PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jason Easton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Air Dale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Easton
vs
Dale

170 cm
26
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

172 cm
23
137 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Easton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Air Dale!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Easton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dale sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Easton misses with the combination.
Easton throws a nice looking combination but Dale bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Dale clinches up against the cage.
Dale prevents Easton from breaking the clinch.
Easton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Easton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dale keeps control of Easton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Easton wants to get back to striking at distance but Dale won't allow it.
Easton has had enough of the clinch but Dale keeps him there for the moment.
Dale looking to throw knees to the head but Easton is blocking nicely.
Easton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dale obliges.
Easton is trying to push Dale away but Dale has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Easton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dale keeps control of Easton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Easton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Easton is trying to break free.
Easton tries to circle away but Dale has him pinned against the cage.
Easton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Easton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Easton has had enough of the clinch but Dale keeps him there for the moment.
Dale putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Easton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dale landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Dale.
Easton is trying to break free.
Easton tries to break the clinch but Dale is controlling the position.
Dale connects with a nasty looking knee right to Easton's face.
Dale unloads a knee to the mid-section. Easton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Dale manages to break the clinch.
Easton throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Dale counters by moving into the clinch.
Easton can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easton tries to circle away but Dale has him pinned against the cage.
Dale lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Easton is trying to push Dale away but Dale has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Easton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Easton has had enough of the clinch but Dale keeps him there for the moment.
Easton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dale has him pressed against the cage.
Dale landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dale.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dale's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Easton throws a series of punches but Dale moves out of range.
Easton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Easton is breathing heavily.
Easton throws an off balance right hand

and Dale holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dale lands a nice elbow.

Easton is rocked!
Dale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh Easton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clinched against the cage, Dale lands a big elbow that drops Easton! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Easton is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Air Dale!
A pretty intense looking Air Dale took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.