PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Cloud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rey Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bautista has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cloud
vs
Bautista

180 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pete Cloud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Rey Bautista!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cloud keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bautista looks gassed!
Cloud shoots in looking for a takedown but Bautista manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cloud's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bautista keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Cloud feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cloud lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cloud's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cloud working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bautista's head.
Cloud is in close to Bautista's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cloud could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cloud scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cloud scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cloud distracts Bautista with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cloud makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cloud postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cloud scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cloud scoring with some ground and pound.
Cloud 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cloud with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Bautista is rocked!
Cloud is working Bautista over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bautista is still in real trouble! Can Cloud finish him?
Cloud working some strikes from top position.
Cloud working some strikes from top position.
Cloud working some strikes from top position.
Cloud working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bautista's head.
Cloud arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Bautista's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Pete Cloud!