PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sprint Asap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gov Deals (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Asap
vs
Deals

188 cm
23
196 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

189 cm
20
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Voodoo Nutrition

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sprint Asap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gov Deals!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Asap has Deals up against the cage in a clinch.
Deals working hard to break the clinch.
Deals tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Deals misses with a punch to the body.
Asap leaning his opponent against the cage.
Deals prevents a body shot from Asap.
Asap blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Asap connects with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deals misses with the head strike.
Asap stalling the fight.
Deals fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Asap blocking some punches.
Asap lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Deals letting Asap take a breather here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Asap.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Deals has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Asap lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Deals.
Asap manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Deals blocks a body shot from Asap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deals misses with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Asap.
The referee is keeping an eye on Asap - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sprint Asap.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Asap lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Asap unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deals lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Deals creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Deals looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Asap with a knee to the head.

It looks like Gov Deals has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Asap doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Asap as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asap missing with knees to the body.
Asap scores with a hook to the body.
Asap tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Asap lands a body shot in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Asap takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Asap slows down the pace here.
Deals trying to control the position but instead, Asap has worked for underhooks and has pushed Deals into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Asap tries a body shot but Deals blocks it.
Asap misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Asap.
Deals wants to break the clinch but can't.

Deals manages to break the clinch.

Asap forces Deals back against the cage and clinches.
A short left from Asap.
The referee is keeping an eye on Asap - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Asap misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Asap lands a left hand that snaps the head of Deals backwards.
A short uppercut from Asap.
Deals misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sprint Asap dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gov Deals's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Deals misses with a shot to the body
and Asap counters with a stiff right hand.
Deals looks to throw a body kick
and Asap counters with a stiff right hand.

Deals is rocked!
Deals misses with a lunging right hand
and Asap scores with a counter punch that sends Deals to the canvas! Asap smells blood - he's punishing Deals with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Deals has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sprint Asap!