PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Max House (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

House
vs
Ross

178 cm
26
159 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

178 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Core Tokyo
Global Nutritional ACME (Q157) 90% ROR on Laundry

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max House!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barney Ross!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
House throws a series of punches but Ross moves out of range.
Max House seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
House just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from House lands.
House misses with an uppercut. Ross saw that one coming.
House misses the jab.
Ross with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling House to score with a decent uppercut.
Ross closes the distance and clinches up with House, looking for a takedown. Ross pushes House against the ropes but House circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
House fails to land with a series of punches.
Ross avoids a punch combination nicely.

Ross darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ross takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ross trying to control from half guard but House is working away.
Ross slips a nice elbow through House's hands, connecting with House's forehead.

House looking for submissions off his back.
Ross throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

House looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

House actively working from the bottom here.
House trying to control from the bottom.
Ross seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ross lands with a punch from half guard.
Ross throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

House looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ross lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ross not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
House moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross landing some decent shots from guard.
Ross with a nice head shot there.
Ross working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ross trying to control but House is working from the bottom.

House looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ross content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

House is looking for a triangle here but Ross uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Ross working the body and head with strikes.
House is trying to control Ross's posture but Ross avoids it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
House manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
House avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross prevents House from improving his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
House is trying to stand back up but Ross is controlling him
Ross lands with a punch from half guard.

House looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

House looking for submissions off his back.
House punching from the bottom.
House on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
House tries to roll over but Ross keeps him under control.
Ross moves into full mount! House won't be happy about that!
Ross with shots to the head and body - House looks very uncomfortable down there.
House is in a horrible position here. Ross smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross is in the full mount, landing strikes.

House is rocked!
Ross loads up with a big shot that hurts House! He's pulled Ross in close but Ross has postured up and lands more strikes. Can House survive? More strikes from Ross and House is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Barney Ross!