PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dave Earp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Doe (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.

Earp
vs
Doe

169 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Earp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Doe!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Earp decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Doe keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Earp is looking to advance position but Doe won't allow it.
Earp seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Earp not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Doe can do anything to dispel that myth.
Earp looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Earp is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Earp sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Doe defending well though.
Earp sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Doe defending well though.
Doe blocking the ground and pound attempt from Earp.
Earp frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Earp cracks Doe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Earp with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Earp postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Doe looks a forlorn figure.
Earp fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Earp unloads with some shots from mount but Doe bucks and avoids them well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doe holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Earp tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Doe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Earp. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Earp landing strikes, looking to finish!
Earp is breathing heavily.
Earp working the ground and pound effectively.
Doe working to try and regain half guard.
Earp misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Earp looking to secure an arm triangle but Doe defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Earp connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Earp throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Doe wants to control but Earp is having none of it.
Doe wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Earp lands a big shot there that rocks Doe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Doe is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Earp lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Earp throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Earp landing punches.
Earp thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Doe tries to hold on but Earp postures up.
Earp working Doe over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Doe is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Doe blocking the ground and pound.
Earp avoids the attempt from Doe to control.
Earp is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Doe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Doe is rocked!
Earp landing punches.
Doe is still in real trouble! Can Earp finish him?

It looks like John Doe has been cut.
Earp throwing strikes here but Doe is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Doe wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Earp.
Doe blocking the ground and pound.
Earp punching from mount but Doe doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Earp 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.
Earp thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Earp thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Doe seems to have recovered his senses.
Earp fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Earp lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Earp is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Earp with shots to the head and body - Doe looks very uncomfortable down there.
Earp throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The referee warns Doe that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Doe tries to hold on but Earp postures up.

Earp with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Earp with the ground and pound from mount.

That has opened up John Doe's cut even more.
Earp with shots to the head and body - Doe looks very uncomfortable down there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Earp connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Doe really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
A nice elbow there by Earp.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Earp dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Doe's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Earp gets a big slam - oh, Doe is out! Doe is out! That's a nasty KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Dave Earp!