PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Ashton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Galen Dall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Ashton has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ashton
vs
Dall

182 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eric Ashton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Galen Dall!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ashton shoots in and bounces Dall off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ashton is working Dall over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ashton content to stall in guard here.
Ashton lands a couple of elbows.
Ashton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dall's head.
Ashton works over Dall with some ground and pound from guard.
Ashton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ashton sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ashton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Dall throws his legs up looking for a submission but Ashton uses it to pass to side control.
Dall takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dall being controlled for a moment.
Ashton cracks Dall with a big right hand but Dall just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ashton scores with punches from side control.
Ashton gets to mount! Dall was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Ashton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dall?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashton with good strikes from the mount here!
Ashton looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ashton cracks Dall with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ashton putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dall tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dall tries to lock up and control but Ashton gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dall in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dall is looking to improve his position but Ashton isn't that keen on the idea.
Ashton lands a heavy elbow.
Ashton lands a big elbow.
Ashton raining down hammerfists from mount.

Dall is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashton scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dall is still in real trouble! Can Ashton finish him?
Ashton controlling the position easily from mount.
Dall is working to get back to half guard.
Ashton connects with a bit shot that sees Dall covering up! More strikes from Ashton and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ashton is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Ashton!
After the fight, Eric Ashton was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.