PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mason Love (ranked 469 p4p, 957 weight class) and Eric Fassett (ranked 31 p4p, 73 weight class). Love comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Love
vs
Fassett

165 cm
23
141
9 - 3 - 0

156 cm
23
139
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Sakura Style
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mason Love!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Fassett!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Fassett. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fassett walks into a stiff left hand from Love.
Love with a jab.
Fassett misses the jab.
Love avoids the body shot from Fassett.
Love scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fassett misses with a lunging right hand
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
Fassett ducks right into an uppercut from Love.
Love avoids the body shot from Fassett.
Love was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Love lands a nice looking body shot.
Fassett looks to throw the jab but Love is out of range.
Love scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fassett throws a hook but Love blocks it.
Fassett lands an overhand right.
Fassett takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love scores with a punch to the head.
Fassett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fassett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Love lands a really nice looking cross but Fassett seems unphased.
Fassett misses with a straight left.
It looks like Love has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Fassett throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Fassett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Love swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fassett tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fassett digs a good body shot into Love's ribs.
Love slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fassett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Love cracks a nice hook into Fassett's ribs.
Love swings for the body but Fassett moves out of range.
Fassett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Love.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fassett lands a glancing blow to the side of Love's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fassett throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Fassett throws out a loose jab but Love uses good head movement to avoid it.
Love thuds a left hand into Fassett's body.
Love misses with a straight right.
Love stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fassett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Love ducks under a wild hook from Fassett.
An attempted straight right counter from Love misses the target.
Good standup being displayed there by Fassett as he connects with a hook.
Fassett closes the distance and clinches up with Love, looking for a takedown. Fassett pushes Love against the cage but Love circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Love blocks a jab.
Fassett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fassett moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and Fassett releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love lands a jab to the nose.
Love swings widly with a right hand

and Fassett counters with a shoot takedown. Love fights it but they end up in guard.
Love working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fassett.
Fassett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fassett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fassett lands a couple of digs.
Fassett preventing the sweep.
Love avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fassett prevents Love from getting back to his feet.
Fassett throwing strikes but missing.
Fassett is looking to work some ground and pound but Love has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fassett with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fassett won't allow Love to sweep him here.
Fassett stops Love from standing up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Fassett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Love sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Love throws out a powerful jab.
Fassett moves away from the strike by Love.
Love misses with a looping left.
A punch lands to the side of Love 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fassett takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fassett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fassett throws a shot from downtown. Love moves away and avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Love misses its target.
Love's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fassett connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Love scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Fassett does it's job there.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fassett defending well as Love loads up on a big left hand.
Fassett let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Love rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Fassett counters with a takedown into side control.

Fassett is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Love is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Fassett is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Love knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Fassett tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fassett has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Love is not content to let Fassett control the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Love dodges the ground and pound from Fassett.
Fassett misses with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fassett working the body and head with strikes.
Fassett is working Love over with some ground and pound from side control.

Fassett is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Love knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fassett working away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fassett is trying to ground and pound but Love uses the momentary lack of control by Fassett to regain half guard.
Fassett is looking to advance position but Love won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fassett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fassett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Fassett is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Love has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fassett throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fassett is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Love!
Fassett lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fassett connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fassett throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Fassett trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Love wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Fassett.
Fassett trying to control but Love is having none of it.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fassett raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fassett trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fassett lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Love hang on?
Fassett landing strikes from the mount and Love is in trouble!
Fassett punching from mount but Love doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Fassett moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Love has worked his arm free - good work by Love!
Fassett in side control lands a decent elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Fassett dominated that round.
That's time! Love's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Love looks to throw the jab but Fassett is out of range.
Love misses with a looping right.
Fassett takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Love misses with a straight right.
Fassett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fassett dodges the punch combination from Love.
Love scores with a decent looking hook.
Love throws out a powerful jab.
Fassett throws an overhand right that lands on Love's shoulder, as Love tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Love misses the jab.
Fassett throws a lazy right hand but Love sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fassett looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
No luck for Fassett with that takedown attempt.
Fassett dips to his left and cracks Love with an uppercut!
Fassett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fassett throws a shot from downtown. Love moves away and avoids it.
Fassett throws a predictable looking body shot
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Love lands with a nice body punch.
Mason Love is winning the standup battle so far.
Fassett shoots in looking for a takedown but Love manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fassett's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Fassett misses with a wild body shot.
Fassett shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mason Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Fassett.
Love moves out of range as Fassett strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fassett misses the body punch
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fassett throws a poor cross that misses
letting Love counter with a right hand.
Love lands a lovely overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love misses the shot to the body.
Fassett misses with a body shot
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Fassett slips a straight right by Love.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fassett. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fassett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Fassett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Fassett.
Fassett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fassett misses with a wild body shot.
Fassett throws a predictable looking body shot
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Fassett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fassett takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Love avoids the body shot from Fassett.
Fassett throws a sloppy body shot
and Love counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fassett thinking.
Love slaps away a takedown attempt from Fassett, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Love lands with a nice body punch.
Love avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Love's corner calls for a 1-2. Love obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Love misses with a straight left.
Fassett has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Love darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fassett walks into a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fassett.
Love missing with a left hand there. Fassett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Love.
Fassett misses with a body shot.
Love thuds a left hand into Fassett's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Fassett misses.
Love lands a body shot.
Love scores with a punch to the head.
Love connects with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Love. Those never looked like landing.
Love missing with a left hand there. Fassett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Love connects with the punch.
Fassett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fassett goes for a double leg but Love avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Love continues to drive forward.
Fassett takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Love is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Fassett misses with a body shot.
Fassett throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Fassett throws a sloppy body shot
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fassett. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body punch from Fassett.
Love throws a body punch but Fassett moves out of range.
Fassett now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Love connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fassett momentarily.
Love throws a body shot but no joy.
Fassett changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Love slips a jab from Fassett.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fassett takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Love throws a lazy right hand but Fassett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fassett takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Love misses with a body shot.
Love uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fassett.
Fassett with a poor takedown
and Love counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fassett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Love throws a lazy right hand but Fassett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fassett misses with a body punch
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
Fassett is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Love rather than just go for the knockout.
Fassett throws a body shot but no joy.
Fassett lands with a good body shot.
Fassett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Love misses the shot to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Love defending well as Fassett loads up on a big left hand.
Mason Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fassett takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice sprawl there from Love as Fassett shoots in.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love connects with the punch.
Fassett throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Fassett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Love.
Love lands a right hook to the body.
Fassett moves away from the strike by Love.
Fassett with the counter takedown but Love avoids it easily.
Love missing with a left hand there. Fassett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Love misses with a left hand
and Fassett counters with a nice body shot.
Fassett moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fassett throws a lazy right hand but Love sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Love throws a hook but Fassett blocks it.
Fassett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fassett can do to turn this around?
Love displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fassett throws out the jab.
Love throwing a counter right hand but Fassett manages to avoid it.
Love scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love connects with a nice looking jab.
Fassett misses with a hook.
Love avoids the body shot from Fassett.
A big left from Fassett misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Love misses the target.
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fassett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fassett throws out a counter right but Love avoids it with no problem.
Fassett misses with a body shot.
Fassett shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Love but Love pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Love.
Love jabs Fassett right on the nose. Fassett blinks but takes it well.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fassett.
Fassett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Fassett misses.
Love misses with a straight right.
Fassett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Fassett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Love.
Love's corner calls for a 1-2. Love obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fassett throws a poor cross that misses
and Fassett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Love scores with a nice right hand.
Love misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Love dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Fassett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love tries to move into range but Fassett moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Love works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fassett throws a body shot but no joy.
Fassett sizes up Love with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fassett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love slips a straight right by Fassett.
Love lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fassett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fassett circles away quickly and effectively.
Fassett misses with a hook to the body
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Fassett with a poor takedown
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fassett moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love misses with a looping right.
Fassett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the liver by Fassett. Beautiful body shot.
Love looks to land a left hand but Fassett moved out of range nicely.
Love throws the left hand but Fassett avoids the punch easily.
Love slips a jab from Fassett.
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Fassett.
The fighters circling - Love throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Love, as that shot connected.
Love scores with a nice strike.
Love throws a hook but Fassett avoids it easily.
Fassett moves away from the strike by Love.
Fassett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fassett misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Fassett misses.
Love swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Fassett is just out of range.
Nice cross by Love.
Love scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A big left from Love misses.
Love missing with a left hand there. Fassett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fassett tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fassett connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fassett takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fassett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
A big left from Love misses.
Fassett misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fassett throws a hook but Love avoids it easily.
Fassett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Fassett is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Love's half guard.

Fassett wants to work for an arm triangle but Love is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Fassett is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Love working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fassett trying to control but Love is having none of it.
Fassett is landing with some decent strikes but Love is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Love is working to get back to half guard.
Love is squirming around, avoiding Fassett's attempts to control the action.
Fassett scoring with strikes but Love is staying in there.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Love has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Fassett's lack of action.
Love is refusing to be controlled, as Fassett sits in half guard.
Fassett seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Love is refusing to be controlled, as Fassett sits in half guard.
Love keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fassett looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Fassett is keen to just control but Love is a slippery customer.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fassett lands a nice short elbow.
Love keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fassett is keen to just control but Love is a slippery customer.
Fassett tries to pass to full mount but Love defends it.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Love throws a hook but Fassett blocks it.
Fassett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Fassett.
Fassett throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Love lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Love uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fassett.
Fassett avoids the body shot from Love.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
Fassett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Love slips a jab from Fassett.
Fassett scores with a sloppy right hand. Love should have avoided that one.
Fassett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Love wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fassett throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Fassett takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fassett gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Love.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Love throws a series of punches but Fassett moves out of range.
Fassett now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Love connects with a body shot that sends Fassett's belly button to the back.
Love misses with a hook.
Fassett misses the shot to the body.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Fassett misses with a hook. Love ducked under it nicely.
Love swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Love misses with a hook. Fassett ducked under it nicely.
Fassett fails to land the takedown.
Fassett takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love throws a jab when Fassett was well out of range.
Love scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fassett doesn't seem bothered though.
Fassett walks into a stiff left hand from Love.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fassett lands a nice shot that snaps Love's head back.
Fassett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Fassett throws a shot to the body.
Fassett dives in and grabs Love's left leg, looking for a takedown. Love pushes down on Fassett's head and hops out.
Mason Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Fassett.
No luck for Fassett with that takedown attempt.
Fassett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fassett looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Love throws a good cross that connects.
Fassett lands with a nice body punch.
Fassett slips under a jab from Love.
Fassett walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mason Love showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Love has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mason Love!
Mason Love retains his bantamweight title!
Our winner, Mason Love, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.