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DK Battlegrounds XV PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Askren (ranked 3028 p4p, 327 weight class) and Don Fitzgerald (ranked 2924 p4p, 322 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Excellent boxer
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt Askren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Don Fitzgerald!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzgerald swings away with a body shot that misses
and Askren counters with a single leg into guard. Fitzgerald didn't expect that.
Fitzgerald has his feet on Askren's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Askren moves away from the strike by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald throws an overhand right that lands on Askren's shoulder, as Askren tries to avoid the shot.
Askren moves into range and clinches up with Fitzgerald.
Good body shot from Askren.
Fitzgerald wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fitzgerald.
Askren blocking some punches.
Askren lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fitzgerald has a couple of punches blocked by Askren.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch on the inside.
Askren has Fitzgerald pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fitzgerald manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Fitzgerald misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Askren.
Askren's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Askren lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fitzgerald misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald throws a head punch that misses.
Fitzgerald throws a head punch that misses.
Fitzgerald looking to slow down the pace here.
Askren is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
I was talking to Askren's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Askren lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fitzgerald.
Askren lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fitzgerald being controlled against the cage.
Askren lands a body punch.
Askren lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald looks winded!
Askren blocks an uppercut.
Askren is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Askren softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Askren prevents a body shot from Fitzgerald.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Askren.
A head punch on the inside from Fitzgerald fails to land.
Askren lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Askren creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Askren tightens his grip and picks Fitzgerald up, before dumping him to the ground. Fitzgerald manages to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Askren's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Askren working some strikes from top position.
Askren is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Askren lands a couple of digs.
Askren with a nice head shot there.
Askren stays in close to Fitzgerald's body and controls the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Askren's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Askren chips away with some ground and pound.
Askren stopping the sweep attempt from Fitzgerald.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren prevents Fitzgerald from getting back to his feet.
Askren is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fitzgerald told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Askren has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fitzgerald wants to improve his position but instead Askren has moved into half guard.
Askren winds up and cracks Fitzgerald with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Askren is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Askren looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fitzgerald with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Askren is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Askren is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Askren looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fitzgerald with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Askren.
Fitzgerald is trying to get back to full guard.
Askren lands strikes from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald is looking to improve his position.
Askren lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Askren works his way into full mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Askren lands with some strikes.
Askren pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fitzgerald is working to get back to half guard.
Askren cracks Fitzgerald with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Askren with good strikes from the mount here!
Askren raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Askren dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Fitzgerald fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fitzgerald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Askren appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Askren slips a jab and a cross from Fitzgerald.
A cross from Askren lands.
Askren moves away from the strike by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Askren is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fitzgerald can do to turn this around?
Askren clinches up against the cage.
Fitzgerald swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Askren lands with a short shot to the head.
Askren lands a body shot in the clinch.
Askren gets a trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fitzgerald throws a strike from the bottom but Askren passes into side control!
Askren working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Fitzgerald is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Askren trying to control the action but Fitzgerald is working from the bottom.
Matt Askren overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Askren scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fitzgerald keeps working.
Askren lands a nice forearm strike.
Fitzgerald is looking for a sweep.
Fitzgerald on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Askren lands an elbow.
Fitzgerald is rocked!
Askren creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fitzgerald is still in real trouble! Can Askren finish him?
Askren staying calm.
Askren connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Fitzgerald some visible discomfort.
Askren scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Fitzgerald is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Askren can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Askren!
Matt Askren was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Rodriguez (ranked 992 p4p, 121 weight class) and Buakaw Banchamek (ranked 4164 p4p, 424 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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160 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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158 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Rodriguez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buakaw Banchamek!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banchamek tries a head kick but it misses.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Banchamek.
An inside leg kick lands from Banchamek.
Rodriguez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Banchamek misses with a head kick.
Rodriguez throwing a counter right hand but Banchamek manages to avoid it.
Banchamek gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Rodriguez counters with a solid body kick.
Rodriguez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Banchamek misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Banchamek has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Banchamek takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Banchamek looks winded!
Banchamek takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Banchamek takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez scores with a leg kick.
Oooooh!!! Rodriguez has knocked Banchamek down with a huge combo! Rodriguez steps away and waves a wobbly Banchamek back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Buakaw Banchamek has been cut.
Rodriguez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mary Gracies Jiu Jitsu in the buildup to the fight.
Rodriguez drops Banchamek with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Banchamek! Rodriguez dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Rodriguez!
Ryan Rodriguez retains his lightweight title!
Ryan Rodriguez tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Total Bastard (ranked 762 p4p, 40 weight class) and Albert Sure (ranked 1913 p4p, 102 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Total Bastard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Albert Sure!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bastard misses the jab.
Bastard gets a clinch.
Sure throws a head punch that misses.
Bastard can't find room to land a body shot as Sure controls the action.
Sure lands a nice knee to the body.
Bastard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
A body shot lands from Bastard.
Bastard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Sure fails to land.
Bastard can't find room to land a body shot as Sure controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bastard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sure is trying to break the clinch but Bastard is controlling him.
Sure tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sure throws a head punch that misses.
Bastard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A hook to the body from Bastard.
Bastard blocking some punches.
I was talking to Bastard's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bastard prevents Sure from breaking the clinch.
Bastard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Bastard.
Bastard avoiding damage as Sure throws knees to the body.
Bastard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Bastard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sure's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sure just misses with a punch to the body.
Bastard is looking to counter punch.
Albert Sure seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sure takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bastard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sure has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sure drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bastard scores with a three punch combo!
Jab from Bastard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bastard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sure.
Bastard misses with a double jab.
Sure misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bastard slips under a jab.
Sure throws a head kick but Bastard moves out of range.
Sure throws a series of punches but Bastard avoids them all with ease.
The fighters circling - Sure throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bastard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sure in his tracks.
Bastard dodges the punch combination from Sure.
Bastard misses with a two punch combination.
Sure takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sure throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bastard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sure throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bastard counters by clinching up.
Sure is trying to break the clinch but Bastard is controlling him.
A shot in the inside from Bastard.
Sure breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bastard on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sure staying out of range there.
Sure takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bastard scores with a jab. Sure acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sure throws a push kick but Bastard slaps the foot to one side.
Sure walks into a left hand.
Sure misses with a straight left.
Bastard moves into the clinch.
Bastard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bastard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sure has had enough of the clinch but Bastard keeps him there for the moment.
Bastard scores with a hook to the body.
Bastard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bastard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sure is trying to break free.
Bastard works on Sure's body with a couple of short punches.
Bastard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sure tries to break free but Bastard pushes him back against the cage.
Bastard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sure is trying to break free.
Sure wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sure has a couple of punches blocked by Bastard.
Bastard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sure or not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bastard.
Sure wants to get back to striking at distance but Bastard won't allow it.
Bastard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bastard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bastard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bastard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Bastard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sure tries to land knees in the clinch but Bastard avoids the damage to the body.
Bastard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sure is looking to break free of the clinch but Bastard has double underhooks.
Sure misses with some punches.
Bastard lands a hook that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
A short left from Bastard.
Bastard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Sure looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sure trying to land knees to the body.
Bastard presses Sure against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bastard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Sure is leaning against Bastard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sure is trying to break free.
Sure tries to land a knee to the head but Bastard blocks with his arms.
Bastard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sure is trying to force a seperation but Bastard has the dominant position.
Good body shot from Bastard.
Bastard lands with a light punch inside.
Bastard works on Sure's body with a couple of short punches.
Sure looks winded!
Bastard lands a left hand.
Bastard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Bastard is leaning against Sure and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bastard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bastard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Bastard lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bastard lands with a short shot to the head.
Sure's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bastard blocks a body shot from Sure.
A body shot lands from Bastard.
Still in the clinch, Bastard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sure can't find room to land a body shot as Bastard controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Total Bastard dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bastard jabs at Sure's body.
Bastard wants to clinch up but Sure keeps it at a distance.
Sure is looking for the big counter here.
Total Bastard is winning the standup battle so far.
Bastard lands a nice shot to the body.
Bastard lands a nice hook to Sure's body. Sure takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sure takes one on the button.
Sure looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sure takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice uppercut there from Sure.
Bastard ducks under a wild hook from Sure.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bastard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sure is looking to break free of the clinch but Bastard has double underhooks.
Sure prevents a body shot from Bastard.
Bastard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bastard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sures head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bastard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bastard scores with a shoulder strike.
Bastard lands a left hand.
Sure wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bastard keeps control of Sure as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sures head.
Bastard gets through Sure's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bastard gets through Sure's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sure struggles to land a body shot inside as Bastard controls his hands.
Total Bastard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bastard lands a shoulder strike.
Bastard has Sure pressed against the cage, preventing Sure from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bastard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bastard lands a hook that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Bastard tries to work over Sure's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bastard lands a shoulder strike.
Sure manages to break the clinch.
Bastard connects with a looping right hand.
Sure is rocked!
Bastard has closed the distance and engaged Sure in a clinch.
Sure is still on wobbly legs! Can Bastard finish him?
Bastard lands a hook that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sure is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sure misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bastard.
Sure tries to throw a body punch but Bastard avoids it by throwing Sure back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bastard.
Sure is breathing heavily.
Sure misses with a knee to the head.
Sure takes a shot to the head.
Bastard scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Bastard scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Bastard.
Bastard works on Sure's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastard scores with a hook to the body.
Bastard digs a right hand into Sure's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sure's gas tank.
Bastard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Bastard lands a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Bastard.
Bastard digs a right hand into Sure's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sure's gas tank.
Sure takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Bastard as the two fighters clinch.
Bastard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Nice body punch from Bastard - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from Bastard.
Bastard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bastard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bastard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sure backwards.
Bastard lands a shoulder strike.
Bastard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bastard cracks Sure with a nice body shot.
Bastard lands a big right hand that drops Sure! The killer instinct kicks in and Bastard finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Bastard!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Total Bastard!
Total Bastard retains his bantamweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Total Bastard thanked Groove Gear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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