PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bekithemba Seme (ranked 5299 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stepping Stone (ranked 3649 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Seme
vs
Stone

174 cm
25
141 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bekithemba Seme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stepping Stone!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seme lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stone's sensitive parts.
Stone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Seme scores with a nice head shot.
Stone's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Seme connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stone scrambles back to his feet.

It looks like Stepping Stone has been cut.
Seme stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Stone on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Seme scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Seme connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Seme feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Stone sprawling to the canvas! Stone rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Seme finish him?!

Stone is rocked!
Seme lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Stone up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Seme from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Stone's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bekithemba Seme!
Our winner, Bekithemba Seme, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.