PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Snowball (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Skantze Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Skantze Jr struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. John Skantze Jr is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Snowball
vs
Skantze Jr

180 cm
25
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

176 cm
26
182 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite 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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Snowball!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Skantze Jr!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skantze Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Snowball throws a right hand that Skantze Jr ducks under and follows up with a left that Skantze Jr also avoids with ease.
Skantze Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Skantze Jr moves out of range as Snowball strikes.
Snowball throws a right and a left that Skantze Jr avoids nicely.
Jab from Snowball.
A punch combination from Skantze Jr misses.
Crunch! Snowball slams his shin into Skantze Jr's torso.
Skantze Jr looks gassed!
Snowball misses with a double jab.
Skantze Jr misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Snowball misses.
Snowball swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Snowball throws a head kick that Skantze Jr semi-blocks.

It looks like John Skantze Jr has been cut.
Snowball lands the left hand.
Snowball swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Snowball lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Skantze Jr sprawling to the canvas. Snowball follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Skantze Jr hang on?

Skantze Jr is rocked!
Snowball thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Skantze Jr's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skantze Jr keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Snowball thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Snowball missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Skantze Jr is controlling Snowball's trapped leg to prevent Snowball from advancing to side control.
Skantze Jr gets back to full guard.

Skantze Jr has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Snowball should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Skantze Jr has tightened it up now! Snowball should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). John Skantze Jr!
After winning the bout, John Skantze Jr thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.