PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Melvin The Young Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barrington Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Loud Hangover kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Melvin The Young Assassin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Barrington Xavier's chin.

The Young Assassin
vs
Xavier

174 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

168 cm
28
155 lbs
12 - 14 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Melvin The Young Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Barrington Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier shoots in but The Young Assassin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The Young Assassin works over Xavier's head and body with a nice combination.
Xavier shoots in for a takedown but The Young Assassin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Xavier keeps the fight on the outside.

Xavier gets a takedown into half guard.
Xavier is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The Young Assassin has hold of Xavier's hands but Xavier slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Young Assassin trying to hold on to Xavier's head to control him but Xavier postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Young Assassin is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Xavier is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Xavier working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The Young Assassin is looking to control Xavier's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can The Young Assassin avoid being mounted?
Xavier working over The Young Assassin with some ground and pound. The Young Assassin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The Young Assassin wants to improve his position but Xavier is controlling well.
Xavier not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier lands strikes from half guard.
Xavier landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Xavier scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Xavier working the head and body with strikes.
Xavier landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Xavier thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed The Young Assassin's head.
Xavier is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Xavier slips a nice elbow through The Young Assassin's hands, connecting with The Young Assassin's forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Xavier is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Xavier working the head and body with strikes.
The Young Assassin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Xavier scores with a couple of nice shots.
Xavier working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Xavier lands with a punch from half guard.
Xavier looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks The Young Assassin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Young Assassin keeping hold of Xavier's head, controlling as best he can.
The Young Assassin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Xavier looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Xavier lands strikes from half guard.
Xavier landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Xavier winds up and cracks The Young Assassin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Xavier there.
Xavier takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The Young Assassin is breathing heavily.
Xavier looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Xavier working over The Young Assassin with some ground and pound. The Young Assassin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The Young Assassin has hold of Xavier's hands but Xavier slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Xavier scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Xavier working the head and body with strikes.
Xavier takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Xavier takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier works his foot free and advances to mount.
Xavier lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

The Young Assassin is rocked!
Xavier pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh The Young Assassin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Xavier has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Xavier postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked The Young Assassin badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Xavier around the waist but Xavier pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Xavier is the winner by TKO! Xavier jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barrington Xavier!