PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Ashton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis McElroy (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
McElroy

182 cm
23
200 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

185 cm
25
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 - 7 - 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 London, Travis McElroy!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McElroy shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. McElroy showed some decent athleticism there.
McElroy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ashton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ashton is pressing down on McElroy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ashton is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

McElroy wants to get back to full guard.
Ashton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McElroy defending well though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McElroy is trying to stand.
Ashton trying to mount his opponent but McElroy defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashton controlling the action here.
McElroy won't allow Ashton to pass to mount.
McElroy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ashton lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
McElroy wants to improve his position but Ashton is controlling well.
Ashton keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
McElroy taking some punishment here, with Ashton in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashton passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ashton raining down shots from the mount!

Ashton working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ashton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ashton lands a heavy elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ashton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ashton controlling his opponent.
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 is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, McElroy has managed to escape the submission attempt.
McElroy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ashton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashton lands a big shot there that rocks McElroy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ashton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ashton seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down McElroy for as long as he can get away with.
Ashton lands a big shot to the head and McElroy winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Eric Ashton!
Our winner, Eric Ashton, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.