PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Man Pig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Pig
vs
Stevenson

175 cm
19
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
188 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Man Pig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Pig.
Stevenson looks to land a left hand but Pig moved out of range nicely.
Pig throws a sloppy head kick and Stevenson moves out of range easily.
Stevenson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pig showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stevenson.
Stevenson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pig.
Stevenson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stevenson throws a big shot that misses.
Stevenson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Man Pig has been cut.
Pig staying out of range there.
Some wild striking there from Stevenson.
Stevenson throws a jab when Pig was well out of range.
Stevenson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stevenson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pig.
Stevenson tries to move into range but Pig moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pig.
Stevenson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pig moves away from the strike by Stevenson.
Pig lands a jab to the nose.
Pig lands with a right hand.
Stevenson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice uppercut there from Pig.
Pig tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Stevenson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pig - the referee stops the clock and Stevenson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pig. Stevenson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Stevenson misses with an uppercut. Pig saw that one coming.
Stevenson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Stevenson misses with a body shot
and Pig counters with a body kick that stops Stevenson in his tracks momentarily.
Stevenson looks gassed!
Stevenson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pig connects with a single shot there.
Pig fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stevenson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pig.
Pig lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Joe Stevenson has been cut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pig.
Pig digs a good body shot into Stevenson's ribs.
A jab lands there for Pig.
Pig lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stevenson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Stevenson is rocked!
Stevenson walks straight into a right hand from Pig - that's dropped him! Pig jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Stevenson from any more punishment! Stevenson complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Man Pig!