PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between TJ Welsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osold Seth Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Welsh comes to the cage accompanied by Lets Have A War. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Welsh
vs
Seth Sinclair

190 cm
33
199 lbs
19 - 22 - 1

181 cm
28
203 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Powerful

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 19 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, TJ Welsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Osold Seth Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Seth Sinclair moves into the clinch successfully.
Seth Sinclair has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Welsh keeps control of Seth Sinclair as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Welsh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Welsh.

Welsh has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Seth Sinclair is trying to keep an underhook but Welsh manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Welsh is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Welsh wants to take a breather but Seth Sinclair is having none of it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Seth Sinclair manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Welsh gets to his feet - Seth Sinclair follows without any prompting.

Welsh closes the distance and clinches.

Seth Sinclair's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Welsh shoots in but Seth Sinclair avoids the takedown attempt easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Welsh shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Welsh was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seth Sinclair tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seth Sinclair stops Welsh from passing to mount.
Welsh wants to control but Seth Sinclair is keeping him busy.

Welsh is trying to get an arm triangle but Seth Sinclair is defending well.

Welsh is trying to get an arm triangle but Seth Sinclair is defending well.
Seth Sinclair is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Welsh thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Seth Sinclair is looking to reverse the position.

Welsh looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Welsh tries to advance to mount but can't.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seth Sinclair wants to get back to his feet but Welsh drags him back down.
Welsh trying to control the action but Seth Sinclair is working from the bottom.

Welsh thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Welsh tries to advance to mount but can't.

Welsh has an Americana. Seth Sinclair didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Welsh is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Welsh hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). TJ Welsh!
TJ Welsh bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.