PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harlan Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Ronman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. It's A Fight kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Waters
vs
Ronman

165 cm
18
278 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

190 cm
20
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harlan Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bob Ronman!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ronman looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Waters!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Ronman tries to move into full mount but can't pass Waters's legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waters wants to control but Ronman postures up.
Ronman staying calm.
Waters might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ronman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Waters keeps working.
Ronman in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Bob Ronman.

Ronman moves into the clinch.

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

Oooh a lovely combination from Ronman sends Waters down but not out. Ronman dives into side control looking to finish.

It looks like Harlan Waters has been cut.
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!
Ronman misses with the ground and pound.
Ronman in side control, throwing shots but Waters defends.

Ronman wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Waters, who protects the arm well.
A big shot lands for Ronman! That's hurt Waters! Will he recover? Ronman fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Ronman!
After winning the bout, Bob Ronman thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.