PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgio Tsoukalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Edgar is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Edgar
vs
Tsoukalos

168 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

169 cm
22
169 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giorgio Tsoukalos!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsoukalos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Edgar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tsoukalos jabs Edgar right on the nose. Edgar blinks but takes it well.
Edgar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Edgar takes a swing at Tsoukalos's ribcage but misses.

Tsoukalos feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Tsoukalos throws a big right hand that misses.
Edgar wants to sweep but no luck.
Tsoukalos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Edgar is keeping the position for now.
Edgar wants to stand and escape but Tsoukalos is having none of it.
Edgar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Edgar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tsoukalos.
Edgar looking for a sweep. Not yet Edgar, not yet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsoukalos cracks Edgar with a solid left hand.
Tsoukalos tries to free his leg and advance position but Edgar is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tsoukalos stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Tsoukalos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tsoukalos scores with a jab. Edgar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Tsoukalos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tsoukalos lands strikes from half guard.
Tsoukalos wants to take a breather but Edgar is having none of it.
Tsoukalos is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Tsoukalos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Edgar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tsoukalos throwing shots but Edgar is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Edgar is looking to improve his position.
Tsoukalos uses his free foot to push down on Edgar's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Edgar.
Tsoukalos raining down shots from the mount!
Tsoukalos landing strikes from the mount and Edgar is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsoukalos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Edgar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Edgar tries to get out of the position.
Tsoukalos working Edgar over with strikes here.

Edgar is rocked!
Tsoukalos landing strikes from the mount and Edgar is in trouble!
Oh Edgar is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tsoukalos lands a big shot there that rocks Edgar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Edgar takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Tsoukalos's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giorgio Tsoukalos!
During a confident post fight interview, Giorgio Tsoukalos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.