PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Bates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bates comes to the cage accompanied by Gentleman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bates
vs
Morris

172 cm
25
146 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
147 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Heavy handed

Darkness Clothing

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 The Island, James Bates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Phil Morris!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bates paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bates is looking for a counter combo.
Morris shoots and misses
and Bates counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morris has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Morris there as he acknowledges the shot.
Morris shoots and misses
and Bates counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Morris is rocked!
Bates shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Morris takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Bates sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Morris bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Bates!
James Bates took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I just wanna thank the fans in attendance tonight. Without you guys we couldn't be doing this. Also, props to my opponent tonight. He was a tough son of a bitch so lets all give it up for him.'.