PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tristan Mkhalele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Fwapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mkhalele comes to the cage accompanied by Noir Désir - Un jour en France. Fwapp has chosen Amazing By Kanye West as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mkhalele
vs
Fwapp

180 cm
31
256 lbs
14 - 14 - 1

190 cm
29
250 lbs
15 - 6 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 14 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Tristan Mkhalele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Bob Fwapp!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mkhalele tries to clinch but Fwapp moves out of range.
Fwapp throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mkhalele's waist but Mkhalele gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fwapp off to one side.
Mkhalele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fwapp swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mkhalele moves in looking to clinch but Fwapp pushes him off.
Tristan Mkhalele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mkhalele moves out of range of the strikes.
Fwapp looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mkhalele is fending him off so far but Fwapp persists. Nope, Mkhalele circles away and we're back to standing.
Mkhalele throws a head kick that misses
and Fwapp counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mkhalele wants to clinch.
Mkhalele showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fwapp.
Mkhalele moves to clinch but Fwapp breaks away
and Fwapp counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mkhalele fails in his attempt to clinch.

Mkhalele gets a clinch.
Mkhalele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fwapp looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fwapp avoids the elbow strike from Mkhalele, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mkhalele just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fwapp's brow.
Mkhalele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mkhalele displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fwapp up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mkhalele lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Bob Fwapp has been cut.
Fwapp avoids the elbow strike from Mkhalele, against the cage.
Mkhalele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fwapp blocks an elbow strike from Mkhalele.
Mkhalele putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fwapp in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mkhalele landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mkhalele taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mkhalele throws an elbow but misses.
Mkhalele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mkhalele is stalling here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Mkhalele for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Mkhalele.
Mkhalele lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Bob Fwapp's cut even more.
Mkhalele misses with a knee strike.
Mkhalele prevents Fwapp from breaking the clinch.
Mkhalele throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mkhalele has Fwapp pressed against the cage.

Fwapp breaks the clinch.
Mkhalele tries to clinch there but Fwapp circles away.
Mkhalele tries to clinch up.
Mkhalele wants to clinch but Fwapp slips to the side
and Fwapp counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mkhalele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fwapp tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mkhalele sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fwapp somewhat.
Tristan Mkhalele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Fwapp.

Fwapp tries to keep at a distance but Mkhalele has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mkhalele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mkhalele misses with an elbow strike.
Mkhalele misses with an elbow strike.
Fwapp lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mkhalele backwards.
Mkhalele taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mkhalele gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Mkhalele tries to land a knee to the head but Fwapp blocks with his arms.
Mkhalele effectively controlling the action here.
Fwapp blocks an elbow strike.
Mkhalele pushes off an throws an elbow but Fwapp leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mkhalele is struggling to control the position.
Fwapp is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mkhalele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fwapp wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mkhalele gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mkhalele pushes off an throws an elbow but Fwapp leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mkhalele lands an elbow inside.

The cut above Bob Fwapp's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tristan Mkhalele!
A relieved looking Tristan Mkhalele thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.