PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ty Booth (ranked 3023 p4p, 25520 weight class) and Cruz Laime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laime is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Chambea. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Booth
vs
Laime

190 cm
25
215
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
205
1 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ty Booth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cruz Laime!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Booth looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Laime!
Laime is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Booth controlling from side mount.
Laime taking a bit of punishment here - Booth scoring with strikes.
Booth landing strikes.
Laime takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Cruz Laime has been cut.
Booth taking a breather here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Laime tries to bench press Booth off him but Booth keeps the position.
A lull in the action here.
Booth seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Laime for as long as he can get away with.
Booth creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Booth's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Booth in side control lands a decent elbow.
Booth lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Laime down.

Laime is rocked!
Booth has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Booth works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Laime is still in real trouble! Can Booth finish him?
Booth in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Laime looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Booth turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ty Booth!
The defeated Cruz Laime had this to say: 'This ain't over yet...'.