PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Evan Cole (ranked 8109 p4p, 112 weight class) and Andrew Irby (ranked 7971 p4p, 672 weight class). Evan Cole looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Cole
vs
Irby

188 cm
29
176 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

180 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evan Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andrew Irby!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irby misses with a two punch combination.
Irby swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Cole moves into the clinch successfully.
Cole misses with some punches.
Irby has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Cole after a bit of a struggle.
Cole has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Cole misses with a punch on the inside.
Cole tries a body shot but Irby blocks it.
Cole misses with a hook to the ribs.
Irby trying to land knees to the body.
Cole stops a takedown attempt from Irby.
Cole can't find room to land a body shot as Irby controls the action.
Irby tries to break the clinch but Cole is controlling the position.
Irby fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Evan Cole has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Irby.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cole misses with a hook from the clinch.
Irby looking to slow down the pace here.

Cole manages to break the clinch.
Irby scores with a shot to the body.
Cole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Irby moves away.
Cole is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Irby finds it's way through Cole's defenses.
Cole seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Irby shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Cole is backing up but Irby catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Cole covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Irby Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrew Irby!