PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lay Pray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahmut Demir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pray comes to the cage accompanied by Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pray
vs
Demir

225 cm
40
300 lbs
15 - 33 - 0

196 cm
31
300 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lay Pray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mahmut Demir!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demir lands a jab to Pray's midsection.
Pray swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pray on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Demir throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Pray shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pray in particular looking to stall.
Pray will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Demir wants to control but Pray is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Demir is trying to stand back up but Pray is controlling him
Demir is trying to get back to full guard.
Pray sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Pray trying to control from half guard but Demir is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Lay Pray wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Demir pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pray is out of range and Demir settles back down.
Demir throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pray tries for a takedown but Demir sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Demir rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pray moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Demir rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pray moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pray shoots in for a takedown but Demir shows good takedown defense.

Pray gets caught napping as Demir dives in and scores a takedown. Pray manages to retain guard.
Demir postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pray wants to stand up but Demir is controlling him.

Pray uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Demir throws a right and a left that Pray avoids nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Demir. No joy for Pray on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lay Pray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pray shoots in for a double leg but Demir sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pray is breathing heavily.

Demir fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Pray to the ground. Demir is now in Pray's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pray trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demir keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pray's head.
Pray pulls Demir in to control the position.
Demir with a nice head shot there.
Demir slips nicely into half guard.
Pray wants to get back to his feet.
Pray wants to control but Demir is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Demir is trying to control. Pray wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Demir trying to pass the guard but Pray defending well.
Pray wants to control but Demir is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Pray is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pray wants to get back to full guard but Demir has passed into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pray on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Demir working away.
Pray tries to improve position but can't.
Pray is working to avoid the ground and pound but Demir connects with a decent elbow.
Pray is looking for a sweep.
Pray is pushing Demir's head away, looking to escape. Demir manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pray is looking to reverse the position.
Pray wants to get back to his feet.
Pray is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Demir sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pray is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Demir cracks Pray with a big right hand but Pray just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Pray wants to control but Demir postures up.
Pray is trying to escape the position but Demir is controlling the position.
Demir in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pray is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Pray is pushing Demir's head away, looking to escape. Demir manages to hold on to the position though.
Pray is trying to control Demir's posture but Demir avoids it.
Pray tries to bench press Demir off him but Demir keeps the position.
Demir working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Demir working away.
Demir lands a strong strike to the head of Pray. That's dazed him! Demir looking to finish here. Pray is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Demir lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mahmut Demir!