PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Sight (ranked 2917 p4p, 69 weight class) and Jimmy Fothergill (ranked 3079 p4p, 75 weight class). Fothergill is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Austrian Death Machine - Get To The Choppa. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sight
vs
Fothergill

195 cm
25
192 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

188 cm
23
260 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Sight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Fothergill!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Sight.

Fothergill clinches up with Sight and pushes him back against the cage.
Sight wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Sight's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sight is trying to force a seperation but Fothergill has the dominant position.
Fothergill content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fothergill lands a knee to the body.
Fothergill with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Paul Sight has been cut.
Fothergill is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Fothergill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sight lands a lovely overhand right.
Sight lands with a hook. Fothergill tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fothergill misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fothergill has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sight lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick from Fothergill misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Sight misses the target.
Fothergill thumps Sight with a low kick.
Sight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sight paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fothergill blocks the body kick.
Sight dodges the punch combination from Fothergill.
Fothergill fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sight appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sight blocks a head kick by Fothergill.
Fothergill swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sight lands the left hand.
Sight looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fothergill jabs Sight right on the nose. Sight blinks but takes it well.
Good standup being displayed there by Sight as he connects with a hook.

Fothergill has managed to clinch.
Sight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by Fothergill.

Sight is rocked!
Sight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fothergill has him pressed against the cage.
Oh Sight is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Fothergill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fothergill lands a brutal uppercut that launches Sight off his feet! Sight tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jimmy Fothergill!
Jimmy Fothergill took some time post fight to say the following; 'There's only room for one ginger ninja in town, and it sure as heck isn't that frizzy haired shithouse! Ave that!'.