PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier McPherson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dusty Yourass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dusty Yourass is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

McPherson
vs
Yourass

187 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
23
182 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Alpha-Omega

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier McPherson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dusty Yourass!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yourass throws a head kick that misses.
Yourass stuffs the takedown.
Yourass tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Yourass gets the takedown into side control.
Yourass wants to stand but McPherson is controlling his arm.

Yourass stands up and beckons McPherson to his feet.
Yourass looks for a takedown but McPherson sprawls well.
McPherson shoots for a takedown but Yourass saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Yourass shoots in for a double leg but McPherson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
McPherson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier McPherson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yourass circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dusty Yourass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yourass closes this distance looking for a takedown but McPherson circles away.

Yourass shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Yourass showed some decent athleticism there.
Yourass wants to stand but McPherson has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
McPherson regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yourass is looking to stand up but McPherson won't let him.
Yourass looks gassed!

McPherson looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Yourass is defending well. McPherson quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Yourass has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! McPherson celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Xavier McPherson!