PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sean Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Trom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Pierce
vs
Trom

170 cm
25
157 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 New York, Sean Pierce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Trom!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trom moves in looking to clinch but Pierce pushes him off.
Trom rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pierce moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trom wants to land a leg kick but Pierce is out of range.
Trom moves in looking to clinch but Pierce pushes him off.
Trom wants to clinch.
Trom throws a right and a left that Pierce avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trom fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trom tries to clinch up.

Pierce closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Trom did well to prevent Pierce getting side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pierce content to control rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce passes to side control.
Pierce working the ground and pound.
Trom being controlled for a moment.
Pierce lands a few punches from side control.
Pierce working the ground and pound.
Trom prevents Pierce from moving into mount.
Pierce just content to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce cracks Trom with a big right hand but Trom just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Pierce trying to control the position but Trom is working away.
Trom is looking to regain half guard here but Pierce keeps moving and retains side control.
Trom is trying to get back to his feet.
Pierce lands a nice forearm strike.
Pierce is staying tight to Trom's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Trom taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pierce scores with a couple of short elbows.
Trom looks gassed!
A lull in the action here as Pierce stalls from top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pierce tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce is putting a hurting on Trom here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pierce taking a breather here.
Pierce scores with a couple of short elbows.
Pierce remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Pierce scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce trying to control the action but Trom is working from the bottom.
Pierce scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Trom to see if he's OK.
Pierce trying to control the action but Trom is working from the bottom.
Pierce slows the pace down.
Pierce connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Trom some visible discomfort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Trom is looking to clinch.
Trom throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pierce fails to land the takedown.
Trom displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Trom tries to clinch up.
Trom wants to clinch up but Pierce keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pierce scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nice strikes from Pierce there.
Pierce working Trom over with strikes.
Pierce lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trom is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce is taking a breather. Trom says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Pierce working Trom over with strikes.
Pierce is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Pierce landing strikes from the mount.
Pierce breaks from Trom's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pierce landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Pierce.
Pierce landing strikes from the mount and Trom is in trouble!
Pierce postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Trom looks a forlorn figure.
Trom is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce working Trom over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pierce with a couple of short strikes.
Pierce with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pierce cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pierce working Trom over with strikes here.

Trom is rocked!
Pierce with the ground and pound from mount.
Trom is still in real trouble! Can Pierce finish him?
Pierce landing strikes from the mount.
Pierce loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Trom scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Pierce land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Pierce stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Pierce!