PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Garruk Wildspeaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashur Syrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wildspeaker
vs
Syrian

188 cm
27
235 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

190 cm
26
275 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Garruk Wildspeaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ashur Syrian!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wildspeaker tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Syrian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wildspeaker wants to clinch but Syrian slips to the side
and Syrian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wildspeaker looks to land a body kick but Syrian moved away.
Wildspeaker tries to clinch up
and Syrian connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Syrian gets the takedown into side control.
Syrian scoring with punches from side control.
Syrian misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Syrian postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Syrian in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ground and pound from Syrian seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Syrian postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Syrian is chipping away with strikes.
Syrian scores with a couple of short elbows.
Syrian tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Syrian is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Wildspeaker will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Syrian working the head with strikes.
Syrian grinds an elbow into Wildspeaker's temple.
Syrian cracks Wildspeaker with a big right hand but Wildspeaker just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wildspeaker is working to avoid the ground and pound but Syrian connects with a decent elbow.
Wildspeaker is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wildspeaker parries the strikes from Syrian easily there. Syrian is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Wildspeaker to escape.
Syrian landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Syrian is putting a hurting on Wildspeaker here, landing some big shots from side control.
Syrian lands a decent elbow from side control.
Syrian creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

It looks like Garruk Wildspeaker has been cut.
Syrian tries to score with some ground and pound. Wildspeaker controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Syrian scoring with punches from side control.
Syrian scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Wildspeaker to see if he's OK.
Wildspeaker taking punishment in the form of punches.
Syrian working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Syrian creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Syrian connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Wildspeaker some visible discomfort.

Garruk Wildspeaker's cut is getting worse.
Wildspeaker is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Syrian working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Garruk Wildspeaker's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
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!
Syrian postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Check out the look on Syrian's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Syrian scores with a couple of short elbows.

Jeez, Garruk Wildspeaker's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Garruk Wildspeaker's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ashur Syrian!