PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Warrant Officer (ranked 718 p4p, 3132 weight class) and Michael Mulligan (ranked 93 p4p, 404 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Officer
vs
Mulligan

182 cm
28
190
10 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
154
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Warrant Officer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Mulligan!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mulligan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mulligan throws a jab when Officer was well out of range.
Mulligan looks to land a combination but Officer avoids it well.
Mulligan looks to score with a jab to the body but Officer is just out of range.
Mulligan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mulligan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Officer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Officer looks to land a right hand but Mulligan moved out of range.

Mulligan clinches up with Officer and pushes him back against the cage.
Mulligan has had enough of the clinch but Officer keeps him there for the moment.

Officer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Officer does it's job there.
We've been hearing reports that Officer has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Officer walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Mulligan drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Officer swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Mulligan's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Warrant Officer!
Warrant Officer 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.