PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cabaas Ashkir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Hawthorne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashkir comes to the cage accompanied by HALL OF FAME. Cabaas Ashkir has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ashkir
vs
Hawthorne

176 cm
26
147 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cabaas Ashkir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dave Hawthorne!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawthorne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ashkir.
Hawthorne is looking to clinch.
Hawthorne tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hawthorne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ashkir manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ashkir wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hawthorne looks to clinch
and Ashkir counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hawthorne's knee momentarily.
Ashkir fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hawthorne has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hawthorne tries to clinch there but Ashkir circles away.
Hawthorne doesn't manage to clinch there - Ashkir circles away.
Hawthorne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ashkir bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hawthorne has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ashkir.
Ashkir lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hawthorne will feel that in the morning.
Hawthorne misses with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danga de danga de dang - Ashkir scores with a four punch combination!
Ashkir dips to his left and cracks Hawthorne with an uppercut!
Hawthorne misses with an uppercut
and Ashkir counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Hawthorne! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Ashkir!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cabaas Ashkir!
After the fight, Cabaas Ashkir 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.