PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simon Mcbride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rashad Strasser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rashad Strasser told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Mcbride
vs
Strasser

188 cm
23
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Simon Mcbride!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rashad Strasser!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcbride with a lazy takedown attempt
and Strasser counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Simon Mcbride has been cut.
Mcbride shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Strasser counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mcbride has his takedown stuffed
and Strasser counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Mcbride. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mcbride shoots and misses
and Strasser counters with a right hand to the body.
Mcbride is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mcbride gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Strasser counters with a nice uppercut.
and Strasser counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Mcbride! He's just covering up as Strasser starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rashad Strasser!
Rashad Strasser is the new welterweight champion!
A very excited looking Rashad Strasser made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.