PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Palmer
vs
Saint

190 cm
30
212 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

190 cm
24
205 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mario Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Saint!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint lands a jab to the nose.
Saint throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Mario Palmer has been cut.

Palmer pushes Saint up against the cage in a clinch.
Saint tries to land knees in the clinch but Palmer avoids the damage to the body.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Palmer missing with knees to the body.
Palmer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Palmer stops a takedown attempt from Saint.
Palmer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Palmer being controlled against the cage.
Palmer tries to land knees in the clinch but Saint avoids the damage to the body.
Saint is trying to push Palmer away but Palmer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Palmer lands a nice knee to the body.
Saint looks winded!
A knee to the head by Palmer.
Palmer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Palmer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saint is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palmer with a knee to the head.
Palmer misses with a knee to the head.
Saint changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Palmer fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Palmer.

Palmer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Palmer tries to land a knee to the head but Saint blocks with his arms.
Saint tries to circle away but Palmer has him pinned against the cage.
Palmer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Palmer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Palmer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Palmer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Palmer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Palmer crunches a lovely knee into Saint's ribcage.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Saint tries to stall but Palmer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Palmer prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.
Saint avoiding damage as Palmer throws knees to the body.
Palmer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Saint's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Palmer missing with knees to the body.
Palmer lands an elbow that stopped Saint in his tracks for a moment.

Saint is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint is pressed against the cage. Palmer pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Saint! Two more big strikes from Palmer and Saint crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mario Palmer!
Our winner, Mario Palmer, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.