PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nixon Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Lestat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Red
vs
Lestat

190 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
24
196 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nixon Red!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Lestat!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Red tries to bum rush Lestat with a series of wild strikes but Lestat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Red looks to land a right hand but Lestat moved out of range.
Lestat slips a jab from Red.
Red fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lestat is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Red listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lestat misses with a head kick.
Red misses with a two punch combination.
Red misses with a wild combination.
Lestat stuns Red with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lestat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Red gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Red swinging wildly here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lestat.
Lestat looks to score with a jab to the body but Red is just out of range.
Lestat misses with a head kick.
Lestat looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Red is fending him off so far but Lestat persists. Nope, Red circles away and we're back to standing.
Red avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Red does no damage.
Lestat scores with a hook.
Lestat uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Red.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lestat drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Lestat trying to control the position from guard on top but Red is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Red is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lestat is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Red working a defensive guard here.
Red keeping full guard, as Lestat tries to pass.
Lestat trying to control the position from guard on top but Red is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lestat throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Red works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lestat looking to pass the guard.
Red keeping moving, preventing Lestat from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lestat takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Red lands with a slapping head kick.
Red misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lestat with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Red to score with a decent uppercut.
Lestat throws a head kick that misses.
Red lands with a big right hook that stumbles Lestat - he's out on his feet here! Red follows up with another monster hook that separates Lestat from consciousness! Lestat falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Red stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Nixon Red!