PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Trechuk (ranked 4844 p4p, 4711 weight class) and The Dude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Trechuk
vs
Dude

181 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
211
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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 The Island, John Trechuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, The Dude!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dude closes the distance and clinches.

Trechuk breaks from the clinch.
Trechuk misses with a body shot.

Dude clinches up with Trechuk and pushes him back against the cage.
Dude wants to take the fight to the mat but Trechuk manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Trechuk gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dude.
Trechuk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dude fails to pull the fight into his guard.
John Trechuk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Dude.
Dude is looking for a takedown.
Trechuk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dude backwards.

Trechuk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dude punishes Trechuk's body with a nice straight punch.
Trechuk changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Trechuk tries to clinch but Dude moves out of range.
Trechuk lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Trechuk cracks Dude with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Dude looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Trechuk finish him?

Dude is rocked!

It looks like The Dude has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trechuk lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Dude head around and knocks him out cold! Trechuk hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Trechuk!