PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Joyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Joyce is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Joyce
vs
Page

185 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Joyce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenny Page!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page throws a big shot that misses.
Page lands a right hook to the body.
Page looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Joyce gets caught flat footed, as Page shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Page stands up and waves to Joyce to follow him.

Page gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Page escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Joyce.

Page gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Joyce wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Page has him pressed against the ropes.

Page breaks the clinch.
Page tries to score a power double leg takedown but Joyce sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Page somewhat.
Page takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Page smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Page scores a takedown into full mount!
Page postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Joyce looks a forlorn figure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Page won't let Joyce get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
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.
Page lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Page cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Page landing strikes from the mount.

Joyce is rocked!
Page postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Joyce looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Joyce is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Page with shots to the head and body - Joyce looks very uncomfortable down there.
Page is landing with some decent strikes but Joyce is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee warns Joyce that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Page lands with some strikes.
Page won't let Joyce get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Page postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Joyce bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Page and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Page!