PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Bridges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roni Sabian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bridges
vs
Sabian

167 cm
25
148 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
140 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christopher Bridges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roni Sabian!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabian cracks Bridges with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've been told by Bridges's head coaches at Convicted Fight Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sabian misses with an uppercut
and Bridges counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bridges throws a head kick that half lands.
Sabian slips under a jab.
Sabian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bridges.
Sabian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sabian throws a looping overhand right but Bridges ducks down to avoid it.
Sabian looks to throw the jab but Bridges is out of range.
Sabian walks into a jab.
Sabian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Bridges gets a clinch.
Bridges lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bridges lands with a left to the head.
Bridges lands a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Bridges.
Sabian's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bridges lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sabian.
Bridges lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabian looking to stall.
Bridges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bridges keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sabian's efforts to push away.
Bridges working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bridges creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bridges scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bridges lands a nice uppercut.
Sabian's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sabian's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bridges lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sabian.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bridges lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bridges lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sabian backwards.
Bridges lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sabian backwards.
Bridges lands with a short shot to the head.
Sabian letting Bridges take a breather here.
Bridges lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Bridges.
Sabian working hard to break the clinch.
Bridges scores with a shoulder strike.
Bridges lands an uppercut.
Bridges stalls.
Sabian looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bridges.
Bridges tries a body shot but Sabian blocks it.
Bridges lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sabian or not.
Bridges stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Bridges.
Bridges digs a right hand into Sabian's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sabian's gas tank.
Bridges scores with a shot to the side of Sabian's head.
Sabian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bridges has him pressed against the cage.
Bridges lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sabian.
A short uppercut from Bridges.
Bridges scores with a hook to the body.
Sabian looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bridges makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bridges makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Bridges.
Bridges stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bridges lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Bridges - that landed with a thud.
Bridges lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sabian.
Bridges lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sabian.
A body shot lands from Bridges.
Bridges lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bridges lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christopher Bridges dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sabian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sabian takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sabian throws a shot from downtown. Bridges moves away and avoids it.
Sabian takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice shot lands for Bridges.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sabian takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bridges ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sabian has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A big right from Sabian misses.
Bridges moves away from the strike by Sabian.
Christopher Bridges is winning the standup battle so far.

Bridges rushes Sabian and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bridges pushes Sabian back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Bridges.
A nice left hand lands by Bridges.
Bridges is struggling to control the position.
Bridges scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sabian is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bridges digs a right hand underneath Sabian's ribcage. Sabian let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bridges stalls.
A shot in the inside from Bridges.
Sabian takes a shot to the head.
Bridges scores with a shoulder strike.
Bridges lands a shot to the body.
Sabian takes a shot to the head.
Bridges lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Sabian is rocked!
Christopher Bridges has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bridges.
Sabian is still on wobbly legs! Can Bridges finish him?
Bridges lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Bridges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Bridges.
Bridges lands an uppercut.
Bridges lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sabian to his knees! Bridges keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christopher Bridges!
After winning the bout, Christopher Bridges thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.