PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pastor Dave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cole Trickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trickle is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Personal Jesus. On his way into the cage it seems that Pastor Dave has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Pastor Dave seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Dave
vs
Trickle

190 cm
21
189 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pastor Dave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cole Trickle!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dave misses with a hook. Trickle ducked under it nicely.

Trickle darts in and clinches Dave up against the cage.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trickle wants a takedown.
Trickle is leaning against Dave and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Trickle is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dave pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Trickle just leaning against Dave, taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Trickle throws an elbow but misses.

Trickle decides to pull guard.

Dave decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Trickle, up you get!
Dave looks to land a combination but Trickle avoids it well.
Trickle dodges the punch combination from Dave.
Trickle fails with an attempt to clinch.

Trickle moves into range and clinches up with Dave.
Trickle is pressed up against the cage. Dave has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Trickle down to the mat. Trickle avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dave misses with the combination.
Dave fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dave circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trickle tries to close the distance and clinch but Dave swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trickle is looking to clinch but Dave is avoiding it.
Trickle lands a head kick. Dave smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Dave is rocked!

It looks like Pastor Dave has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trickle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oh Dave is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trickle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dave lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dave is breathing heavily.
Trickle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trickle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trickle landing knees to the head.
Trickle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trickle just leaning against Dave, taking a breather.

Trickle manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Trickle looking for a sweep. Not yet Trickle, not yet.

Trickle is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Trickle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trickle lands an elbow just above Dave 's eye.
Trickle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trickle connects with a knee right up the middle there - that's rocked Dave badly! Dave tumbles to the floor and Trickle stands over him, dominant and satisfied with his glorious KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cole Trickle!