PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Neidhart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Statham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carl Statham is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Neidhart
vs
Statham

190 cm
27
224 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
219 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Neidhart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carl Statham!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Statham lands with a shot to the body.
Statham takes a swing at Neidhart's ribcage but misses.
Statham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Statham takes a swing at Neidhart's ribcage but misses.
Neidhart keeps the fight on the outside.
Statham stuffs the takedown attempt from Neidhart. Neidhart gets slowly back to his feet.
A big left from Neidhart misses.
Statham misses the body punch

and Neidhart counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Neidhart not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Statham is looking to escape.
Neidhart seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neidhart thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Statham's head.
Statham on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Neidhart thows a huge punch but Statham dodges it nicely.
Statham avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Neidhart.
Neidhart thows a huge punch but Statham dodges it nicely.
Neidhart 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.
Neidhart is looking to take a break and control but Statham is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Neidhart slips a nice elbow through Statham's hands, connecting with Statham's forehead.
Neidhart is controlling the pace.
Neidhart moves nicely into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neidhart scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neidhart working the ground and pound from side control.
An elbow from Neidhart crashes against the mat.
Neidhart working the body and head with strikes.
Neidhart cracks Statham with a big right hand but Statham just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Neidhart is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Statham looks gassed!
Neidhart is working Statham over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neidhart connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Statham some visible discomfort.
Statham parries the strikes from Neidhart easily there. Neidhart is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Statham to escape.
Neidhart in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Neidhart cracks Statham with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Neidhart immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Statham is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Neidhart!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Neidhart!