PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Toshihiro Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and C C Rider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torres's entrance music is 君が代. A fine choice. Rider is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: God Save The Queen. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Torres
vs
C Rider

188 cm
18
198 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toshihiro Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, C C Rider!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres swings widly with a right hand
and Rider counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Toshihiro Torres has been cut.
Rider misses with a right hand
and Torres counters with a nice uppercut.
Rider misses with a wild body shot.

Rider drops Torres with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Torres looks back up at him and smiles so Rider waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Torres is rocked!
Torres misses the shot to the body.
Oh Torres is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Torres misses with a left hand
and Rider rattles Torres with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Torres tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Rider dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Torres stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). C C Rider!