PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ed Bridger (ranked 841 p4p, 1425 weight class) and Ulysses Battleby (ranked 75 p4p, 123 weight class). Ed Bridger had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Bridger
vs
Battleby

178 cm
27
158
9 - 1 - 0

179 cm
28
151
8 - 4 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ed Bridger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ulysses Battleby!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Battleby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bridger throws a quick counter kick to the body but Battleby avoids it.
Battleby tries to work over Bridger's front leg with a kick but Bridger checks it.
Battleby throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bridger thows a body kick. Battleby tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bridger.
Bridger moves in looking to clinch but Battleby pushes him off.
Battleby swings for the body but Bridger moves out of range.
Battleby throws a nice looking combination but Bridger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Battleby throws a leg kick but Bridger sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Battleby scores with a jab.

It looks like Ed Bridger has been cut.

Bridger instigates a clinch.
Bridger looking to throw knees to the head but Battleby is blocking nicely.
Battleby looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bridger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bridger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Battleby avoids it.
Bridger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Battleby's elbow.
Bridger scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bridger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Battleby blocks it with crossed arms.
Bridger misses with a body punch.
Bridger connects with a knee to the head.

Battleby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Battleby steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bridger.
Battleby throws a sloppy body shot
and Bridger counters with a nice uppercut.
Battleby misses the shot to the body.
Ulysses Battleby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bridger pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Battleby lands a big head kick that sends Bridger tumbling to the mat! Battleby takes a step backwards and waves Bridger back to his feet - he wants the finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bridger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Battleby swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Battleby gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bridger.
Battleby swings for the body but Bridger moves out of range.
Bridger throws a hook but Battleby avoids it easily.
Battleby throws a leg kick which misses Bridger's front leg but catches the back leg as Bridger tries to avoid it.
Bridger misses with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Battleby.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battleby throws an off balance right hand
and Bridger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Battleby darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Bridger is rocked!
Battleby lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bridger throws a head kick but Battleby moves out of range.
Battleby now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A punch combination from Battleby misses.
Bridger throwing a counter right hand but Battleby manages to avoid it.
Battleby misses with a right hand
and Bridger counters with a stiff right hand.
Battleby throws a right hand that Bridger ducks under and follows up with a left that Bridger also avoids with ease.
Battleby punishes Bridger's body with a nice straight punch.
Bridger takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bridger thuds his right hand into Battleby's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bridger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Battleby's corner calls for a 1-2. Battleby obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice body punch from Battleby.
Battleby misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bridger lands with a right to the head.
Bridger tries to land a knee to the head but Battleby blocks with his arms.
A right handed body shot lands from Battleby.

Battleby breaks the clinch.
Battleby looks to score with a jab to the body but Bridger is just out of range.

Battleby lands a big head kick that sends Bridger tumbling to the mat! Battleby takes a step backwards and waves Bridger back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Bridger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Battleby drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Bridger's head, knocking him out cold! Battleby is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ulysses Battleby!
Ulysses Battleby is the new featherweight champion!
A very excited looking Ulysses Battleby made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.