PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Ejayi (ranked 5391 p4p, 632 weight class) and Bobby Hall (ranked 24250 p4p, 821 weight class). Hall comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hear Me Now - 3OH!3 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Ejayi
vs
Hall

186 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

182 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Ejayi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobby Hall!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ejayi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
James Ejayi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ejayi punishes Hall's body with a nice straight punch.
Hall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hall dodges the punch combination from Ejayi.
Hall shoots in but no luck this time.
Ejayi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Hall appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Hall drives through and clinches with Ejayi against the cage.

Ejayi breaks the clinch.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ejayi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall tries for a takedown but Ejayi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jab, jab by Ejayi - just one landing.
Hall has his takedown stuffed
enabling Ejayi to counter with a crisp jab.
James Ejayi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Hall.
Ejayi scores with a hook.

Hall is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Ejayi doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Hall crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Hall's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Ejayi!