PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Battock (ranked 132 p4p, 23 weight class) and Lazy Bastard (ranked 815 p4p, 92 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Battock
vs
Bastard

166 cm
26
158 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

190 cm
19
162 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Battock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lazy Bastard!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Battock throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Battock takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bastard misses with a body shot.
Bastard throws a right hand that Battock ducks under and follows up with a left that Battock also avoids with ease.
Bastard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Battock moves away.
A big right from Battock misses.
Bastard doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bastard takes a swing at Battock's ribcage but misses.
Battock lands a leg kick that knocks Bastard off balance momentarily.
Battock moves away from the strike by Bastard.
Bastard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Battock.
Bastard just misses with a punch to the body.
Bastard scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bastard is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Battock rather than just go for the knockout.
Bastard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastard throws a predictable looking body shot

and Battock moves into the clinch.
Battock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bastard or not.
Battock is leaning against Bastard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Battock lands a shoulder strike.
Bastard blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastard is trying to push Battock away but Battock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Battock lands with a right to the head.
Bastard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Battock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Battock.
Battock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Battock lands a nice uppercut.
Battock lands a body punch in the clinch.
Battock lands with a left to the head.
Bastard blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastard blocking some punches.
Battock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Battock lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bastard.
Battock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Battock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Battock lands with a short shot to the head.

Bastard is rocked!
Bastard takes a shot to the head.
Bastard is still on wobbly legs! Can Battock finish him?
Battock looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Battock presses Bastard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Battock working aggressively here.
Battock scores with a nice hook to the head.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Battock throws a punch but it's blocked by Bastard.

Battock drops Bastard onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Bastard is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Battock misses with some punches.
Battock misses with a punch on the inside.
Battock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Battock scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Battock pushes Bastard against the cage. Battock is working some dirty boxing. Battock pushes off with a quick right hook! Bastard goes down! Bastard tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Battock moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Battock!
John Battock retains his lightweight title!
After winning the bout, John Battock thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.