PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rick Ashton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamil Walus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashton comes to the cage accompanied by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Ashton
vs
Walus

170 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
152 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Ashton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kamil Walus!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walus looks to land a left hand but Ashton moved out of range nicely.
Walus misses with the combination.
Walus misses with a combination

and Ashton counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ashton.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ashton's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Walus is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ashton is controlling him.
Ashton wants to control from the top but Walus keeps moving.
Ashton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walus swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Ashton drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Ashton seems to have locked his on tight now - Walus screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Ashton, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Rick Ashton!
Rick Ashton opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.