PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Austin Tress (ranked 5654 p4p, 6149 weight class) and Spicy McHaggis (ranked 657 p4p, 700 weight class). Tress comes to the cage accompanied by Eye of the Tiger. Austin Tress has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tress
vs
McHaggis

193 cm
18
185
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
180
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Austin Tress!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Spicy McHaggis!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tress lands a head kick. McHaggis smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
McHaggis shoots in looking for a takedown but Tress manages to keep the fight standing, pushing McHaggis's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Tress instigates a clinch.
Tress utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Tress breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Tress closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McHaggis is trying to force a seperation but Tress has the dominant position.
Tress throws an elbow but it misses.
Tress is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McHaggis is defending well for now.
McHaggis is trying to break free.
Tress is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tress misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McHaggis.
McHaggis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tress lands a nice knee to the body.
McHaggis takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tress keeps control of McHaggis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tress avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McHaggis takes a knee to the side of the body.
McHaggis looks winded!
McHaggis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tress.
Tress missing with knees to the body.
Tress crunches a lovely knee into McHaggis's ribcage.

McHaggis jumps guard.
Tress slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tress loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tress pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McHaggis is keeping the position for now.

Tress thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
McHaggis has a closed guard, preventing Tress from standing up.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Tress closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tress trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tress drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tress lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short left from McHaggis.
Tress lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tress has McHaggis pressed against the cage, preventing McHaggis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tress using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McHaggis managing to block the knees to the body from Tress.
McHaggis is working for takedown but Tress is calmly controlling the position for now.

Tress breaks the clinch.
McHaggis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tress leaves McHaggis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Austin Tress has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Spicy McHaggis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tress clinches with his opponent.
Tress lands an elbow just above McHaggis 's eye.
McHaggis is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tress pulls him back up using the underhooks.
McHaggis avoiding damage as Tress throws knees to the body.
Tress tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McHaggis avoids it.

McHaggis jumps guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McHaggis has his foot on Tress's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Tress works his way back into a safe position though.
Tress is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Tress dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tress closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tress missing with knees to the body.
Tress is looking to take this one to the mat.
McHaggis avoiding damage as Tress throws knees to the body.
McHaggis avoids a wild elbow strike from Tress.
McHaggis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from McHaggis.
Tress is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McHaggis can do to turn this around?
McHaggis blocks an elbow strike from Tress.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tress.
Tress lands an elbow that stopped McHaggis in his tracks for a moment.
Tress tries to score a body lock takedown but McHaggis shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tress unloads a knee to the mid-section. McHaggis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tress missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McHaggis prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Austin Tress. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tress is looking for a takedown.
McHaggis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
McHaggis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tress has him pressed against the cage.
McHaggis lands a shoulder strike.
Tress tries for a takedown but McHaggis manages to get underhooks.
Tress trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tress tries to land knees in the clinch but McHaggis avoids the damage to the body.
Tress tries to land a knee to the head but McHaggis blocks with his arms.
Tress lands a knee to the body.

Tress breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McHaggis moves into the clinch.
McHaggis is trying to drag Tress to the mat but Tress just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Tress pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McHaggis lands a body shot.
McHaggis shoots in but Tress avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McHaggis swings for the body but Tress moves out of range.
McHaggis tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tress sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten McHaggis somewhat.
McHaggis moves in looking to clinch but Tress pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tress forces McHaggis back against the cage and clinches.
Tress putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McHaggis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Tress manages to break the clinch.
Tress moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tress looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tress wants to clinch.
McHaggis is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Tress drives through and clinches with McHaggis against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tress lands an elbow that stopped McHaggis in his tracks for a moment.
Tress misses with an elbow strike.
McHaggis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tress smiles and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tress looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McHaggis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tress is looking to clinch but McHaggis is avoiding it.

McHaggis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tress tries to improve position but can't.

McHaggis decides to stand up, so the ref orders Tress to his feet.

Tress gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Tress dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tress has managed to clinch.
McHaggis looking for a takedown.
Tress unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McHaggis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tress is keeping busy.

Tress manages to break the clinch.
Tress tries to close the distance and clinch but McHaggis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McHaggis swats away the attempt to clinch by Tress.
Tress tries to clinch up but McHaggis circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McHaggis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tress turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Austin Tress is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Tress has managed to clinch.
Tress is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McHaggis is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tress tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McHaggis avoids it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
McHaggis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tress smiles and moves away.
McHaggis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fight stays on the outside here - McHaggis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McHaggis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Austin Tress has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Spicy McHaggis.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by McHaggis!

Tress gets a clinch.
McHaggis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Tress.

It looks like Spicy McHaggis has been cut.
Tress missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tress creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McHaggis's defenses.
Austin Tress has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McHaggis tries to circle away but Tress has him pinned against the cage.
Tress landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tress trying to land knees to the body.
Tress putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McHaggis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tress lands an elbow inside that McHaggis shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tress landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tress is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but McHaggis is defending well.
Tress is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tress lands a damaging elbow.
Tress lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tress using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tress.
Tress working McHaggis over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tress lands a knee to the body.
Tress lands an elbow inside.
Tress comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tress trying to land knees to the body.
Tress lands a nice elbow.
Tress landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tress unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McHaggis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tress working McHaggis over with knees to the body.
McHaggis goes for a takedown attempt but Tress pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Tress clinches up with McHaggis and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tress misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McHaggis.

McHaggis jumps guard and drags Tress to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McHaggis managing to control the position.
Tress passes into half guard.
Tress is keen to just control but McHaggis is a slippery customer.
Spicy McHaggis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Austin Tress is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Austin Tress showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tress, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Austin Tress!
An out of breath Austin Tress thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.