PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Edmodson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Normand Cleveland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edmodson comes to the cage accompanied by Deorro - Yee. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Edmodson
vs
Cleveland

189 cm
27
198 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

164 cm
27
193 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Edmodson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Normand Cleveland!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cleveland lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Edmodson circles away quickly and effectively.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Cleveland has eaten all the pies!
Edmodson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cleveland's head backwards.
Edmodson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Edmodson.

It looks like Normand Cleveland has been cut.
Edmodson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cleveland avoids a punch combination nicely.
Edmodson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cleveland uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Edmodson.
Cleveland takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Edmodson throws a right hand that Cleveland ducks under and follows up with a left that Cleveland also avoids with ease.
Edmodson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cleveland walks straight into a right hand from Edmodson - that's dropped him! Edmodson jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Cleveland from any more punishment! Cleveland complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Michael Edmodson!