PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zach Attack (ranked 4361 p4p, 419 weight class) and Robert Tran (ranked 2272 p4p, 246 weight class). The key to victory for Zach Attack has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Attack
vs
Tran

179 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

168 cm
22
167 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zach Attack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Tran!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Attack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Attack lands a two punch combo.
Attack has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Attack bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Attack appears to be looking for a big counter.
Attack throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Tran counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Attack has Tran pulled in close to control his posture.
Attack keeping moving, preventing Tran from controlling successfully.
Tran is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tran has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tran being controlled here momentarily.
Tran postures up in Attack's guard and throws a big left but Attack blocks it.
Attack will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Attack is looking for a triangle but Tran pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tran stopping the sweep attempt from Attack.
Tran connects with a couple of short punches.
Tran cracks Attack with a solid left hand.
Tran postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tran postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Attack avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Attack is trying to control the position but Tran postures up.
Tran throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tran postures up and lands a big shot to Attack's brow.
Tran wants to control from the top but Attack keeps moving.
Tran content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tran distracts Attack with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attack can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tran controls the pace.
Tran landing some decent shots from guard.
Tran connects with a couple of short punches.
Attack throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Attack 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.
Tran trying to control but Attack is working from the bottom.
Tran postures up.
Attack tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tran not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tran landing some decent shots from guard.
Attack controls Tran momentarily but Tran frees himself.
Tran lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Attack is rocked!
Tran is in close to Attack's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Oh Attack is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tran arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Attack's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Robert Tran!
Robert Tran seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.