PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Troy Lancaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chisato Ashida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy Lancaster has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Lancaster
vs
Ashida

190 cm
22
222 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

189 cm
25
219 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Fit -N- PHAT!

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Lancaster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chisato Ashida!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ashida shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lancaster lands with a good body shot.
Ashida tries to clinch up.
Lancaster ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ashida moves away.

Ashida shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ashida throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lancaster because Ashida loaded up on that one.
Ashida is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lancaster can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lancaster tries to buck Ashida off but he can't manage it.
Ashida working the ground and pound effectively.
Ashida scoring with strikes but Lancaster is staying in there.

Lancaster is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ashida throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ashida breaks from Lancaster's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Oh Lancaster is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lancaster knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ashida on the ground.
Ashida thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Lancaster is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashida unloading with bombs!
Lancaster is bucking up trying to escape but Ashida cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Ashida is working for a guillotine from mount but Lancaster frees his head quite easily.

Ashida is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lancaster has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Lancaster seems to have got his legs back now.
Ashida looking to ground and pound but Lancaster is blocking nicely.
Ashida thowing shots but they're missing.
Lancaster in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Lancaster in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lancaster is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ashida lands a big shot to the head and Lancaster winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Chisato Ashida!