Ring creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Skantze Jr's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ring connects with a nasty looking knee right to Skantze Jr's face.
Ring scores a nice knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Ring.
Ring creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Skantze Jr's defenses.
Ring landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ring working Skantze Jr over with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Ring.
Skantze Jr is trying to pull guard but Ring has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy Ring has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Skantze Jr.
Ring lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ring obliges.
Ring lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ring scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Ring.
Ring is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ring is stalling here.
Skantze Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ring lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ring lands an elbow that stopped Skantze Jr in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ring lands an elbow that stopped Skantze Jr in his tracks for a moment.
Ring landing knees to the head.
Ring lands an elbow that stopped Skantze Jr in his tracks for a moment.
Ring connects with a knee to the head.
Skantze Jr takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees to the body from Ring.
Ring lands an elbow inside that Skantze Jr shrugs off.
Ring working Skantze Jr over with knees to the body.
Ring lands a body punch.
Skantze Jr being controlled against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ring.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ring lands an elbow that stopped Skantze Jr in his tracks for a moment.
Ring crunches a lovely knee into Skantze Jr's ribcage.
Ring scores a nice knee to the body.
Ring lands a good knee to the midsection. Skantze Jr won't want to take too many of those.
A nice left hand lands by Ring.
Ring lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ring putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Skantze Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ring lands an elbow just above Skantze Jr 's eye.
Ring connects with a nasty looking knee right to Skantze Jr's face.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ring comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ring connects with a knee to the head.
Ring creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Skantze Jr's defenses.
Ring crunches a lovely knee into Skantze Jr's ribcage.
Skantze Jr jumps guard but Ring turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ring stalling against the cage.
Ring lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ring lands an elbow that stopped Skantze Jr in his tracks for a moment.
Ring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ring unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Ring dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ring lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Skantze Jr avoids the head kick by Ring.
Ring fakes the leg kick and cracks Skantze Jr in the body.
The fighters circle, before Ring throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Skantze Jr's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Ring lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Jeremy Ring!
Jeremy Ring retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Jeremy Ring made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, John Skantze Jr stepped up to the mic, saying 'john maynard is a good rebound fight to get to the top again or a trilogy with alex louvierre '.