PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry Lancaster (ranked 989 p4p, 722 weight class) and Sonny Giovanni (ranked 133 p4p, 98 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Lancaster
vs
Giovanni

183 cm
36
185
28 - 21 - 0

189 cm
29
188
7 - 1 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Lancaster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sonny Giovanni!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Lancaster dips to his left and cracks Giovanni with an uppercut!
Lancaster misses with a shot to the body
letting Giovanni counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lancaster. Giovanni does a little dance to reset his feet.

Lancaster gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Giovanni breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Lancaster misses.
Lancaster has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tōshi in the buildup to the fight.
Lancaster misses with an uppercut.
Lancaster throws a sloppy body shot
letting Giovanni counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lancaster looks to land a right hand but Giovanni moved out of range.
Giovanni takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Giovanni moves away from the strike by Lancaster.
Giovanni moves out of range of the strikes.
Lancaster lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lancaster lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Giovanni is rocked!
Lancaster misses with a straight left.
Giovanni is still on wobbly legs! Can Lancaster finish him?
Lancaster swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lancaster swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lancaster circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Giovanni to the canvas! Giovanni doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Lancaster keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Lancaster!
Our winner, Henry Lancaster, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.