PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ligerito Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gwach War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jr
vs
War

160 cm
25
136 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ligerito Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gwach War!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
War looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
War scores with a one two! Jr had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
War plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

War gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jr postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jr is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
War wants to stand but Jr is controlling the position.
Jr is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
War has momentary wrist control but Jr slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jr is working War over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jr working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of War's head.
Jr working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jr is in close to War's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jr passes War's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jr landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Jr.
Jr working War over with strikes.
Jr slips a nice elbow through War's hands, connecting with War's forehead.
Jr working War over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Jr there.
Jr working War over with strikes.
Jr lands strikes from half guard.
Jr is nestled in close to War, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jr connects with a nice short shot to War's temple.
War looks winded!
Jr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

War is rocked!
Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
War is still in real trouble! Can Jr finish him?
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ground and pound from Jr.
War seems to have recovered his senses.
Jr looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks War with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jr lands a nice short elbow.
Jr looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jr working over War with some ground and pound. War looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
War on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
War looks like he's trying to stand up.
War taking some punishment here, with Jr in his half guard.
Jr is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
Jr working War over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Jr.
Jr scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Jr there.
Jr working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jr connects with a nice short shot to War's temple.
Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jr lands a nice short elbow.
Jr lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt War quite badly. War pulls Jr in close trying to recover. Jr postures up and lands two really hard shots that put War on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but War doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ligerito Jr!