PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between nate towles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tora Ropez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ropez has chosen Ambrosia as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

towles
vs
Ropez

180 cm
22
172 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, nate towles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tora Ropez!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ropez misses with a few strikes there.
Ropez scores with a shot to the body.
Ropez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ropez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ropez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as towles backs up against the cage.
towles shoots for a double leg takedown but Ropez sprawls well. He's pushed towles's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
towles needs to keep his hands up - Ropez had a free shot at his head there.
towles dodges the punch combination from Ropez.
Ropez throws a series of punches but towles moves out of range.
No joy there for Ropez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ropez throws a series of punches but towles avoids them all with ease.
towles shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ropez as he avoids it easily.
towles fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for nate towles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ropez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Ropez.
Ropez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but towles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ropez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
towles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ropez swivels and escapes.
Ropez misses with the combination.
Ropez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from towles is defended easily by Ropez.
towles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ropez sprawls well. Ropez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. towles gets slowly back to his feet.
Ropez tries to bum rush towles with a series of wild strikes but towles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ropez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
towles is breathing heavily.
towles shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ropez as he avoids it easily.
Ropez scores with a three punch combo!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ropez throws a combination. towles tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ropez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ropez closes the distance and lands a one-two.

towles is rocked!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for towles. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Ropez throws a right hand that towles ducks under and follows up with a left that towles also avoids with ease.
Oh towles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ropez connects with a nice cross there... towles is looking wobbly and Ropez recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send towles to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Ropez jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tora Ropez!