PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Firm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Lewis
vs
Firm

180 cm
25
176 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ray Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dante Firm!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis lands a jab to the nose.
Lewis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Firm.
Lewis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Firm throws a shot to the body.
Firm on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lewis misses with a hook.
Lewis throws the kick towards the body but Firm avoids it.
Firm jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lewis throws a jab but it's blocked by Firm.
Firm takes one to the chin there.
Lewis scores with a decent looking hook.
Firm throws a hook but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis misses with a right hand
enabling Firm to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for Firm. That snapped Lewis's head back.

Lewis bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Firm! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Firm is rocked!
Lewis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Firm works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Firm is still in real trouble! Can Lewis finish him?
Lewis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Firm preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Firm wants to stand but Lewis is controlling the position.
Firm seems to have recovered his senses.
Lewis trying to control the position from guard on top but Firm is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Firm wants to get back to his feet but Lewis is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lewis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lewis throwing strikes but missing.
Firm utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lewis trying to control but Firm is working from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Firm closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Firm breaks from the clinch.
Firm throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lewis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Firm moves out of range of the strikes.
Lewis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lewis misses with a right hand
and Firm counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick misses from Lewis.
Firm has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Firm takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Firm swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lewis throws a lazy right hand but Firm sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lewis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Firm avoids the head kick by Lewis.
A little jabbing left from Firm on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Firm staying out of range there.
Firm swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lewis misses with a hook.
Firm misses with a straight right.
Lewis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Firm takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lewis throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Firm stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Lewis follows into mount!
Lewis controlling from mount.
Lewis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Firm is looking to escape.
Lewis looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Firm covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Lewis!
A victorious Ray Lewis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.