PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Panther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Clancey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Panther
vs
Clancey

191 cm
29
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

182 cm
41
204 lbs
8 - 19 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Panther!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Clancey!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clancey uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Clancey keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Panther is defended easily by Clancey.

Panther has managed to clinch.
Panther is trying to pull guard but Clancey has him pressed against the cage.
Panther is trying to drag Clancey to the mat but Clancey just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Panther. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Panther pulls guard successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panther has a closed guard, preventing Clancey from standing up.
Clancey must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Clancey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clancey prevents Panther from getting back to his feet.

Panther pushes Clancey off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Clancey sends Panther crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Clancey is motioning to the referee to let Panther up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Panther is rocked!
Nice sprawl there from Clancey as Panther shoots in.
Oh Panther is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clancey lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Panther falls backwards - clearly groggy! Clancey dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Clancey!