PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maurice Giresse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shikoba Ash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ash is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Heavy - Same Ol'. Shikoba Ash has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Giresse
vs
Ash

168 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maurice Giresse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shikoba Ash!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ash throws a right hand that Giresse ducks under and follows up with a left that Giresse also avoids with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Giresse misses the target.
Giresse with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good exchange - Giresse coming out on top.
Giresse could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ash throws a sloppy head kick
and Giresse counters with a left to the body.

Giresse tries to keep at a distance but Ash has taken the fight into the clinch.

Ash manages to break the clinch.
Ash misses the jab.
Giresse was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Giresse lands the left hand.
Giresse displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ash throws out the jab.
Ash drops his hands momentarily and Giresse takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Giresse tests Ash's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ash wants to clinch
and Giresse counters with a left to the body.
Giresse lands with a cross.
A punch lands to the side of Giresse 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ash misses with a right hand
and Giresse counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giresse fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice jab there from Ash.

It looks like Maurice Giresse has been cut.
Giresse darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ash looks to throw the jab but Giresse is out of range.

Ash gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Ash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ash swings widly with a right hand
and Giresse counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ash tries to move into range but Giresse moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maurice Giresse is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Giresse scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ash jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ash takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giresse scores with a nice strike.
Giresse is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice uppercut lands for Giresse. That snapped Ash's head back.
Giresse connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ash. Ash circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ash drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ash is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giresse lands with a cross.
Giresse scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Giresse scores with a nice head shot.
Ash takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ash takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shikoba Ash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Giresse throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ash on the side of the head.
Ash misses with a left hand
and Giresse counters with a straight right hand.
Giresse changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ash throws an overhand right that lands on Giresse's shoulder, as Giresse tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Giresse was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ash.
Giresse fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ash on the side of the head.
Giresse uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ash.
Ash throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Giresse fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Giresse darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ash misses with a looping right.
Ash has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Giresse works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giresse circles away from the clinch attempt
and Giresse counters with a straight right hand.
Giresse lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Giresse scores with the left hand. Ash knows he should have avoided that one.
Ash misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice shot lands for Giresse.
Giresse lands a nice hook to Ash's body. Ash takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've been informed that Ash has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Giresse walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ash might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ash feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Giresses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sloppy strikes from Ash. Those never looked like landing.
Ash just misses with a punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ash takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ash looks winded!
Ash tries to move into range but Giresse moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Giresse swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ash misses with a lunging right hand
and Giresse cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giresse scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ash doesn't seem bothered though.
Giresse clobbers Ash with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ash avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Giresse bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Giresse connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ash misses with a hook.
Giresse was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Giresse cracks Ash with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ash will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Giresse cracks Ash with a right hand to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ash misses with a lunging right hand
and Giresse counters with a right hand to the body.
Ash slips under a jab from Giresse.
The fighters circling - Ash throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Giresse feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Giresse cracks a nice hook into Ash's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maurice Giresse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maurice Giresse's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ash throws a big shot that misses.
Giresse lands a jab to the nose.
Giresse connects with a single shot there.
Giresse takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ash takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ash bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ash jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ash lands a right hook to the body.
Giresse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ash can do to turn this around?
No joy there for Giresse, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Giresse thuds a left hand into Ash's body.
Ash misses with a right hand
and Giresse counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Giresse needs to keep his hands up - Ash had a free shot at his head there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ash misses with a left hand
and Giresse counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Giresse dodges the punch combination from Ash.
Ash misses with a left hand
enabling Giresse to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ash throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Giresse counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ash is breathing heavily.
Giresse works Ash's body with a nice hook.
Ash gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Giresse.
Nice body punch from Ash.
Giresse throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ash on the side of the head.
Giresse scores with a hook to the body. Ash takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ash misses with an uppercut. Giresse saw that one coming.
Ash will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Giresse scores with a hook to the body. Ash takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A nice combination there by Giresse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ash takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ash has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Ash is rocked!
Ash lands a jab to the head.
Ash is still on wobbly legs! Can Giresse finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ash throws a poor cross that misses
and Giresse counters with a stiff right hand.
Ash fails to land with a series of punches.
Giresse is looking for a counter combo.
Ash throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Giresse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ash seems to have recovered his senses.
Donk. Giresse catches Ash right on the button with a cross.
Ash swings widly with a right hand
and Giresse counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Ash clinches up against the cage.
Giresse tries to circle away but Ash has him pinned against the cage.
Ash has Giresse pressed against the cage.
Giresse has had enough of the clinch but Ash keeps him there for the moment.
Giresse trying to control the position but instead, Ash has worked for underhooks and has pushed Giresse into the cage.

Ash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ash rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Giresse counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Giresse lands a nice looking body shot.
Ash scores with a jab. Giresse acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Giresse throws a series of strikes that have Ash backpedaling.
Ash takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ash shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Giresse counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ash throws a sloppy body shot
and Giresse counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maurice Giresse is winning the standup battle so far.
Giresse dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giresse lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Giresse lands a slapping body shot.
Giresse lands a slapping body shot.
Giresse throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Ash has closed the distance and engaged Giresse in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giresse wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Giresse wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Giresse.
Ash throws an elbow that misses.

Ash breaks the clinch.
Giresse scores with a hook.
Giresse connects with a body shot that sends Ash's belly button to the back.
Ash on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ash lands a nice looking body shot.
Giresse digs a good hook to Ash's body.
Giresse getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ash takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ash throws a body punch but Giresse moves out of range.
Giresse jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maurice Giresse dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Maurice Giresse's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ash throws a lazy right hand but Giresse sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ash misses with a series of wild punches.
Giresse throws a leg kick that misses.
Ash ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Giresse moves away.
Giresse staying out of range there.
Ash misses with the combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Giresse gets tackled into the cage by Ash. Ash maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ash misses with a hook from the clinch.

Ash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ash misses with a looping right.
Ash lands a glancing blow to the side of Giresse's head.
Ash takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giresse throws a series of punches but Ash moves out of range.
Ash throws a right hand that misses
and Giresse counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Giresse catches Ash with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ash walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ash takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ash takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Giresse gets tackled into the cage by Ash. Ash maintains the clinch.
Giresse blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giresse's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Giresse prevents a body shot from Ash.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Ash fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ash creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Giresse's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giresse tries to break free but Ash pushes him back against the cage.
Ash tries to work over Giresse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Ash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A decent looking cross lands there for Giresse.
Giresse stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ash takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Danga de danga de dang - Giresse scores with a four punch combination!
Ash takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ash takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Giresse stuns Ash with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ash on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ash misses with a wild body shot.
Giresse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Giresse's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ash under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ash takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ash misses with a looping right.
Ash moves in looking to clinch but Giresse pushes him off.
Ash misses with a body shot
and Giresse counters with a right hand to the body.
Giresse throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ash stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Giresse moves away from the strike by Ash.
The fighters circling - Ash throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Giresse throws a big counter combination but Ash scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Giresse lands a jab to Ash's midsection.
Ash has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ash there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ash moves to clinch but Giresse breaks away
and Giresse makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ash moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ash tries to clinch
and Giresse counters with a stiff right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Giresse connects with a right hand. Ash shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giresse connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ash's hands.
Ash tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Giresse was well out of range. Poor timing from Ash.
A jab from Ash misses.
Giresse works Ash's body with a nice hook.
Ash wants to clinch.
Giresse is looking to counter punch.
Shikoba Ash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Giresse stuns Ash with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ash swings widly with a right hand
and Giresse counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Giresse digs a good body shot into Ash's ribs.
Ash throws a big shot that misses.
Giresse lands a really nice looking cross but Ash seems unphased.
Giresse bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maurice Giresse showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Giresse, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maurice Giresse!
A very excited looking Maurice Giresse made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.