PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wrestlefuck Wrestling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashton Eaton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eaton has chosen Eminem - Berzerk as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Wrestlefuck Wrestling looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Wrestling
vs
Eaton

178 cm
28
170 lbs
18 - 4 - 1

170 cm
29
161 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Wrestlefuck Wrestling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ashton Eaton!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wrestling misses with a combination
and Eaton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wrestling looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Eaton misses with a few strikes there.
Eaton explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Eaton has managed to clinch.
Eaton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wrestling backwards.
Eaton digs a right hand underneath Wrestling's ribcage. Wrestling let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Eaton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Eaton lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Eaton.
Eaton manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short right from Eaton.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from Eaton.
Eaton cracks Wrestling with a nice body shot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Eaton has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Wrestling uses from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eaton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Eaton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Eaton has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wrestling has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Eaton's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Eaton is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wrestling defends well.
We've been hearing good reports from Wrestling's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

Eaton looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Eaton escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wrestling gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Eaton working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wrestling doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wrestling manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Eaton working for a triangle but Wrestling defends it easily.
Wrestling won't allow Eaton to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Eaton is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wrestling is aware though and is defending well.
Eaton lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Eaton drops back looking for a leg! Wrestling is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wrestling manages to kick Eaton off! Eaton jumps back into Wrestling's guard.
Eaton is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Eaton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wrestling's head.
Wrestling preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Eaton is working Wrestling over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Eaton looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Eaton trying to control the position from guard on top but Wrestling is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eaton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Eaton makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Eaton stands and throws Wrestling's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Eaton is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Wrestling looks calm but he's in trouble here. Eaton gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Wrestling is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Eaton lets go of the hold and Wrestling can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ashton Eaton!