PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Broomsdale (ranked 3400 p4p, 4029 weight class) and Ashton Currie (ranked 478 p4p, 553 weight class). Broomsdale comes to the cage accompanied by Masta. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Broomsdale
vs
Currie

189 cm
19
191
3 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
177
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ezekiel Broomsdale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ashton Currie!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Hemmingworth and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Currie avoids a kick to the body.
Currie works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Broomsdale takes the fight into the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Broomsdale has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Currie throws a punch but it's blocked by Broomsdale.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Broomsdale.
Currie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Currie prevents the takedown attempt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Broomsdale throws an elbow but misses.
Currie is working Broomsdale over against the cage.
Broomsdale misses with an elbow strike.
Broomsdale doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Broomsdale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Currie's coach down at Irish Collar & Elbow Academy (ICE) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Currie's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Currie blocks an elbow strike.

Broomsdale gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Broomsdale sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Broomsdale seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Currie is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ezekiel Broomsdale!
Ezekiel Broomsdale got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'