PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Saffron Xanthous (ranked 1732 p4p, 226 weight class) and Braxxton Triggs (ranked 2908 p4p, 348 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Xanthous
vs
Triggs

190 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
183 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

ZZ POPS

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Saffron Xanthous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Braxxton Triggs !
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Xanthous rushes Triggs and presses him up against the cage.
Xanthous blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Xanthous lands a hook that snaps the head of Triggs backwards.
Xanthous lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Triggs tries a body shot but Xanthous blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Triggs .
Triggs tries to work over Xanthous's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Xanthous tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Triggs blocks a body shot from Xanthous.
Triggs tries a body shot but Xanthous blocks it.
Triggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Xanthous's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Xanthous as the two fighters clinch.
Triggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Xanthous uses good head movement to avoid it.
Triggs misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xanthous cracks Triggs with a nice body shot.
Xanthous digs a right hand into Triggs 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Triggs 's gas tank.
Xanthous lands an uppercut.
Xanthous digs a right hand underneath Triggs 's ribcage. Triggs let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Xanthous lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Triggs is trying to break the clinch but Xanthous is controlling him.
Xanthous lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Triggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Xanthous - that landed with a thud.
Xanthous scores with a hook to the body.
Xanthous lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Triggs backwards.
Xanthous lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Xanthous.
Triggs looks winded!
Xanthous lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from Xanthous.
Triggs throws a punch but it's blocked by Xanthous.
A shot in the inside from Xanthous.
Triggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Xanthous's elbow.
Xanthous lands with a left to the head.
Xanthous pushes Triggs back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Xanthous lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xanthous lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Xanthous pushes Triggs back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Triggs .
Xanthous lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Triggs backwards.
A short right from Xanthous.
Xanthous lands a hook that snaps the head of Triggs backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xanthous makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Xanthous.
Triggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Triggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Xanthous uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xanthous lands a body shot in the clinch.
Xanthous lands with a left to the head.
Xanthous blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Xanthous scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Triggs is rocked!
Triggs blocking some punches.
Triggs is still on wobbly legs! Can Xanthous finish him?
Xanthous misses with the head strike.
Triggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Triggs is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Triggs seems to have recovered his senses.
Xanthous lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Triggs or not.
Still in the clinch, Xanthous scores with a nice short uppercut.
Xanthous digs a right hand underneath Triggs 's ribcage. Triggs let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Xanthous prevents a body shot from Triggs .
Xanthous unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Triggs ! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Xanthous is unloading with more strikes now! Triggs drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Saffron Xanthous!
A very excited looking Saffron Xanthous rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.