PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Norris Travis (ranked 8022 p4p, 0 weight class) and All Rounder Rounder (ranked 25392 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Norris Travis has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Travis
vs
All Rounder Rounder

178 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

210 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Norris Travis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, All Rounder Rounder!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rounder connects with an inside leg kick.

Rounder shoots in and gets a takedown into Travis's guard.
Rounder controls from within his opponent's guard.
Travis looking to control.
Rounder is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Travis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rounder is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rounder is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Travis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rounder distracts Travis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Travis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rounder trying to control but Travis is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rounder working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rounder advances to half guard.
Rounder trying to control the pace.
Travis wants to get back to his feet.
Travis trying to hold on to Rounder's head to control him but Rounder postures up.
Travis holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Rounder trying to control the pace.
Let's hope that Rounder has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Travis wants to improve his position but Rounder is controlling well.
Travis manages to get to full guard.
Rounder throwing strikes but missing.
Rounder connects with a couple of short punches.

Rounder gets to his feet. Travis looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Rounder ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Travis is breathing heavily.

Travis gets caught flat footed, as Rounder shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Rounder has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rounder tries to free his leg and advance position but Travis is retaining full guard.

Rounder gets to his feet. Travis looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Rounder bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Rounder moves into full mount!
Rounder landing shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rounder sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Rounder looking for a guillotine from mount but Travis is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rounder tries to control but Travis wriggling away.
Travis tries to buck Rounder off but he can't manage it.
Rounder lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Travis hang on?
Rounder content just to control the position here.
BOOM! Rounder connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Travis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rounder trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rounder takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

All Rounder Rounder dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rounder scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Travis is rocked!

It looks like Norris Travis has been cut.
Rounder shoots for a double leg takedown but Travis sprawls well. He's pushed Rounder's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Oh Travis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rounder connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Travis out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). All Rounder Rounder!
All Rounder Rounder seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.