PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jon Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Warring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warring has chosen Lick my chocolate salty balls live by chef from South Park as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Askren
vs
Warring

177 cm
29
185 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

164 cm
27
196 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
V-Mask Clothing (10%)

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jon Askren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Warring!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warring takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A punch combination from Askren misses.

Warring lands a big head kick that sends Askren tumbling to the mat! Warring takes a step backwards and waves Askren back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Askren is rocked!

It looks like Jon Askren has been cut.
Warring lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oh Askren is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Warring throws a head kick but Askren moves out of range.
Askren takes a swing at Warring's ribcage but misses.
Askren seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Warring misses with a low kick.
Warring misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Askren throws a body shot but no joy.
Askren lands a really nice looking cross but Warring seems unphased.
Warring fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Askren.
Askren seems to have got his legs back now.
Warring throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Askren tries to counter by clinching up but Warring breaks away and moves out of range.
Marcus Warring seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Askren throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Warring was covering up waiting for the punch and Askren finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Askren postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Askren throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Warring works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warring preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Warring looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren distracts Warring with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Askren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Askren sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Askren is working Warring over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Askren in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Warring avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Askren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Askren loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Askren showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Askren distracts Warring with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren is in close to Warring's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Askren's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Askren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Askren slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Askren is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Askren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Askren is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Askren wants to control from the top but Warring keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Askren loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Askren seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Askren scoring with some ground and pound.
Askren passes Warring's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Warring has hold of Askren's hands but Askren slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Askren throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Warring really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Askren. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Warring has hold of Askren's hands but Askren slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Warring avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Askren.
Askren looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Warring with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Askren working Warring over with strikes.
Askren uses his free foot to push down on Warring's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Warring.
Askren landing strikes from the mount.
Askren sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Askren lands a couple of good shots and Warring has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Askren dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Askren's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Warring lands with a kick to the temple. Askren shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Warring misses with a looping right.
Askren rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Warring moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Askren connects with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Askren.
Askren checks a low kick from Warring.
Askren seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Askren lands a jab to the nose.
Warring misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Warring scores with a decent looking hook.
Warring misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Warring.
Askren misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Askren takes a swing at Warring's ribcage but misses.
Askren lands with an uppercut that bounces Warring off the cage and back into range.
Askren uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Warring.
Warring tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Warring throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Askren sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Warring throws a leg kick

and Askren holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Askren.
Askren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Warring wants to break the clinch but can't.
Askren misses with a body punch.
Askren taking a breather.
Askren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Askren lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Askren makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Warring's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Askren scores with a shot to the side of Warring's head.
Askren scores with a shot to the side of Warring's head.
Askren lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Askren fails to land.
Askren leaning against his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Warring.
Askren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Warrings head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Warring tries to break free but Askren pushes him back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Askren.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren displaying some good clinch control by pressing Warring up against the cage.
Askren tries to work over Warring's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Askren takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice left hand lands by Askren.
Askren tries to throw a body punch but Warring avoids it by throwing Askren back against the cage.
Warring blocks an uppercut.
Warring tries to break the clinch but Askren is controlling the position.
Warring is looking to break free of the clinch but Askren has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Warring blocks an uppercut.
Askren struggles to land a body shot inside as Warring controls his hands.
Askren lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Askren lands a hook that snaps the head of Warring backwards.
Askren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Warring has had enough of the clinch but Askren keeps him there for the moment.
Warring takes a shot to the head.
Askren stalling in the clinch.
Askren is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Warring can do to turn this around?
A nice right hand lands inside from Askren.
Askren tries to throw a body punch but Warring avoids it by throwing Askren back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Askren dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jon Askren's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Warring throws a low kick, looking for Askren's leg but Askren calmly moves out of range.
Warring scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Warring takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Askren cracks Warring with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Askren forces Warring back against the cage and clinches.
Warring wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Askren has clasped his hands together around Warring's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Warring can do anything to dispel that myth.
Askren landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Askren is working Warring over with some ground and pound from side control.
Askren landing strikes.
The referee asks Askren politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Askren prefers to stall for the moment though.
Askren cracks Warring with a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Askren controlling the position.
Jon Askren overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren scores with a couple of short elbows.
Askren is working Warring over with some ground and pound from side control.
Askren working the ground and pound from side control.
Warring takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Warring takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Warring defending against the ground and pound.
Askren looks up at the clock and then as Warring takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Askren smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Askren is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren working the ground and pound from side control.
Askren trying to control the position but Warring is working away.
Askren scoring with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Warring's face as Askren controls the position.
Marcus Warring has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Askren moves into full mount!
Askren 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.
Askren landing strikes from the mount.
Askren cracks Warring with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Askren controlling the position easily from mount.
Askren working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Warring that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Askren putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Askren is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Askren connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jon Askren is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Warring is rocked!
Warring takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Askren cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Warring is still in real trouble! Can Askren finish him?
Warring takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Askren's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Askren!
Our winner, Jon Askren, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Marcus Warring spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm done in mma'.