PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Gable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cadian Karskin Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gable's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rick Derringer - I am a Real American. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gable
vs
Karskin Jr

201 cm
28
282 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

199 cm
28
279 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Gable!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cadian Karskin Jr!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karskin Jr misses with a takedown attempt
and Gable counters with a stiff right hand.
Karskin Jr shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gable pinned against the cage. Gable gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Karskin Jr fails with the takedown
and Gable counters with a stiff right hand.
Dan Gable has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cadian Karskin Jr.
Gable throws a good cross that connects.
Good exchange - Gable coming out on top.

Gable scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Karskin Jr is looking for a sweep.
The referee asks Gable politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Gable prefers to stall for the moment though.
Karskin Jr is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Gable taking a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dan Gable.
Gable shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Karskin Jr counters with a nice uppercut.

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.
Karskin Jr tries for a takedown but Gable sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Karskin Jr shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Karskin Jr was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Karskin Jr scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gable is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Karskin Jr throws some wild stikes that Gable manages to avoid easily.
Karskin Jr throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gable is wriggling around trying to escape.
Karskin Jr misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Karskin Jr with shots to the head and body - Gable looks very uncomfortable down there.
Karskin Jr lands a nice shot to the head.
Karskin Jr looking to finish with strikes here!
Karskin Jr landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Karskin Jr.
Karskin Jr scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Karskin Jr lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gable hang on?
Karskin Jr punching from mount but Gable doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Karskin Jr throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Gable because Karskin Jr loaded up on that one.
Gable is breathing heavily.
Karskin Jr connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karskin Jr working the ground and pound effectively.
Gable tries to hold on but Karskin Jr pushes him away.
Gable tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gable blocking the ground and pound.
Karskin Jr raining down shots from the mount!
Karskin Jr with shots to the head and body - Gable looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gable is looking to improve his position but Karskin Jr isn't that keen on the idea.
Karskin Jr scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Karskin Jr unloads with some shots from mount but Gable bucks and avoids them well.
Karskin Jr lands with some strikes.
Gable is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gable is bucking up trying to escape but Karskin Jr cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gable taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gable is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BOOM! Karskin Jr connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Karskin Jr looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Gable covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cadian Karskin Jr!