PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Burt Craig (ranked 3418 p4p, 24971 weight class) and Midweight Try (ranked 403 p4p, 524 weight class). Midweight Try has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Burt Craig's chin.

Craig
vs
Try

185 cm
26
212
5 - 7 - 0

195 cm
27
192
3 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Burt Craig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Midweight Try!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Try lands.

It looks like Burt Craig has been cut.
Try misses with a straight right.
Try circles away from the clinch attempt.
Craig is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Craig tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Try defends well and Craig ends up having to push Try into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Craig avoids the elbow strike from Try, against the cage.
Try lands with a short shot to the head.
Try throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Craig changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Try fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Craig on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Try lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Craig walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Craig is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Try drops Craig with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Craig looks back up at him and smiles so Try waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Oh Craig is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Burt Craig's cut is getting worse.
Craig has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Craig shoots for a takedown but Try saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Burt Craig. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Craig gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Try gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Craig is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Midweight Try!
Burt Craig was interviewed post fight and said 'Kick a fucking bucket.'.