PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between CJ Tripp (ranked 2673 p4p, 302 weight class) and Dustin Assad (ranked 2631 p4p, 298 weight class). CJ Tripp has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tripp
vs
Assad

189 cm
25
174 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
186 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Organic 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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, CJ Tripp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dustin Assad!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assad throws a shot from downtown. Tripp moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Tripp wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tripp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Assad sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Assad throws out a loose jab but Tripp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Assad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tripp.
Tripp throws a right and a left that Assad avoids nicely.
Assad shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tripp as he jumps to the side.

Assad closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tripp seems a little lost for a moment, as Assad dominates the positioning.
You can see the frustration on Tripp's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Assad looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tripp knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Assad on the ground.

Assad tries for a kimura but Tripp is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Assad is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Tripp knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assad is working Tripp over with some ground and pound from side control.
Assad misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Assad in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Tripp is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dustin Assad!
After the big win, Dustin Assad made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Organic Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.