PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Schmelzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Aspen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Schmelzer
vs
Aspen

191 cm
19
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
26
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Schmelzer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Aspen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Schmelzer. Those never looked like landing.
Aspen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Aspen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Aspen content to control rather than advance.
Aspen throwing shots but Schmelzer is blocking nicely.
Aspen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Schmelzer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aspen.
Aspen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Aspen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aspen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Aspen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Aspen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Aspen moves into full mount! Schmelzer won't be happy about that!
Aspen raining down hammerfists from mount.

It looks like Thomas Schmelzer has been cut.
Schmelzer'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.
Aspen landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aspen punching from mount but Schmelzer doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Schmelzer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Aspen is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Schmelzer has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Aspen quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Aspen but it's paid off an Schmelzer is forced to tap! Nice work by Aspen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Paul Aspen!
Paul Aspen was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.