PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Nitro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and darren pressley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Max Nitro has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Nitro
vs
pressley

224 cm
25
140 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

177 cm
26
175 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Nitro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, darren pressley!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

pressley closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - pressley lands in his opponent's guard.
Nitro on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nitro tries to get out of the position.
pressley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nitro swivels though and keeps the full guard.
pressley trying to control but Nitro is working from the bottom.
pressley throwing strikes from guard but Nitro blocks nicely.
pressley trying to control but Nitro is working from the bottom.
pressley is working Nitro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
pressley stops Nitro from standing up.
Nitro working a defensive guard here.
pressley throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
pressley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nitro trying to control the position.
pressley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Nitro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as pressley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
pressley slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nitro is staying active underneath pressley, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
pressley passes to side control.
Nitro is looking to reverse the position.
Check out the look on pressley's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nitro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for pressley on the ground.
Nitro is trying to control pressley's posture but pressley avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
pressley working the ground and pound.
pressley working away.
pressley scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Nitro to see if he's OK.
pressley wants to control but Nitro is keeping him busy.
pressley sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nitro is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Nitro managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by pressley.
Nitro on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Nitro is breathing heavily.
pressley lands a decent elbow from side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
pressley lands an elbow.
Nitro takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Nitro is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
pressley scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Nitro is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and pressley can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). darren pressley!