PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Edwards (ranked 4006 p4p, 4520 weight class) and Jihadi John (ranked 521 p4p, 550 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Edwards
vs
John

200 cm
18
212
0 - 1 - 0

192 cm
18
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Edwards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jihadi John!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards walks into a straight right hand from John.

It looks like Frank Edwards has been cut.
John ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Edwards fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
John avoids a punch combination nicely.
Edwards is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by John.
John looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Edwards misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Edwards wants to clinch but John slips to the side
and John counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Edwards is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John avoids a kick to the body.
John digs a good body shot into Edwards's ribs.
John throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Edwards stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

John instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Edwardss head.
John throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
John lands with a short shot to the head.

Edwards is rocked!
John stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Oh Edwards is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A body shot lands from John.
John lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Edwards to his knees! John keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jihadi John!
During a confident post fight interview, Jihadi John thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.