PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nickolas Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Power has chosen Max is coming, better be ready... as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bryant
vs
Power

170 cm
29
184 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

185 cm
31
173 lbs
25 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nickolas Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Max Power!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryant misses with a wild body shot.
Power blocks a jab.
Bryant throws a poor cross that misses
and Power counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bryant lands a nice shot to the body.
Bryant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bryant checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bryant scores with a nice right hand.
Power moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Power misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bryant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Power manages to avoid it.
Power throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bryant on the side of the head.

It looks like Nickolas Bryant has been cut.
Donk. Power catches Bryant right on the button with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Power moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bryant moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Power. That did some damage!
Power takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Power tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nickolas Bryant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Power ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Power.
Power drops his hands momentarily and Bryant takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Power rushes Bryant and presses him up against the cage.
Power is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Power lands a hook that snaps the head of Bryant backwards.
Power swings wildly with an uppercut but Bryant uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant misses with some punches.

Power breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Power connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Power lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bryant throws a right hand that misses

and Power counters with a crisp one two that drops Bryant! Power thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Bryant to his feet! Bryant is in big trouble!

Bryant is rocked!
Bryant takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Power ducks under a wild hook from Bryant.
Bryant shoots and misses
and Power counters with a nice uppercut.

Nickolas Bryant's cut is getting worse.
Power tries to close the distance and clinch but Bryant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Power comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A low kick from Bryant misses
and Power makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bryant avoids the body shot from Power.
The fight stays on the outside here - Power looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Power is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bryant takes a swing at Power's ribcage but misses.
Max Power is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A good leg kick by Power.
Bryant takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Power throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Bryant misses its intended target.
Bryant throws a head kick that misses
and Power counters with a nice body shot.

Power fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bryant, pushing him back against the cage.
Bryant can't get the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Power manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot by Power.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Power closes the distance and pushes Bryant back into the cage.

Bryant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bryant misses with a straight left.
Bryant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Power lands with a good body shot.
Bryant loads up on a big right hand but Power slips the punch.

Power takes the fight into the clinch.
Bryant throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Power tries to land knees in the clinch but Bryant avoids the damage to the body.
Power missing with knees to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Power lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bryant backwards.
Bryant controlling the action here for a moment.
Bryant tries to work over Power's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from Bryant.
Still in the clinch, Power scores with a nice short uppercut.
Power can't break the clinch.
Power has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Power lands an elbow inside that Bryant shrugs off.

Nickolas Bryant's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Power tries to stall but Bryant uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Power trying to land knees to the body.
Bryant tries for a takedown but Power manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nickolas Bryant. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Power's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bryant takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Power throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bryant.
Bryant misses with a head kick.
A jab from Power finds it's way through Bryant's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Power.
Power tries a low kick but Bryant avoids it.
Bryant throws a head kick that misses
and Power counters with an outside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Power checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Power defending well as Bryant loads up on a big left hand.
Bryant moves out of range of the strikes.
Bryant lands a jab to the nose.
Bryant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bryant smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bryant throws a head kick that misses.
Bryant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Power has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bryant.
Bryant chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Power can pounce on him.
Power slips a jab from Bryant.
Power tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Power tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good leg kick by Power there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Power moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Jeez, Nickolas Bryant's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Power wants to clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bryant moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bryant throws a head kick that Power semi-blocks.
Power uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bryant.
Power throws a combination. Bryant tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nickolas Bryant's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Max Power!
A very excited looking Max Power made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.