PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Ed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James has chosen Tuesday's Gone as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ed
vs
James

199 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
19
206 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Ed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy James!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

James changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ed looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
James working the head with strikes.
James controlling the position from side mount.
James lands an elbow.
Ed is not content to let James control the position.
James sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Ed is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
James connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ed some visible discomfort.
James really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ed. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James landing strikes.
James working the head and body with strikes.
Ed is working to avoid the ground and pound but James connects with a decent elbow.
James in side control lands a decent elbow.
Ed takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ed is working to avoid the ground and pound but James connects with a decent elbow.
Ed struggling a bit here.
James in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James working the body and head with strikes.
James looks up at the clock and then as Ed takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, James smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

James looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
You can see the frustration on Ed's face as James controls the position.
Ed is looking to get back to his feet here but James is keeping cool and he's managed to take Ed's back.
James tries to keep control of the position but Ed is staying busy.
James is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. James gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. James gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. James apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Ed throws a right hand that misses

and James counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ed has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. James is working away from the top position though.
Nice strikes from James there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ed is looking to escape.
Ed is breathing heavily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
James is nestled in close to Ed, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ed trying to control but James postures up.
James passes to side control.

James is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ed is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
James working the head with strikes.
James trying to control the action but Ed is working from the bottom.
James lands a decent elbow from side control.
James scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ed to see if he's OK.
James moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ed taking punishment in the form of punches.

Ed is rocked!
James connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ed some visible discomfort.
Oh Ed is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big shot lands for James! That's hurt Ed! Will he recover? James fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy James!
Tommy James made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I want to thank my fans, my team at MMA Asia, RAW Nutrition, all of my loved ones back home and Joe Black for letting me fight here in Kudos FC!! '.