PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steven Cross (ranked 24418 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jessie Junior (ranked 5324 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior has chosen Eye of the Tiger as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Steven Cross has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cross
vs
Junior

150 cm
20
278 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steven Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jessie Junior!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junior scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Junior scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Steven Cross has been cut.
Junior scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cross in his tracks.
Junior fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Junior throws a front kick aimed at Cross's knee but Cross avoids it well.
Junior scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cross takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Junior, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Junior lands a jab to the nose.
Cross tries a head kick but it misses.
Junior throws a monster overhand right that drops Cross! Junior follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jessie Junior!
Jessie Junior was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.