PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Winston Ashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashley's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Epic by Farhan Khan. Winston Ashley could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Henry Charles's chin.

Ashley
vs
Charles

178 cm
29
170 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

175 cm
22
167 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Winston Ashley!
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, Henry Charles!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ashley looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Charles!
Ashley tries to control but Charles wriggling away.
Charles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Charles reaches up to try and control the position but Ashley seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Charles rolls and tries to escape and now Ashley has his back!
Will Ashley go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Ashley trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Charles doesn't escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashley doesn't have the hooks in and Charles manages to turn into his guard.
Charles slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Charles looking to pass the guard.
Ashley keeping moving, preventing Charles from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Winston Ashley wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Charles darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ashley manages to get to full guard.
Charles with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashley keeping full guard, as Charles tries to pass.
Charles is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Charles looking to pass the guard.
Ashley can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Charles controls the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ashley is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Winston Ashley has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Charles moves into range and clinches up with Ashley.
Ashley goes for a takedown in the clinch but Charles prevents it.
Ashley tries to score a body lock takedown but Charles shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Charles lands an uppercut.

Charles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Charles dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ashley slips under a jab.
Henry Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Charles shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Charles was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Charles controlling the pace for now.
Ashley tries to hold on but Charles postures up.
Charles controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Poor strikes thrown by Charles there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Charles content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Charles throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Charles content just to control the position here.
Ashley is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Henry Charles wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ashley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Charles as he avoids it easily.
Charles throws a big shot that misses.
Ashley fails with the takedown
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
Charles is looking to clinch but Ashley is avoiding it.
Ashley has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Charles finds it's way round the side to connect with Ashley's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles tries a low kick but Ashley avoids it.
Decent striking displayed by Charles there.
Ashley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Charles counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ashley!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winston Ashley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ashley is looking to improve his position but Charles isn't that keen on the idea.
Charles sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles landing strikes from the mount and Ashley is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Charles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Ashley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Nice uppercut lands for Charles. That snapped Ashley's head back.
Ashley takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Ashley is rocked!
Charles lands a slapping body shot.
Oh Ashley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ashley walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Ashley limp body while Charles jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Henry Charles!