PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Rain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Row (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Row is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: In the End - Linkin Park. Johnny Rain had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Rain
vs
Row

166 cm
23
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

162 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Rain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Row!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Row tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rain swivels and escapes.
Rain misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Row shoots for a takedown but Rain saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rain throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Row.
Rain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rain moves out of range of the body kick.
Row wants to clinch.
Row will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Johnny Rain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Row.
Rain takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rain looks to land a combination. Row sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Mike Row has been cut.
Rain fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Row looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Row on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rain keeps the fight on the outside.
Row attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Row fails with the takedown.
Row looks gassed!
Rain lands a left and a right that sends Row crashing to the canvas! Rain dives into mount looking to finish!

Row is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rain is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Row is still on wobbly legs! Can Rain finish him?
Johnny Rain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Row seems to have recovered his senses.
Row showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rain.
Rain cracks Row with a right hand to the side of the head.
Row showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rain.
Row on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rain lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Row falls backwards - clearly groggy! Rain dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Rain!