PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Cloudsen (ranked 3189 p4p, 2740 weight class) and Maury Travis (ranked 378 p4p, 327 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Cloudsen
vs
Travis

177 cm
24
165
4 - 4 - 0

170 cm
20
160
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bjorn Cloudsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maury Travis!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cloudsen takes one on the button.

It looks like Bjorn Cloudsen has been cut.
Cloudsen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cloudsen walks into a straight right hand from Travis.
We've been hearing reports that Cloudsen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Travis lands a nice looking body shot.
Travis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cloudsen.
Travis connects with the punch.
Jab, jab by Travis - just one landing.
Cloudsen misses with a low kick.

Cloudsen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Travis is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Travis throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Travis lands a right hook to the body.
Travis 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.
Travis avoids the body shot from Cloudsen.
Travis has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cloudsen takes one on the button.
Maury Travis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Travis scores with a jab to the head.
Cloudsen shoots and misses
and Travis counters with a nice uppercut.

Cloudsen is rocked!
Travis drops Cloudsen with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Cloudsen! Travis dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maury Travis!