PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hakeem Sterling (ranked 3205 p4p, 16844 weight class) and Joe Gatsby (ranked 0 p4p, 690 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sterling
vs
Gatsby

165 cm
26
155
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
40
167
21 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hakeem Sterling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Gatsby!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sterling closes the distance and clinches up with Gatsby, looking for a takedown. Sterling pushes Gatsby against the cage but Gatsby circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gatsby throws a good cross that connects.
Gatsby lands the left hand.
Sterling with a poor takedown
and Gatsby cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Sterling is rocked!
Sterling is breathing heavily.
Sterling walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Sterling limp body while Gatsby jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joe Gatsby!
During a confident post fight interview, Joe Gatsby thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.