PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sean Juan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asa Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Juan
vs
Sharp

179 cm
34
168 lbs
16 - 16 - 0

175 cm
31
168 lbs
22 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Juan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Asa Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juan connects with a crisp jab.
Juan tries a head kick but it misses.
Juan looks to land a combination. Sharp sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Juan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sharp listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Juan.
Juan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sharp misses with a lunging right hand
and Sharp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Juan misses with a hook. Sharp ducked under it nicely.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Juan.
Sharp tries to clinch but Juan moves out of range.
Sharp misses with a looping right.
Juan misses with a low kick as Sharp jumps back.
Juan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sharp.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Juan. Sharp shrugs it off though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juan looks to score with a jab to the body but Sharp is just out of range.
Sean Juan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Juan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sharp feints the counter takedown.
Juan throws a hook to the side of Sharp's head but Sharp sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sharp misses with a body shot.
Juan looks to score with a jab to the body but Sharp is just out of range.
Juan falls off balance throwing a combination

and Sharp counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sharp.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sharp trying to control but Juan is working from the bottom.
Juan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp wants to control from the top but Juan keeps moving.
Juan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Juan keeping moving, preventing Sharp from controlling successfully.
Juan is trying to keep Sharp in close.
Sharp throwing strikes from guard but Juan blocks nicely.
Juan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sharp throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp preventing the sweep.
Sharp is fighting to break Juan's control of his arms but Juan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Sharp moves into the clinch.
Juan landing knees to the head.
Still in the clinch, Sharp scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sharp blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Juan lands a left hand.

Sharp turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sharp manages to end up in side control.

Sharp is trying to get an arm triangle but Juan is defending well.
Juan struggling a bit here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sharp working the ground and pound from side control.

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!
Sharp working away.
Juan sneaks back into half guard.
Juan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sharp misses with a head shot. Juan uses the momentum to regain guard.
Sharp has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Juan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sharp manages to get himself to full guard.

Sharp is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sharp throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Juan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sharp on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sharp with a nice cross.
Juan lands a right hook to the body.
Sharp tries to clinch up but Juan circles away and keeps his distance.
Some wild striking there from Sharp.
Juan throws a poor cross that misses

and Sharp counters with a nice double leg into side control. Juan won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juan is looking for a sweep.
Sharp wants to control but Juan is keeping him busy.
Juan is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sharp's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Juan wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp is thwarting Juan's attempts to control the position.
Sharp is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Juan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sharp is nestled in close to Juan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sharp passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Juan!
Sharp avoids the attempt from Juan to control.
Sharp looking to finish Juan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Juan!
Juan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juan gets back to half guard.
Juan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sharp scores with a couple of nice shots.
Juan is refusing to be controlled, as Sharp sits in half guard.
Juan wants to sweep but Sharp has passed to side control!
Juan is looking to reverse the position.
Juan is trying to control Sharp's posture but Sharp avoids it.
Juan dodges the ground and pound from Sharp.
Sharp throws an elbow but Juan slips to the side and avoids it well.
Juan is trying to improve his position.
Juan taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Juan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sharp works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sharp scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sharp lands an elbow.

Juan is rocked!
Juan is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Sharp is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Oh Juan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sharp postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Juan looks a forlorn figure.
Juan gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Sharp there.
Juan moves into full guard.
Juan seems to have got his legs back now.
Sharp missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sharp scoring with some ground and pound.
Juan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharp moves into full guard.
Sharp is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Asa Sharp has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sharp keeping full guard, as Juan tries to pass.
Juan is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Asa Sharp showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Juan throws a leg kick which misses Sharp's front leg but catches the back leg as Sharp tries to avoid it.
Juan throws an off balance right hand

and Sharp counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sharp.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Juan is on top in guard.

Juan preventing the sweep.
Juan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sharp is keeping the position for now.
Sharp looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp wants to sweep here but Juan controlling him for the moment.
Juan slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Sharp.
Sharp tries to roll over but Juan keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juan wants to free his trapped foot but Sharp is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sharp punching from the bottom.
Sharp wants to improve his position but Juan is controlling well.
Sharp is looking to get back to full guard here but Juan has managed to pass to side control instead.
Sharp can't do much from the bottom here.
Sharp gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

Juan working for a guillotine from mount but Sharp is in no mood to give up.

Juan is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sharp can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juan wants to take his opponent's back but Sharp doesn't allow it.
Sharp tries to reverse the position but Juan maintains control.
Sharp is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Juan with the ground and pound from mount.
Sharp tries to hold on but Juan pushes him away.
Sharp is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sharp is squirming around, avoiding Juan's attempts to control the action.
Sharp is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sharp is looking to escape.
Juan with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Juan wants to control the pace but Sharp is squirming around nicely.
Sharp working to try and regain half guard.

Juan working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Sharp looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Juan! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Sean Juan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Sean Juan made sure he mentioned Sun-Tzu, along with how happy he was to win his fight.