PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Tower (ranked 5651 p4p, 4989 weight class) and Fezzik Montoya (ranked 573 p4p, 543 weight class). Montoya has chosen The Other thing as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Tower
vs
Montoya

200 cm
20
250
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
266
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcel Tower!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fezzik Montoya!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Tower misses the target.
Montoya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Montoya uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tower has time to react.
Montoya misses with a lunging right hand
and Tower counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Montoya has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Tower displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Montoya throws out the jab.
Montoya thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tower defending well as Montoya loads up on a big left hand.
Tower lands a slapping body shot.
Montoya looks winded!
Montoya misses the jab.
Montoya throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tower throws a sloppy head kick and Montoya moves out of range easily.
Montoya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tower.
Tower lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Montoya misses with a series of wild punches.
It looked like Tower wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montoya misses with an uppercut.
Montoya digs a good body shot into Tower's ribs.
Tower moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Montoya misses the body punch

and Tower counters with a head kick that drops Montoya to the mat! Montoya scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Montoya is rocked!
Montoya throws a lazy uppercut
and Tower counters with a huge right that knocks Montoya out cold! Tower is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcel Tower!
A victorious Marcel Tower thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.