PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stop War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bosco Iwoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iwoba has chosen Hercules* as his entrance music. Stop War has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

War
vs
Iwoba

173 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
184 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stop War!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bosco Iwoba!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iwoba connects with a body shot.
Iwoba listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Stop War has been cut.

Iwoba has War up against the cage in a clinch.
A hook to the body from Iwoba.
A nice left hand lands by Iwoba.
Iwoba misses with a knee strike.
War looking for a takedown.
Still in the clinch, Iwoba scores with a nice short uppercut.
Iwoba scores with a shoulder strike.
Iwoba effectively controlling the action here.
Iwoba scores with a nice hook to the head.
War drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Iwoba gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iwoba lands a body punch.
War is breathing heavily.
Iwoba works on War's body with a couple of short punches.
Iwoba lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Iwoba scores with a nice hook to the head.
Iwoba scores with a nice hook to the head.
Iwoba softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Iwoba.
Iwoba is stalling here.
Iwoba lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Iwoba works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Iwoba lands a hook that snaps the head of War backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iwoba lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Iwoba is leaning against War and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Iwoba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Iwoba.
Iwoba lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Iwoba.
Iwoba digs a right hand underneath War's ribcage. War let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Iwoba pushes War back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Iwoba manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Iwoba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. War is defending well for now.
War's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Iwoba lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iwoba lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Iwoba.
Iwoba stalling in the clinch.
War takes a shot to the head.
Iwoba pushes War back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Iwoba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Iwoba finds it's way through War's defenses.
Iwoba with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Iwoba cracks War with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
War moves forwards but Iwoba connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Iwoba connects with a single shot there.

Iwoba drops War with a beautiful combination! War stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Iwoba is looking for the KO!

War is rocked!
War takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Iwoba digs a good hook to War's body.
Iwoba connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt War covering up! Iwoba comes in with a big uppercut and War goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bosco Iwoba!
Bosco Iwoba decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.