PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lox Sweetsugar (ranked 24638 p4p, 25079 weight class) and Howie Travis (ranked 554 p4p, 591 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sweetsugar
vs
Travis

202 cm
20
250
2 - 4 - 0

190 cm
20
280
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

BANZAI NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lox Sweetsugar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howie Travis!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Travis lands with a straight right. Sweetsugar didn't see that one coming.
Travis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Travis lands with a hook. Sweetsugar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Travis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sweetsugar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sweetsugar throws a series of strikes that have Travis backpedaling.
Travis works Sweetsugar's body with a nice hook.
Travis tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sweetsugar defends well and Travis ends up having to push Sweetsugar into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Travis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Travis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sweetsugar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Travis lands with an overhand left.
Travis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sweetsugar tries to clinch up but Travis circles away and keeps his distance.
Sweetsugar wants to clinch up but Travis keeps it at a distance.
Travis lands a body shot.
Travis should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Sweetsugar is looking to clinch but Travis is avoiding it.
A little jabbing left from Travis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Travis lands with a nice body punch.
Sweetsugar tries to clinch there but Travis circles away.
Travis is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sweetsugar with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis scores with a body shot.
Travis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sweetsugar is breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from Sweetsugar.
Travis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Travis with a nice calf kick.
Travis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sweetsugar doesn't seem bothered though.
Sweetsugar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Travis.

It looks like Lox Sweetsugar has been cut.
Travis lands a nice hook to Sweetsugar's body. Sweetsugar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Travis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sweetsugar walks into a stiff left hand from Travis.
Sweetsugar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the liver by Travis. Beautiful body shot.
Travis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Travis lands with a cross.
Good standup being displayed there by Travis as he connects with a hook.
Sweetsugar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sweetsugar tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Travis has eaten all the pies!
Travis sizes up Sweetsugar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Travis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sweetsugar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Travis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Travis lands with a nice combination. Sweetsugar backs away looking to recover.
Travis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sweetsugar rather than just go for the knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Travis lands a nice hook to Sweetsugar's body. Sweetsugar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Travis lands a nice shot that snaps Sweetsugar's head back.
Travis connects with a body shot that sends Sweetsugar's belly button to the back.
Travis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sweetsugar's head backwards.

Sweetsugar is rocked!
Travis lands a nice looking body shot.
Oh Sweetsugar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Travis clinches up with Sweetsugar and pushes him back against the cage.
Sweetsugar seems to have got his legs back now.
Travis pushes Sweetsugar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Travis manages to pull guard.
Sweetsugar tries to stand but Travis is controlling from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Travis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Travis wants to stand up but Sweetsugar is controlling him.
Sweetsugar preventing the sweep.
Sweetsugar won't allow Travis to get back to his feet.

Travis is working an open guard so Sweetsugar takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A shot to the liver by Travis. Beautiful body shot.
Travis scores with a sloppy right hand. Sweetsugar should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sweetsugar at a distance.
Travis dips to his left and cracks Sweetsugar with an uppercut!
Travis is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sweetsugar had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Travis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Travis has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Travis scores with a jab to the body.
Travis clobbers Sweetsugar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Travis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Travis scores with a hook.
Sweetsugar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Travis lands a body shot.
Travis scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Travis dances in with a quick combination. Sweetsugar is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Travis snaps Sweetsugar's head back. Sweetsugar stumbles backwards against the cage. Travis steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Sweetsugar's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Sweetsugar just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Howie Travis!
Howie Travis was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.