PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donny Ling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Coltrane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donny Ling could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to John Coltrane's chin.

Ling
vs
Coltrane

185 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Donny Ling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Coltrane!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ben Hemmingworth and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ling. Coltrane does a little dance to reset his feet.
Coltrane shoots in for a takedown but Ling shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Ling clinches with his opponent.
A knee to the head by Ling.

It looks like John Coltrane has been cut.

Ling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ling misses with a lunging right hand
and Coltrane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Donny Ling has been cut.
Ling throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ling stuffs the takedown attempt from Coltrane. Coltrane gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Ling misses the target.

Ling moves into the clinch.

Ling lands a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ling looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Coltrane has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Ling should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Coltrane has tightened it up now! Ling should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). John Coltrane!
John Coltrane decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.