PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Ashton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darnell Cane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashton comes to the cage accompanied by Zombie Nation. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ashton
vs
Cane

182 cm
22
200 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

188 cm
20
202 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Ashton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darnell Cane!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cane staying out of range there.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Cane has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Ashton looks to land a left hand but Cane moved out of range nicely.
Ashton punishes Cane's body with a nice straight punch.
Ashton looks to land a left hand but Cane moved out of range nicely.
Cane with the counter takedown but Ashton avoids it easily.
Ashton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ashton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cane was well out of range. Poor timing from Ashton.
A little jabbing left from Cane on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cane gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cane throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ashton is defended easily by Cane.
Cane drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Ashton defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ashton shoots in looking for a takedown but Cane manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ashton's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ashton shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Ashton was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
You can see the frustration on Cane's face as Ashton controls the position.
Ashton throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Ashton looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ashton working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cane tries to bench press Ashton off him but Ashton keeps the position.
Cane wants to control but Ashton postures up.
Ashton tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Cane wants to control but Ashton postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cane avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ashton.
We've been hearing that Ashton has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Ashton in side control, throwing shots but Cane defends.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ashton is looking to take a break and control but Cane is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ashton creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cane sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Cane managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ashton.
Cane is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ashton connects with a decent elbow.
Ashton controls the position.
Ashton is looking to take a break and control but Cane is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashton throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ashton lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ashton working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Ashton working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Ashton happy to just control the position for now.
Ashton throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ashton throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ashton throws a strike aimed at the side of Cane's head but Cane avoids it well.
Ashton 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.
Ashton trying to control the action but Cane is working from the bottom.
Cane is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cane is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ashton slows the pace down in half guard.
Ashton seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cane does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Ashton dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cane keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Cane gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ashton to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Eric Ashton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ashton throws a big elbow that misses.
Ashton with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ashton trying to control but Cane is working from the bottom.
Ashton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cane keeping moving, preventing Ashton from controlling successfully.
Ashton stopping the sweep attempt from Cane.
Ashton pushing down on Cane's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cane works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ashton trying to control the position from guard on top but Cane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cane tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ashton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cane pulls Ashton in to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Darnell Cane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ashton misses with a looping right.
Ashton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cane moves away.
Cane takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ashton closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cane circles away.
Cane tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ashton looks to land a right hand but Cane moved out of range.
Ashton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cane.
Ashton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Ashton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cane looks to score with a jab to the body but Ashton is just out of range.
Ashton misses with an uppercut.
Ashton tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cane sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ashton somewhat.
Cane lands a nice looking body shot.
Cane throws a jab but it's blocked by Ashton.
An attempted straight right counter from Ashton misses the target.
Cane stuns Ashton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ashton shoots in for a takedown but Cane shows good takedown defense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cane gets caught flat footed, as Ashton shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ashton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cane can do to turn this around?
Ashton is working Cane over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ashton throws a big right hand that misses.
Cane is trying to keep Ashton in close.
Ashton throwing strikes but missing.
Ashton cracks Cane with a solid left hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ashton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cane is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Ashton dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ashton misses with a hook. Cane ducked under it nicely.
Ashton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cane at a distance.
Ashton misses with a two punch combination.
Cane throws a lazy right hand but Ashton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cane throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ashton avoids the body shot from Cane.
Ashton throws a lazy right hand but Cane sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cane darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cane misses with a wild combination.
Ashton misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cane throws a nice looking combination but Ashton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cane misses with a wild body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ashton.
A swing and a miss from Cane.
Cane scores with a jab to the body.
Ashton moves away from the strike by Cane.
Darnell Cane seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Cane throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cane displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ashton.
Eric Ashton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cane throws a body shot but no joy.
Darnell Cane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cane swings for the body but Ashton moves out of range.
Ashton avoids the body shot from Cane.
Ashton tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cane swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Ashton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cane slips a straight right by Ashton.
Cane drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Ashton defends it well.
Cane bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cane throws a lazy uppercut
and Cane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ashton fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cane avoids it really well and circles away.
Cane looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ashton throws a shot from downtown. Cane moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cane's head.
Cane uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ashton lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ashton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Ashton.
A counter left hand to the body from Ashton misses its target.
Cane throws a body shot but no joy.
Cane thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Ashton does it's job there.
Ashton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cane swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ashton shoots in for a takedown but Cane shows good takedown defense.
Ashton closes the distance and clinches up with Cane, looking for a takedown. Ashton pushes Cane against the cage but Cane circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cane defending well as Ashton loads up on a big left hand.

Ashton drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ashton throws a big right hand that misses.
Ashton wants to control from the top but Cane keeps moving.
Ashton is looking to work some ground and pound but Cane has wrist control.
Ashton landing with the ground and pound.
Cane doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Eric Ashton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Ashton lying in Cane's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Cane decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Ashton taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Darnell Cane!
Darnell Cane bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.