PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Bridges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omnus IV (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). IV has chosen Into the Fire as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bridges
vs
IV

184 cm
20
196 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
202 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leon Bridges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Omnus IV!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
IV on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
IV gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bridges shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bridges lands with a good body shot.
Bridges staying out of range there.
IV swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bridges scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
IV uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bridges.

Bridges throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. IV tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bridges is in IV's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bridges sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bridges with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
IV keeping moving, preventing Bridges from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Leon Bridges.
IV lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bridges just misses with a punch to the body.

IV lands a big right hand that sends Bridges crashing to the mat! IV stays standing though and waves Bridges back to his feet!

It looks like Leon Bridges has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bridges takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Bridges is rocked!
Bridges misses with a body shot.
Oh Bridges is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
IV drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Bridges right on the button. Bridges goes down! IV follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! IV gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Omnus IV!
As Omnus IV got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Our pankration is the most powerful, Aut vincere aut mori.'.