PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Ray Miranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warwick Martigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miranda comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Not Alright from Shinedown. Johnny Ray Miranda has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ray Miranda
vs
Martigan

176 cm
20
130 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

169 cm
25
135 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Backyard Fighting

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Ray Miranda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Warwick Martigan!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martigan stuns Miranda with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Martigan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Miranda's head backwards.

Martigan moves into the clinch.
Martigan working aggressively here.
Martigan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Martigan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martigan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Miranda tries for a takedown. No joy.
A shot in the inside from Martigan.
Miranda has Martigan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Martigan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Ray Miranda. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martigan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Warwick Martigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Martigan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Miranda, pushing him back against the cage.
Miranda is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Martigan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Martigan gets underhooks to prevent Miranda's takedown attempt.

Martigan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Miranda looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Martigan is fending him off so far but Miranda persists. Nope, Martigan circles away and we're back to standing.
A left and a right from Martigan both land. Nice combination.
No luck for Miranda with that takedown attempt.
Martigan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Martigan cracks Miranda with a hook to the temple - Miranda is on wobbly legs here! Martigan swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Miranda falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Martigan wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Warwick Martigan!
A very excited looking Warwick Martigan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.