PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Torrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Bashor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Eddie Torrez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Torrez
vs
Bashor

184 cm
28
194 lbs
18 - 15 - 1

172 cm
28
187 lbs
10 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eddie Torrez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesse Bashor!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bashor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Torrez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice shot lands for Torrez.
Torrez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bashor darts in looking for a takedown but Torrez gets double underhooks and turns Bashor into the cage.
Torrez is pressed up against the cage. Bashor has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Torrez down to the mat. Torrez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Eddie Torrez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesse Bashor.
Bashor avoids a punch combination nicely.

Bashor shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Torrez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bashor wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Torrez, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bashor is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Torrez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Torrez wants to get back to his feet but Bashor drags him back down.

Torrez explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Torrez jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bashor shoots for a takedown but Torrez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Torrez lands a big head kick that sends Bashor tumbling to the mat! Torrez takes a step backwards and waves Bashor back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Jesse Bashor has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torrez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Torrez throws a series of punches but Bashor avoids them all with ease.
Bashor looks up at the clock. Bad move! Torrez lands a right hand from hell, dropping Bashor. Torrez pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Torrez!
In his post fight interview, Eddie Torrez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.