PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gary Ablett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buster Bluth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Ablett
vs
Bluth

182 cm
25
185 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
192 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gary Ablett!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Buster Bluth!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bluth is looking to clinch but Ablett is avoiding it.
Ablett definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ablett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Buster Bluth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Bluth.
Bluth throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Ablett counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bluth!
Ablett controlling from side mount.
Ablett working the ground and pound but Bluth is defending the strikes.
Ablett working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bluth prevents Ablett from improving position.
Ablett throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ablett lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ablett lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bluth tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ablett remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Bluth is not content to let Ablett control the position.
Ablett fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ablett lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ablett 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.
Ablett has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Bluth!
Ablett working Bluth over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ablett landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ablett with the ground and pound from mount.
Ablett raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ablett looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ablett in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ablett controlling from the full mount.
Ablett working Bluth over with strikes here.
Bluth really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ablett. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ablett unloading with bombs!
Ablett controlling his opponent.
The referee warns Bluth that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ablett lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Ablett.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ablett is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Ablett extends the arm and Bluth is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gary Ablett!
Gary Ablett retains his middleweight title!
Gary Ablett thanked the fans post fight for their support.