PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elias Eberhard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Eldridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Eberhard
vs
Eldridge

184 cm
26
225 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
32
220 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Elias Eberhard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Eldridge!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eldridge misses with a few strikes there.
Eberhard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Eldridge thows a body shot but no joy.
Eldridge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Eldridge.
Eberhard shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Eldridge as he jumps to the side.

Eberhard scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Eldridge is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eldridge takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eberhard tries to advance to mount but Eldridge denies him.
Eldridge is not content to let Eberhard control the position.
Eldridge wants to control but Eberhard postures up.
Eberhard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Eldridge is looking for a sweep.
Eberhard cracks Eldridge with a big elbow.
Eberhard misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Eldridge is trying to improve his position.
Eberhard cracks Eldridge with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Eberhard scoring with punches and elbows.
Eldridge is looking for a sweep.
This has been an exciting period of action!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Eberhard seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Eberhard working the head and body with strikes.
Eberhard sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Eldridge is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Eldridge is looking for a sweep.
Eberhard scoring with punches and elbows.
Eldridge is not content to let Eberhard control the position.
The ground and pound from Eberhard seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Eberhard creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Eberhard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Eldridge down.
Eldridge is trying to buck Eberhard off.
Eberhard cracks Eldridge with a big right hand but Eldridge just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

It looks like Michael Eldridge has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eberhard is putting a hurting on Eldridge here, landing some big shots from side control.
Eldridge is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Eldridge tries to improve position but can't.
Eldridge is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Eberhard asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Eberhard is working Eldridge over with some ground and pound from side control.
Eberhard working the ground and pound.
Eberhard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Eldridge down.

Eldridge is rocked!
Eberhard works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Eldridge is still in real trouble! Can Eberhard finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eberhard scoring with punches from side control.
Eberhard working away.
Eldridge taking punishment in the form of punches.
A big shot lands for Eberhard! That's hurt Eldridge! Will he recover? Eberhard fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elias Eberhard!