PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Asakura (ranked 2168 p4p, 2962 weight class) and Trage Tragedy (ranked 302 p4p, 398 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Asakura might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to JJBA - Giorno's Theme. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Asakura
vs
Tragedy

180 cm
26
173
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
180
12 - 10 - 0

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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyson Asakura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trage Tragedy!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asakura fails to land with a series of punches.
Asakura throws a combination that misses
and Tragedy counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Tyson Asakura has been cut.
Asakura shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tragedy eats them both and turns towards Asakura to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Trage Tragedy has been cut.
Tragedy misses the jab.
A shot to the liver by Tragedy. Beautiful body shot.
No joy there for Asakura, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Asakura lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Asakura!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asakura swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tragedy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Asakura thinking.
Tragedy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Asakura is able to avoid easily.
Tragedy tried to score with a low kick but Asakura checks it.
Tragedy misses with a straight right.
We've been hearing reports that Asakura has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Asakura lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tragedy backs up against the cage.
Tragedy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Asakura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tragedy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Asakura scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tragedy lands with a cross.

Tragedy closes the distance and clinches.
Tragedy lands a hook that snaps the head of Asakura backwards.
Asakura is trying to break the clinch but Tragedy is controlling him.
Asakura tries to throw a body punch but Tragedy avoids it by throwing Asakura back against the cage.
Asakura misses with a punch on the inside.
Asakura has a couple of punches blocked by Tragedy.
Asakura softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Asakura swings wildly with an uppercut but Tragedy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tragedy blocks an uppercut.
Tragedy stalling in the clinch but Asakura improves position.
Asakura lands a shoulder strike.
Asakura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Asakura drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tragedy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Asakura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tragedy just leaning against Asakura, taking a breather.
Asakura is trying to force a seperation but Tragedy has the dominant position.
Tragedy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Asakura.
Asakura changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tragedy fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Asakura closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tragedy did well to prevent Asakura getting side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tragedy is concentrating on defense, preventing Asakura from advancing position.
Asakura slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asakura prevents Tragedy from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Tragedy trying to control but Asakura postures up.
Asakura performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tragedy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Asakura throws a big counter combination but Tragedy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Asakura connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Asakura throws a right and a left that Tragedy avoids nicely.
Asakura misses with a two punch combination.
Tragedy throws a chopping leg kick but Asakura manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Asakura fails to land with a series of punches.
Asakura moves away from the strike by Tragedy.
Asakura will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A low kick lands for Tragedy.
Asakura throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Asakura dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A big right from Tragedy misses.
Asakura stalks Tragedy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tragedy's face. Tragedy staggers backwards, shaken.
Asakura shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tragedy sprawls well. Tragedy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Asakura gets slowly back to his feet.
Asakura misses with a double jab
enabling Tragedy to counter with a crisp jab.
Asakura rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tragedy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Asakura swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tragedy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Asakura misses with a double jab.
Asakura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tragedy throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tragedy misses with a low kick.
Asakura throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tragedy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Asakura is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tragedy can do to turn this around?
Asakura falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tragedy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asakura checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asakura ducks under a wild hook from Tragedy.
Tragedy lands with a shot to the body.
Asakura throws a right and a left that Tragedy avoids nicely.
Asakura swinging wildly here.
Trage Tragedy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tragedy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Asakura swinging wildly here.
Asakura misses with a wild combination.
Tragedy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Asakura throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A low kick lands for Tragedy.
Tyson Asakura is winning the standup battle so far.
Tragedy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Asakura connects with a single shot there.
Asakura with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tragedy to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asakura blocks a head kick by Tragedy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Asakura throws a right and a left that Tragedy avoids nicely.
Asakura misses with a wild combination.
Asakura swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Tragedy to counter with a crisp jab.
Tragedy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tyson Asakura is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Asakura misses.
Tragedy throws a big shot that misses.
Tragedy scores with a jab. Asakura acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Asakura fails to land with a series of punches.
Tragedy is looking to clinch but Asakura is avoiding it.
Tragedy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tragedy wants to land a leg kick but Asakura is out of range.
Asakura displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Asakura lands a jab-cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asakura swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A countering left hand to the body from Tragedy misses.
Asakura tries to bum rush Tragedy with a series of wild strikes but Tragedy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Tragedy closes the distance and clinches.
Tragedy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tragedy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Asakura tries to throw a body punch but Tragedy avoids it by throwing Asakura back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Tragedy.
Asakura is working for takedown but Tragedy is calmly controlling the position for now.
Asakura throws a head punch that misses.
Tragedy has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Asakura seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tragedy can turn it around.
Asakura throws a punch but it's blocked by Tragedy.
Tragedy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Asakura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asakura is trying to break the clinch but Tragedy is controlling him.
Asakura misses with some punches.

Asakura gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tragedy is trying to control but Asakura manages to pass to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asakura controlling the position easily from mount.
Tragedy is desperately trying to improve his position but Asakura has a good base and remains in mount.
Asakura controlling from the full mount.
Asakura prevents Tragedy from getting the reversal.
Asakura takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Asakura seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Tragedy for as long as he can get away with.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Trage Tragedy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Asakura fails to land with a series of punches.
Asakura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Asakura appears to be looking for a big counter.
Asakura fails to land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Tragedy.
Tragedy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Asakura on the side of the head.
Asakura misses with a two punch combination.
Tragedy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tragedy misses with the combination.
Asakura tries to bum rush Tragedy with a series of wild strikes but Tragedy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Asakura throws a right hand that Tragedy ducks under and follows up with a left that Tragedy also avoids with ease.
Tragedy leaves Asakura with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asakura throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tragedy.
A punch combination from Asakura misses.
Tragedy replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Asakura blocks it well.
Asakura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Asakura throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tragedy throws a low kick but Asakura avoids it.
Asakura misses with a double jab
and Tragedy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Asakura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tragedy slips a straight right by Asakura.
Tragedy counters with a body kick.
Tragedy misses with a hook.
Asakura misses with a series of wild punches.
Tragedy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tragedy misses with a head kick.
Asakura misses with a two punch combination.
Asakura's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Asakura duly obliges.
Tragedy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tragedy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Asakura's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asakura misses with a double jab
and Tragedy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Asakura misses with a two punch combination.
Tragedy unleashes a big counter combination but Asakura bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Asakura throws a series of punches but Tragedy avoids them all with ease.
Tragedy only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Asakura takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Asakura throws a right and a left that Tragedy avoids nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tragedy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Tyson Asakura's cut is getting worse.
Asakura throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tragedy counters with a series of strikes. Asakura will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tragedy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tragedy lands a nice shot to the body.
A big left from Tragedy misses.
Tragedy thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Tragedy misses.
Tragedy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Asakura changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Asakura. Those never looked like landing.
Tragedy unleashes a big counter combination but Asakura bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Asakura throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tragedy counters with a stiff right hand.
Asakura walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tragedy dips to his left and cracks Asakura with an uppercut!

Asakura is rocked!
Tragedy lands an overhand right.
Oh Asakura is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Asakura misses with a two punch combination.
A punch lands to the side of Asakura 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tragedy throws a right and a left that Asakura avoids nicely.
Asakura throws a series of punches but Tragedy moves out of range.
Tragedy dodges the punch combination from Asakura.
Asakura looks to land a combination but Tragedy avoids it well.
Asakura seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asakura misses with a combination
and Tragedy counters with an outside leg kick.
Tragedy closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Asakura! Tragedy dives in looking to finish! Asakura is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trage Tragedy!
An out of breath Trage Tragedy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.