PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jermaine Choake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curtis Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Choake might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hans Zimmer - The Kraken. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Choake
vs
Sharp

186 cm
31
183 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

178 cm
33
176 lbs
25 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jermaine Choake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Curtis Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Choake looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Choake fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sharp.
Curtis Sharp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Choake shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sharp as he jumps to the side.
Choake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Sharp misses.
Sharp scores with a jab.
Choake moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sharp lands with a nice body kick.
Sharp sizes up Choake with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Choake tries to clinch but Sharp moves out of range.
Sharp just misses with a punch to the body.

Choake is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sharp's half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sharp wants to control but Choake is keeping busy.

Choake is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Choake with the ground and pound but Sharp uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Choake tries to free his leg and advance position but Sharp is retaining full guard.
Sharp is trying to hold Choake in close to prevent damage but Choake has managed to pass into half guard.
Sharp gets back to full guard.
Sharp keeping full guard, as Choake tries to pass.
Choake postures up.
Choake wants to control from the top but Sharp keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp looking to control but Choake passes into half guard.

Choake is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Choake thows a huge punch but Sharp dodges it nicely.
Sharp is in trouble now - Choake has advanced to mount!
Sharp tries to lock up and control but Choake gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Choake looking to finish with strikes here!
Choake landing strikes from the mount and Sharp is in trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Choake raining down hammerfists from mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Choake tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Choake avoids the attempt from Sharp to control.
Choake looking to ground and pound but Sharp is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sharp can't escape the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Choake throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Choake lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Choake throwing strikes here but Sharp is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Choake lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Choake lands a big elbow.
Sharp trying desperately to get to his feet.
Choake working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Choake pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Choake tries to control but Sharp wriggling away.
Sharp gets back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Choake.
Sharp wants to get back to his feet.
Sharp wants to get back to full guard.
Sharp is staying active underneath Choake, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Choake missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Choake wants to control but Sharp is keeping him busy.
Sharp moves into full guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sharp is trying to control the position but Choake postures up.
Choake trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Choake passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sharp can't do much from the bottom here.
Choake wants to control but Sharp is keeping him busy.
Choake working the ground and pound but Sharp is defending the strikes.
Sharp is looking to reverse the position.
Choake wants to control but Sharp is keeping him busy.
Choake is trying to ground and pound but Sharp uses the momentary lack of control by Choake to regain half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sharp is trying to get back to full guard.
Sharp is staying active underneath Choake, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sharp wants to control but Choake is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Choake is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sharp has managed to free his arm - good work.
Sharp is trying to get back to full guard.
Choake frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sharp tries to hold on but Choake postures up.
Choake wants to control the pace but Sharp is squirming around nicely.
Choake working the ground and pound effectively.
Choake tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Choake is landing with some decent strikes but Sharp is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Choake working Sharp over with strikes here.
Choake lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharp is looking to get to half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Choake with good strikes from the mount here!
Choake scoring with strikes but Sharp is staying in there.
Choake 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.
Sharp tries to hold on but Choake pushes him away.
Sharp keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Choake is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sharp is surviving well by controlling Choake's body position as best he can.
Choake looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Choake looking to control and managing it successfully.
Choake dominating with strikes here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Choake lands a heavy elbow.
Choake wants to control the pace but Sharp is squirming around nicely.

Choake is working for a guillotine from mount but Sharp frees his head quite easily.
Choake lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Sharp that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Choake lands a couple of good shots and Sharp has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Choake misses with punches from the back.

Sharp showing good submission defense here.

Sharp tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Choake has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Sharp is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jermaine Choake!
Jermaine Choake very nearly forgot to thank Fury Nutrition Inc. amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.