PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joey Karate (ranked 1652 p4p, 196 weight class) and Ritchie Souza (ranked 2422 p4p, 265 weight class). Karate comes to the cage accompanied by Shot Em'. Souza is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Gwen Stefani-Luxurious. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karate
vs
Souza

180 cm
24
139 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

170 cm
26
170 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Good chin

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joey Karate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ritchie Souza!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Souza.
Karate can't do much from the bottom here.
Souza scores with punches from side control.
Souza lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Karate down.
Souza throws a strike aimed at the side of Karate's head but Karate avoids it well.
Karate taking punishment in the form of punches.
Karate tries to bench press Souza off him but Souza keeps the position.
Karate knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Souza on the ground.
Karate can't do much from the bottom here.
Karate taking a bit of punishment here - Souza scoring with strikes.
Souza lands an elbow.
Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Souza is working Karate over with some ground and pound from side control.
Karate on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Karate tries to get out of the position.
Souza working the head and body with strikes.

Karate is rocked!
Souza scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Karate to see if he's OK.
Oh Karate is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza lands a strong strike to the head of Karate. That's dazed him! Souza looking to finish here. Karate is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Souza lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ritchie Souza!
Ritchie Souza took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.