PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konor McSmitty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Pepper
vs
McSmitty

178 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Pepper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Konor McSmitty!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pepper clinches with his opponent.
Pepper tries a body shot but McSmitty blocks it.
Pepper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McSmitty backwards.
Pepper has McSmitty pressed against the cage, preventing McSmitty from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McSmitty wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Pepper drops McSmitty onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! McSmitty is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

McSmitty is rocked!
Pepper pushes McSmitty against the cage. Pepper is working some dirty boxing. Pepper pushes off with a quick right hook! McSmitty goes down! McSmitty tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Pepper moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Pepper!
Ryan Pepper decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.