PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Island Chief (ranked 3035 p4p, 420 weight class) and Killer Mike (ranked 453 p4p, 65 weight class). Killer Mike acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Chief
vs
Mike

189 cm
19
222
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
27
215
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Island Chief!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Killer Mike!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chief takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mike connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chief. Chief circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Chief has a takedown stuffed.
Chief darts in looking for a takedown but Mike gets double underhooks and turns Chief into the cage.
Chief misses with a knee to the head.
Mike dodges an elbow strike from Chief.
Mike lands with a short shot to the head.
Mike lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mike.
Mike works on Chief's body with a couple of short punches.
Chief is breathing heavily.
Mike lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chief backwards.
Nice body punch from Mike - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mike lands a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Mike.
Mike lands a hook that snaps the head of Chief backwards.
Mike digs a right hand into Chief's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Chief's gas tank.
Mike softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Chief is rocked!
A short left from Mike.
Oh Chief is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mike working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mike lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Mike.
Mike lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mike working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike lands a hook that snaps the head of Chief backwards.
Mike creates a bit of distance and cracks Chief with a massive left hook! Chief crumples out of camera shot, completely unconscious! He's been Nelmarked! Mike stares at him for a moment then struts over to his corner, victorious.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Killer Mike!
A pretty intense looking Killer Mike took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.