PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Snow (ranked 164 p4p, 24 weight class) and Emet Golem (ranked 2113 p4p, 286 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Snow
vs
Golem

178 cm
27
220 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

195 cm
36
217 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Snow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emet Golem!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golem swinging wildly here.
Snow takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Snow slips a jab and a cross from Golem.
Golem connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Snow's hands.

Snow shoots in and bounces Golem off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Snow accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Snow landing with the ground and pound.
Snow throws a big right hand that misses.
Snow postures up in Golem's guard and throws a big left but Golem blocks it.
Golem avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Snow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Golem works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Snow wants to control from the top but Golem keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snow won't allow Golem to get back to his feet.
Snow looking to pass the guard.
Snow trying to control but Golem is working from the bottom.
Golem wants to stand up but Snow is controlling him.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A combination from Golem does no damage.
Snow throws a hook to the side of Golem's head but Golem sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've been hearing reports that Snow has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Golem circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Snow fails with a takedown attempt.
Golem stalks Snow and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Snow's face. Snow staggers backwards, shaken.

Snow drives through and clinches with Golem against the cage.
Golem lands with a light punch inside.
Golem scores with a shot to the side of Snow's head.
Golem scores with a nice hook to the head.

Snow is rocked!
Snow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oh Snow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short left from Golem.
Snow tries to pull guard but Golem forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Golem - that landed with a thud.
Golem lands a right hand.
Golem unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Snow! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Golem is unloading with more strikes now! Snow drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emet Golem!
Emet Golem decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.