PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Tapia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Popper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tapia
vs
Popper

168 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Tapia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Popper!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tapia with a hook.
Popper shoots in but Tapia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Popper closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tapia circles away.
Popper shoots in for a double leg but Tapia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Johnny Tapia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Popper.
Tapia stuffs the takedown attempt from Popper. Popper gets slowly back to his feet.
Tapia scores with a one two! Popper had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Popper is rocked!
Tapia lands with a nice body punch.
Popper looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
BOOM! Tapia lands a beautiful left hook that drops Popper. Popper tries to recover but Tapia is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Popper lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Tapia!