PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Hightower (ranked 446 p4p, 633 weight class) and Divine Intervention (ranked 67 p4p, 87 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hightower might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Power. Jason Hightower has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Hightower
vs
Intervention

207 cm
24
242
17 - 1 - 0

193 cm
24
275
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Carnage Clothing
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Hightower!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Divine Intervention!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hightower moves out of range of the strikes.
Hightower swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hightower on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Intervention fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hightower looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hightower uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Intervention.
Intervention swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hightower seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

Intervention gets tackled into the cage by Hightower. Hightower maintains the clinch.
Hightower scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Divine Intervention has been cut.
Hightower scores a nice knee to the body.
Intervention tries to circle away but Hightower has him pinned against the cage.
Hightower fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hightower can't find room to land a body shot as Intervention controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Intervention's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Intervention pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Intervention lands a really nice looking cross but Hightower seems unphased.
Intervention scores with a sloppy right hand. Hightower should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Intervention misses with a wild body shot.
Hightower throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Intervention swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Intervention pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Intervention with a nice cross.
Intervention throws a poor cross that misses
and Hightower counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Intervention just misses with a punch to the body.

Hightower cracks Intervention with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Intervention looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Hightower finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hightower tries a head kick but it misses.
Intervention misses with a jab to the body
and Hightower scores with a counter punch that sends Intervention to the canvas! Hightower smells blood - he's punishing Intervention with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Intervention has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Hightower!
During a confident post fight interview, Jason Hightower thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.