PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tristan St. Gough (ranked 2488 p4p, 2227 weight class) and Ralph Long (ranked 306 p4p, 274 weight class). Ralph Long is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

St. Gough
vs
Long

193 cm
24
250
3 - 2 - 0

193 cm
31
265
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tristan St. Gough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ralph Long!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St. Gough moves into the clinch.
St. Gough misses with some punches.

Long escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Long fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Long is looking to chop away at St. Gough's legs.

Long gets tackled into the cage by St. Gough. St. Gough maintains the clinch.
Long is pushing St. Gough up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
St. Gough throws a head punch that misses.
Long prevents a body shot from St. Gough.
St. Gough lands a shoulder strike.
St. Gough throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Longs head.
Long tries a body shot but St. Gough blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long misses with a body punch.
St. Gough digs a right hand underneath Long's ribcage. Long let out a lung full of air as it connected.
St. Gough lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Long blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Long is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Long.
Long is trying to break free.
A hook to the body from St. Gough.
A shot in the inside from St. Gough.
St. Gough blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
St. Gough lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Long backwards.
St. Gough can't find room to land a body shot as Long controls the action.
St. Gough swings wildly with an uppercut but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Gough softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
St. Gough lands a body punch.
Long looks winded!
Long takes a shot to the head.
St. Gough lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St. Gough is leaning against Long and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
St. Gough tries a body shot but Long blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from St. Gough.
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!
A short right from St. Gough.
St. Gough can't find room to land a body shot as Long controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by St. Gough.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St. Gough.
Long tries to break free but St. Gough pushes him back against the cage.
St. Gough lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Long backwards.

Long is rocked!
St. Gough creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Long with a big uppercut! Long tries to clinch up but St. Gough pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Long to the mat! Long covers up and St. Gough unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tristan St. Gough!
In his post fight interview, Tristan St. Gough started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.