PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rickety Cricket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beast Masterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beast Masterson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Cricket
vs
Masterson

193 cm
17
300 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

210 cm
20
296 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

The Empire Clothing and Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rickety Cricket!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Beast Masterson!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cricket throws the left hand but Masterson avoids the punch easily.
Masterson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cricket takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cricket on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Masterson.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Masterson. Cricket shrugs it off though.
Masterson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cricket dips to his left and cracks Masterson with an uppercut!
Cricket lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Masterson at a distance.
Cricket fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Masterson throws a sloppy head kick
and Cricket counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cricket jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Masterson throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Cricket counters with a nice right hand that sends Masterson toppling to the canvas! Masterson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Cricket finish him?!

Masterson is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Masterson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Masterson is still on wobbly legs! Can Cricket finish him?
Cricket looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Masterson seems to have recovered his senses.
Masterson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cricket misses the shot to the body.
Masterson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Cricket moves into the clinch.
Cricket lands with a left to the head.
Masterson is trying to push Cricket away but Cricket has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cricket really is a fat lump.
Cricket works on Masterson's body with a couple of short punches.
Masterson looks winded!
Good body shot from Cricket.
Cricket lands with a left to the head.
Masterson wants to break free but Cricket has control.
Cricket lands a hook that snaps the head of Masterson backwards.
Masterson takes a shot to the head.
Cricket lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cricket.

Cricket drops Masterson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Masterson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masterson takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cricket lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cricket lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Cricket - that landed with a thud.
Cricket throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cricket lands a shoulder strike.
Come on Cricket - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Cricket drops Masterson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Masterson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Cricket lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cricket throws a big uppercut that drops Masterson! More strikes from Cricket and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Masterson lies dazed against the cage as Cricket celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rickety Cricket!
During a confident post fight interview, Rickety Cricket thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.