PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waters is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Skillet Monster. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Po
vs
Waters

201 cm
22
204 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Po!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Waters!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Waters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Waters misses.
Po wants to clinch.
Waters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tom Po seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Po takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Po clinches up with Waters and pushes him back against the cage.
Waters tries for a takedown. No joy.
Po tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Waters avoids it.
Waters tries to circle away but Po has him pinned against the cage.
Waters takes a knee to the side of the body.
Waters lands with a left to the head.
Po keeps control of Waters as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Waters looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Waters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from Waters misses.
Po slips under a jab from Waters.
Po staying out of range there.
Waters takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Waters misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Po.
Waters lands with a hook. Po tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Po moves out of range as Waters strikes.
Po tries to clinch but Waters moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters looks to throw the jab but Po is out of range.
Waters cracks Po with a left hook right on the temple and Po goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Waters lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Po is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joe Waters!