PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trent Armitage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Pearce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armitage comes to the cage accompanied by Klone - Revisit The Lair. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Armitage
vs
Pearce

182 cm
26
183 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

173 cm
24
186 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trent Armitage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Pearce!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearce scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pearce.

Armitage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pearce can't break the clinch.
Armitage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pearce tries for a takedown but Armitage manages to get underhooks.
Pearce has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Armitage is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Trent Armitage has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Pearce.
Armitage crunches a lovely knee into Pearce's ribcage.
Pearce is trying to break free.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Armitage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pearce looks gassed!
Armitage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Matt Pearce has been cut.
Armitage comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Armitage comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Matt Pearce's cut even more.
Pearce avoiding damage as Armitage throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Armitage obliges.
Pearce takes an elbow to the temple.
Armitage landing knees to the head.

The cut above Matt Pearce's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Armitage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pearce lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Armitage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pearce lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pearce takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Armitage.
Armitage comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Armitage scores a nice knee to the body.
Armitage with a knee to the head.
Armitage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Armitage lands an elbow that stopped Pearce in his tracks for a moment.

Matt Pearce's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Armitage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pearce.
Armitage lands a nice knee to the body.
Armitage lands a knee to the body.
Armitage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pearce lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Armitage landing knees to the body.
Armitage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Armitage lands a damaging elbow.
Armitage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Armitage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pearce on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armitage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pearce.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armitage misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Pearce.

Pearce lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Pearce tries to pass to full mount but Armitage defends it.
Armitage is holding on to half guard well.
Armitage wants to get back to his feet.
Armitage manages to get to full guard.
Pearce is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Armitage is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Armitage is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Pearce is trying to maintain the position but Armitage is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armitage throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pearce is trying to maintain the position but Armitage is very close to passing his half guard.

Armitage is working for a kimura but Pearce is defending it quite comfortably.
Armitage sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pearce defending well though.
Armitage throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pearce slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Armitage working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armitage cracks Pearce with a solid left hand.
Pearce trying to control the position.
Armitage wants to control from the top but Pearce keeps moving.
Armitage is in close to Pearce's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pearce preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pearce looking to control.
Armitage wants to control from the top but Pearce keeps moving.
Pearce has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Armitage has passed into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pearce takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Armitage has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trent Armitage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Pearce's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pearce tries to keep at a distance but Armitage has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pearce tries for a takedown. No joy.
Armitage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pearce.
Pearce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pearce looking to slow down the pace here.
Armitage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pearce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pearce wants to break the clinch but can't.
Armitage lands a nice elbow.
Pearce on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Armitage tries to land a knee to the head but Pearce blocks with his arms.
Pearce has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Armitage avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Armitage comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pearce is breathing heavily.
Pearce pushes Armitage back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Armitage lands a nice elbow.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Trent Armitage!