PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Craig David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xeroderma Pigmentosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David comes to the cage accompanied by Craig David - Rise and Fall. Pigmentosa has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

David
vs
Pigmentosa

179 cm
28
197 lbs
11 - 14 - 0

180 cm
31
193 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xeroderma Pigmentosa!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Pigmentosa. No joy for David on that attempt.

David closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pigmentosa did well to prevent David getting side control.
Pigmentosa looks gassed!
Pigmentosa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pigmentosa defending well though.
Pigmentosa has hold of David's hands but David slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
David winds up and cracks Pigmentosa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
David not landing any meaningful shots this time.
David thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pigmentosa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
David missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
David throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
David sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pigmentosa defending well though.
David trying to pass the guard but Pigmentosa defending well.

David wants to work for an arm triangle but Pigmentosa is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pigmentosa's head.
David not doing much here.
David working the head and body with strikes.
David thows a huge punch but Pigmentosa dodges it nicely.
Pigmentosa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but David scores with a couple of nice shots.
David is nestled in close to Pigmentosa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
David lands strikes from half guard.
David throwing shots but Pigmentosa is blocking nicely.
David missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
David thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pigmentosa's head.
David missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

David is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Pigmentosa has managed to free his arm - good work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
David wants to control but Pigmentosa is keeping him busy.
Pigmentosa has hold of David's hands but David slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
David missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
David trying to control the action but Pigmentosa is working from the bottom.
Pigmentosa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from David.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David is pressing down on Pigmentosa's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pigmentosa is holding on for now.
David 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.
David throwing shots but Pigmentosa is blocking nicely.
David scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
David is looking to take a break and control but Pigmentosa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
David lands strikes from half guard.
David thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pigmentosa's head.
David working Pigmentosa over with strikes.
David uses his free foot to push down on Pigmentosa's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Pigmentosa.
Pigmentosa blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David scoring with strikes but Pigmentosa is staying in there.
David scoring with strikes but Pigmentosa is staying in there.

Pigmentosa is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poor strikes thrown by David there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Pigmentosa is bucking up trying to escape but David cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pigmentosa is still in real trouble! Can David finish him?
David tries to control but Pigmentosa wriggling away.
David is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pigmentosa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
David throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
David throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pigmentosa takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! David's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Craig David!
Craig David decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.