PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tie Domi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Domi
vs
Wright

175 cm
22
149 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

167 cm
21
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition
King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tie Domi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Wright!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Wright.
Wright is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Domi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Domi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Domi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Wright darts in and clinches Domi up against the cage.
Domi misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Wright.
Domi misses with the head strike.
Wright lands with a left to the head.
Wright throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wright lands a hook that snaps the head of Domi backwards.
Domi swings wildly with an uppercut but Wright uses good head movement to avoid it.
Domi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wright lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Domi prevents a body shot from Wright.
Wright misses with a body punch.
Domi blocks an uppercut.
Domi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Domi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Domi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wright.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Wright.
A head punch on the inside from Domi fails to land.
Wright blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Domi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wright lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wright doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Domi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Domi misses with some punches.
Domi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Domi working aggressively here.
Domi lands with a short shot to the head.
Domi swings wildly with an uppercut but Wright uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wright.
Domi working aggressively here.
Wright has a couple of punches blocked by Domi.
Domi misses with some punches.
Wright swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Domi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wright tries to throw a body punch but Domi avoids it by throwing Wright back against the cage.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Domi.
Wright tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Domi's elbow.
Domi misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Wright.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright lands a nice uppercut.
Wright lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Domi backwards.

Domi is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Domi fails to land.
Oh Domi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Domi misses with the head strike.
Wright blocking some punches.
Domi seems to have got his legs back now.
Domi working aggressively here.
Domi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Domi has a couple of punches blocked by Wright.
Domi has a couple of punches blocked by Wright.
Wright is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Domi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wright lands a left hand that snaps the head of Domi backwards.
Domi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Domi swings wildly with an uppercut but Wright uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wright tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright misses with a punch on the inside.
Domi misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Wright.
Domi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wright lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wright blocks an uppercut.
Wright blocking some punches.
Domi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wright lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wright blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wright.
Wright is leaning against Domi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wright lands with a right to the head.
Wright lands a body punch.
Wright scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wright lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright lands a body shot in the clinch.
Domi is breathing heavily.
Wright scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wright scores with a nice hook to the head.
Domi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Domi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wright lands with a light punch inside.
Domi prevents a body shot from Wright.
Domi throws a punch but it's blocked by Wright.
Wright tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Domi's elbow.
Wright lands with a short shot to the head.
Wright blocks an uppercut.
Domi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wright misses with a punch to the body.
Wright blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Domi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wright lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Domi backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Wright.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wright creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wright blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wright pushes Domi against the cage. Wright is working some dirty boxing. Wright pushes off with a quick right hook! Domi goes down! Domi tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Wright moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Wright!
After the fight, Steve Wright was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.