PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Titor (ranked 3071 p4p, 336 weight class) and Kari Halifax (ranked 4690 p4p, 431 weight class). Titor comes to the cage accompanied by John Titor-Going To Space. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Titor
vs
Halifax

182 cm
20
175 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

150 cm
20
163 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Titor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kari Halifax !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halifax digs a good body shot into Titor's ribs.
Titor walks into a left hand.

Halifax closes the distance and pushes Titor back into the cage.
Halifax misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Titor misses with an elbow strike.
Halifax throws a punch but it's blocked by Titor.
Titor prevents a body shot from Halifax .
Halifax tries a body shot but Titor blocks it.
Halifax misses with a short punch on the inside.
Titor blocks an uppercut.

Titor gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Halifax is looking for a sweep. Titor is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Titor slows the pace down in half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Halifax can do anything to dispel that myth.
Titor's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Titor working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titor winds up and cracks Halifax with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Titor scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Halifax is looking to control Titor's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Halifax avoid being mounted?
Titor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Titor content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Halifax wants to control but Titor is keeping busy.
Halifax wants to control but Titor passes into side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halifax tries to improve position but can't.
Titor scores with punches from side control.
Titor working the head and body with strikes.
Titor cracks Halifax with a big elbow.
Titor working the body and head with strikes.
Titor working the ground and pound.
Halifax taking a bit of punishment here - Titor scoring with strikes.

Halifax is rocked!
Halifax is trying to control Titor's posture but Titor avoids it.
Check out the look on Titor's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halifax taking a bit of punishment here - Titor scoring with strikes.
Halifax is still in real trouble! Can Titor finish him?
Halifax really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Titor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titor in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Halifax looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Titor turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Titor!
John Titor took some time post fight to say the following; 'Titor bangs on about being a time traveller and coming back to save humanity, but, no one cares.'.