PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Malietoa Feti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bartholomew Roach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Feti comes to the cage accompanied by Testament - All I Could Bleed. Roach has chosen The Simpsons Theme Song as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Feti
vs
Roach

185 cm
32
211 lbs
23 - 7 - 0

191 cm
30
212 lbs
21 - 4 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Kangaroo Punch (Formally Happy Pills) - Laundry 90

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Malietoa Feti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bartholomew Roach!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roach throws a hook to the side of Feti's head but Feti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roach gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Feti counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Feti stalling in the clinch.
Roach softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Feti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roach lands with a light punch inside.
Come on Feti - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Feti tries to throw a body punch but Roach avoids it by throwing Feti back against the cage.
Roach's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roach throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fetis head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roach creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roach lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Feti backwards.

It looks like Malietoa Feti has been cut.
Roach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roach lands a nice shot to the body.
Feti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Feti is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Roach pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roach throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Feti swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Feti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Roach steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Roach tries to clinch up.
Roach throws a solid leg kick but Feti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Roach.
Feti looks to score with a jab to the body but Roach is just out of range.
Feti throws the kick towards the body but Roach avoids it.

Oooooh!!! Feti has knocked Roach down with a huge combo! Feti steps away and waves a wobbly Roach back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Roach is rocked!

It looks like Bartholomew Roach has been cut.
Roach misses with a right hand
and Feti counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Malietoa Feti!
Malietoa Feti decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.