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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ashton Ladd (ranked 3139 p4p, 4147 weight class) and Freaky Earl (ranked 359 p4p, 433 weight class). The key to victory for Ashton Ladd has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ashton Ladd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Freaky Earl!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ladd gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ladd scores with a shot to the side of Earl's head.
Ladd lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ladd pushes Earl back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Earl can't get the takedown.
Ladd manages to break the clinch.
Earl looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short uppercut from Ladd.
A frustrated look appears on Earl's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ladd breaks the clinch.
Earl misses with a right hand
and Ladd counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Earl fails to land the takedown.
Ladd closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ladd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ladd avoiding damage.
Ladd definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ladd scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Earl's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ladd digs a right hand into Earl's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Earl's gas tank.
Earl wants a takedown.
Ashton Ladd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Freaky Earl.
Ladd is stalling here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Earl.
Ladd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Earl keeps the fight on the outside.
Ladd gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Ladd.
Earl tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ladd leaning against his opponent.
Ladd breaks the clinch.
Earl goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Earl just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Ladd was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Earl.
Earl moves into range and clinches up with Ladd.
Ladd lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ladd stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladd's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A frustrated look appears on Earl's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ladd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Earls head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ladd will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Earl up against the cage.
Ladd just leaning against Earl, taking a breather.
Earl drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ladd pulls his leg out and moves away.
Freaky Earl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ladd gets a clinch.
Earl is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ladd is pushing Earl up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ladd lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladd letting Earl take a breather here.
Earl manages to break the clinch.
Earl is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ladd sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ladd drives through and clinches with Earl against the cage.
Earl can't get the takedown.
Earl lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Earl wants to pass the guard but Ladd is defending well.
Ladd is controlling Earl's trapped leg to prevent Earl from advancing to side control.
Earl wants to pass the guard but Ladd is defending well.
Ladd is controlling Earl's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladd continues to stall.
Ladd is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Earl is looking for a kimura but Ladd is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Earl to get the leverage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ashton Ladd dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Earl tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ladd counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ladd closes the distance and pushes Earl back into the cage.
Ladd keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Earl's efforts to push away.
Good body shot from Ladd.
Ladd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Earl can do to turn this around?
Ladd taking a breather.
Ladd throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ladd - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Earl looking for a takedown.
Ladd lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Come on Ladd - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Earl wants a takedown but no success here.
Ladd tries to throw a body punch but Earl avoids it by throwing Ladd back against the cage.
Ladd lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Ladd - that landed with a thud.
Earl is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Earl has Ladd pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ladd manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ashton Ladd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Freaky Earl.
Ladd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ladd clinches up with Earl and pushes him back against the cage.
Ladd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ladd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ladd tries to close the distance and clinch up but Earl swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Earl misses with a right hand
and Ladd counters with a straight right hand.
Ladd pushes Earl up against the cage in a clinch.
Ladd scores with a shoulder strike.
Ladd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Earl tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Earl is looking to control Ladd's arms but Ladd gets an underhook and turns him. Now Earl has his back to the cage.
Ladd slows down the pace here.
Ladd content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ladd gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Ladd taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladd stops a takedown attempt from Earl.
Ladd taking a breather.
Ladd throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ladd digs a right hand underneath Earl's ribcage. Earl let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ladd avoiding damage.
Ladd lands with a left to the head.
Ashton Ladd has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stalling in the clinch from Ladd.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ashton Ladd.
Earl swats away the attempt to clinch by Ladd.
And Earl tries to counter it with a takedown but Ladd pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Ladd pushes Earl up against the cage in a clinch.
Ladd gets through Earl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ladd lands a right hand that snaps the head of Earl backwards.
Ladd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Earl throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ladd counters with a right hand to the body.
Earl throws a low kick, looking for Ladd's leg but Ladd calmly moves out of range.
Ladd is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ashton Ladd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ladd tries to clinch there but Earl circles away.
Ladd closes the distance but Earl moves to the side
and Earl counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ladd won't be happy with that.
Earl thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ladd holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Ladd struggling a bit here.
Ladd tries to buck Earl off but Earl is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Ladd's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladd is looking to regain half guard here but Earl keeps moving and retains side control.
Ladd avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Earl.
Earl is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ladd knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Earl looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ashton Ladd dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ladd clinches with his opponent.
Ladd avoids the elbow strike from Earl, against the cage.
Earl wants a takedown.
Earl is looking for a takedown.
Earl being controlled against the cage.
Earl can't find room to land a body shot as Ladd controls the action.
Ladd lands a body shot.
Ladd scores with a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ladd keeps control of Earl as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ladd lands a shot to the body.
Earl manages to break the clinch.
Earl swats away the attempt to clinch by Ladd.
Ladd is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Earl will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ashton Ladd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Freaky Earl.
Earl shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ladd cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Earl takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Earl misses with a straight left.
Ladd scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ladd wants to clinch up but Earl keeps it at a distance.
Ladd keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Earl tries to keep at a distance but Ladd has taken the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Ladd scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ladd is stalling here.
Earl's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Earl is rocked!
A nice left hand lands by Ladd.
Earl is still on wobbly legs! Can Ladd finish him?
Ladd works on Earl's body with a couple of short punches.
Ladd pushes Earl against the cage. Ladd is working some dirty boxing. Ladd pushes off with a quick right hook! Earl goes down! Earl tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ladd moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ashton Ladd!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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