PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stark Asap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Tripp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tripp has chosen House of the Rising Sun by The Animals as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Asap
vs
Tripp

191 cm
25
192 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stark Asap!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jackson Tripp!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tripp looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Asap!
Asap tries to bench press Tripp off him but Tripp keeps the position.
Tripp taking a break here but Asap is having none of it and regains half guard.
Tripp working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tripp is keen to just control but Asap is a slippery customer.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tripp lands a nice short elbow.
Asap moves into full guard.
Asap on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Asap tries to get out of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asap is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tripp wants to pass the guard but Asap is keeping the position.
Tripp works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tripp trying to control the action but Asap is working from the bottom.
Asap is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tripp's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tripp's back!
Asap is controlling the position but Tripp somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Tripp tries to roll over but Asap keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tripp is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Asap's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Asap's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tripp scores with strikes from the back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tripp scores with punches and elbows.
Good control from Tripp.
Tripp landing with strikes.
Asap trying to control the hands but Tripp won't let him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tripp lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tripp punishes Asap with strikes from the back mount.
Tripp has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asap just trying to survive but Tripp is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
A lull in the action here.
Tripp scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Asap is looking for a way out.
Tripp trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Asap doesn't escape.
Tripp trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Tripp is landing with strikes from the back.
Tripp is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Asap. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tripp has Asap flattened out and is raining down punches.
Tripp looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Tripp lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Asap.

Asap is rocked!
Tripp scores with punches from the back.
Oh Asap is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tripp scoring with big shots to the body. Asap is looking for a way out. A despairing look towards the ref and the official steps in to stop the fight. Asap was obviously done but didn't want to tap out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jackson Tripp!
Jackson Tripp is the new middleweight champion!
Jackson Tripp decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.