PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raju Armo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wade comes to the cage accompanied by Dance Gavin Dance - Strawberry Swisher pt. III . This should be fireworks!

Wade
vs
Armo

205 cm
27
282 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

195 cm
27
245 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wayne Wade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raju Armo!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wade has managed to clinch.
Armo lands with a left to the head.
Wade blocks an uppercut.
Wade blocking some punches.
Armo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wade scores with a nice hook to the head.
Armo tries to stall but Wade uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wade.
Wade scores with an uppercut up the middle.

It looks like Raju Armo has been cut.
Armo is trying to break the clinch but Wade has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Wade.
Wade lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wade is pushing Armo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Armo.
Armo is trying to push Wade away but Wade has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wade digs a right hand underneath Armo's ribcage. Armo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wade manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wade.
A short left from Wade.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wade throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Armos head.
Wade scores with a shoulder strike.
Wade taking a breather.

Wade drops Armo onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Armo is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Armo is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Armo is still on wobbly legs! Can Wade finish him?
Wade taking a breather.
Wade dips a shoulder and cracks Armo with a mighty uppercut! Armo falls back against the cage and Wade unloads with a barrage of strikes! Armo is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Wade screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Wade!
Wayne Wade spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.