PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Thachticov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thachticov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lil Jon - Get Crunk. West has chosen The Game - 100 ft. Drake as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Thachticov
vs
West

186 cm
25
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
184 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Thachticov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andrew West!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thachticov misses with a straight left.
West lands with an uppercut that bounces Thachticov off the cage and back into range.
Thachticov tries to close the distance and clinch up but West swats him away and circles back towards the center.
West lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
West comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
West cracks Thachticov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

West closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
West thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thachticov's head.
West missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thachticov is holding on to half guard well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
West is pressing down on Thachticov's thigh, looking to free his foot. Thachticov is holding on for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West throwing shots but Thachticov is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thachticov wants to control but West is keeping busy and won't allow it.
West sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thachticov defending well though.
West wants to free his trapped foot but Thachticov is holding on for dear life with his legs.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with the combination.
Thachticov motions for West to come forward. Thachticov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thachticov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by West.
Thachticov half committed to a counter leg kick.
West takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Thachticov misses with a low kick as West jumps back.
West looks like he wants to counter punch here.
West moves out of range of the strikes.

West shoots in and gets a takedown into Thachticov's guard.
West landing some decent shots from guard.
West postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
West is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
West scoring with some ground and pound.
West loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
West loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
West postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
West must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
West scoring with some ground and pound.

Thachticov looking for a guillotine here but West defends easily.
West throws a strike but Thachticov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Thachticov won't allow West to sweep him here.
West trying to control the position here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thachticov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thachticov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circling - West throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thachticov looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Thachticov misses with a wild combination.
Thachticov misses with a left hand
and West counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thachticov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Thachticov enables West to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Thachticov manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Thachticov is trying to keep West in close.
West throws a big elbow that misses.

West is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
West landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West cracks Thachticov with a solid left hand.
West throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thachticov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thachticov wants to stand and escape but West is having none of it.
West postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Thachticov is rocked!
West connects with a couple of short punches.
Oh Thachticov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
West arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Thachticov's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Andrew West!
Andrew West decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.