PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alain Aspect (ranked 2386 p4p, 3154 weight class) and Dalmour Daxton (ranked 305 p4p, 397 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aspect
vs
Daxton

174 cm
24
174
6 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
180
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alain Aspect!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dalmour Daxton!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daxton scores with a decent looking hook.
Aspect takes one to the chin there.
Daxton lands a jab.
Aspect jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Daxton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dalmour Daxton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daxton lands a really nice looking cross but Aspect seems unphased.
Aspect throws the left hand but Daxton avoids the punch easily.
Daxton is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Aspect throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daxton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Aspect's head.
Aspect looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Daxton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Aspect takes one on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daxton throws a looping overhand right but Aspect ducks down to avoid it.
Aspect scores with a crisp jab that stopped Daxton in his tracks.
Aspect leaves Daxton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aspect swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daxton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Daxton tries to clinch but Aspect is having none of it.
Aspect lands a lovely overhand right.
Daxton has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Daxton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Daxton cracks Aspect with a good jab.
Daxton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Daxton shoots and misses
and Aspect counters with a big right hand! Oh Daxton is in trouble here! Aspect follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alain Aspect!
An out of breath Alain Aspect thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.