PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johny Witson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monty Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Witson
vs
Ali

185 cm
24
201 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

188 cm
24
200 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johny Witson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Monty Ali!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ali throws a hook but Witson avoids it easily.
Witson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Witson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Witson tries to clinch but Ali moves out of range.
Johny Witson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donk. Ali catches Witson right on the button with a cross.

Witson clinches up with Ali and pushes him back against the cage.
Ali can't break the clinch.

Ali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Witson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Witson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ali moves away.
Witson thows a body shot but no joy.
Ali scores with a nice head shot.
Witson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

It looks like Monty Ali has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Witson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ali's head.
Ali slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Witson lands a body shot.
Witson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Witson throws a body punch but Ali moves out of range.
Ali works the jab nicely.
A jab lands there for Ali.
Witson tries to clinch up.
Witson throws a body punch but Ali moves out of range.
Witson has a takedown stuffed.
Witson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ali lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Witson shoots and misses
and Ali connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Ali lands a big uppercut and Witson crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Witson looks OK. Ali waves Witson back to his feet!

Witson is rocked!
Witson misses with a body punch
and Ali rattles Witson with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Witson tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Ali dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Witson stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Monty Ali!
During a confident post fight interview, Monty Ali thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.