PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ian Boxhorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neil NaLeans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neil NaLeans is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Boxhorn
vs
NaLeans

178 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

177 cm
37
185 lbs
24 - 20 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Affordable Quality

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ian Boxhorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neil NaLeans!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
NaLeans lands a jab to the nose.
Boxhorn misses with a combination
and NaLeans counters with an outside leg kick.
Ian Boxhorn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boxhorn misses with a shot to the body
and NaLeans connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
NaLeans slips a straight right by Boxhorn.
NaLeans misses with a jab, cross combination.
NaLeans throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
NaLeans has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Boxhorn is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Boxhorn scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
NaLeans looks to land a combination. Boxhorn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Boxhorn misses with an uppercut

and NaLeans counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Boxhorn keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
NaLeans thows a huge punch but Boxhorn dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

NaLeans is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Boxhorn is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Neil NaLeans!
A very excited looking Neil NaLeans made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.