PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cain Slade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Segal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonathan Segal acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Slade
vs
Segal

175 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

189 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Cain Slade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jonathan Segal!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Slade takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Segal lands a nice looking body shot.
Slade tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Segal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Segal has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Slade is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Segal throws a body punch but Slade moves out of range.
Segal misses with a double jab.
Slade takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Slade closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Segal controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Slade is trying to control. Segal wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Segal is trying is best to control the position here.
Slade trying to control the action but Segal is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Cain Slade.
Segal punishes Slade's body with a nice straight punch.

Segal lands a left and a right that send Slade crashing to the mat, dazed. Segal thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Slade is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Segal circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Slade tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Segal wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jonathan Segal!
After winning the bout, Jonathan Segal thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.