PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Trap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colton De Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Colton De Costa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Trap
vs
De Costa

187 cm
21
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jon Trap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Colton De Costa !
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Costa jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

De Costa has managed to clinch.
De Costa is pressed up against the cage. Trap has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De Costa down to the mat. De Costa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Trap circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trap dives in and grabs De Costa 's left leg, looking for a takedown. De Costa pushes down on Trap's head and hops out.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Trap enables De Costa to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Trap manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trap looking to control.
De Costa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Trap. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Trap looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
De Costa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trap is keeping the position for now.
De Costa wants to stand but Trap is controlling his posture from full guard.
Trap bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in De Costa 's guard.
Trap postures up in De Costa 's guard and throws a big left but De Costa blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trap chips away with some ground and pound.
Trap scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Trap postures up and lands a big shot to De Costa 's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trap scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Trap is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Trap scoring with punches to the head and body.
Trap working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Trap cracks De Costa with a solid left hand.
Trap chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trap throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Costa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Trap scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
De Costa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if De Costa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Trap trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Trap is pushing down on De Costa 's leg trying to pass to half guard. De Costa is fighting to maintain full guard but Trap has managed to sneak the leg through.

Trap looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trap missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Trap trying to control the pace.
Trap throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
De Costa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Trap.
Trap stops De Costa from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trap wants to control but De Costa is keeping him busy.
Trap not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Trap keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Trap lands strikes from half guard.

Trap seems to be looking for submissions.
Trap with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nice strikes from Trap there.
Trap seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Trap with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Costa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Trap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Costa wants to get back to his feet.
Trap looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Trap slips a nice elbow through De Costa 's hands, connecting with De Costa 's forehead.
Trap looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks De Costa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Trap lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Trap working the head and body with strikes.

Trap in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. De Costa tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Trap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jon Trap!
Our winner, Jon Trap, 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.