PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jo Asce (ranked 6951 p4p, 698 weight class) and Jack Wilkinson (ranked 6059 p4p, 670 weight class). Wilkinson has chosen Face The Pain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Asce
vs
Wilkinson

187 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
178 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

IniTech Nutrition

Urban Fighter

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jo Asce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Wilkinson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilkinson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
We've been informed that Wilkinson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Wilkinson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wilkinson passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Wilkinson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Asce, who protects the arm well.

Wilkinson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wilkinson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Wilkinson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Asce has escaped the position, nice work there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asce is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wilkinson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Asce knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Asce wants to get back to his feet but Wilkinson drags him back down.

Wilkinson in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Asce is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jack Wilkinson!
Jack Wilkinson decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.