PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between CJ Tripp (ranked 445 p4p, 560 weight class) and Drizzt Do Urden (ranked 67 p4p, 85 weight class). Drizzt Do Urden has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with CJ Tripp's chin.

Tripp
vs
Do Urden

189 cm
35
174
23 - 10 - 0

183 cm
26
177
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, CJ Tripp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Drizzt Do Urden!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do Urden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tripp counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fighters circling - Tripp throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Do Urden throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Do Urden throws a series of punches but Tripp moves out of range.
Tripp blocks a jab.
Do Urden looks to land a right hand but Tripp moved out of range.
Tripp seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A swing and a miss from Do Urden.
Tripp moves away from the strike by Do Urden.
Do Urden lands a nice shot that snaps Tripp's head back.
Do Urden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do Urden lands with a nice body punch.
Tripp looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tripp takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do Urden throws the left hand but Tripp avoids the punch easily.
Drizzt Do Urden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tripp slips under a jab from Do Urden.
Do Urden throws out a powerful jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tripp catches Do Urden with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tripp takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like CJ Tripp has been cut.
Tripp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Do Urden.
Tripp is looking to counter punch.
Do Urden cracks a nice hook into Tripp's ribs.
Some wild striking there from Tripp.
Do Urden misses with a straight left.
It appears Tripp was looking to counter with a kick there.
Do Urden swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tripp counters with a thumping low kick.
Do Urden misses with an uppercut.
Tripp was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Do Urden misses with a hook
and Tripp counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Do Urden has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tripp finds it's way round the side to connect with Do Urden's head.
Tripp swings for the body but Do Urden moves out of range.
Tripp takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Do Urden has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do Urden ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tripp lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tripp ducks under a wild hook from Do Urden.
Tripp on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tripp takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tripp uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Do Urden.
Nice straight punches there by Do Urden. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Do Urden.
Do Urden misses with an uppercut. Tripp saw that one coming.
Do Urden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tripp is looking to counter with a body kick.
Do Urden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tripp.
Do Urden moves out of range as Tripp throws a body kick.
Tripp throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Do Urden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tripp blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden throws a hook but Tripp avoids it easily.
Do Urden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Do Urden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tripp gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Do Urden jabs Tripp to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tripp looks for the body kick but Do Urden saw that one coming.
Tripp lands a head kick!
Do Urden throws a right and a left that Tripp avoids nicely.
Tripp throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Do Urden scores with a nice strike.
Do Urden throws a right hand that misses
and Tripp counters with a nice kick to the body.
Tripp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Do Urden.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Do Urden moves out of range of the body kick from Tripp.
Do Urden swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Do Urden connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tripp. Tripp circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Do Urden misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Tripp on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tripp misses with a body kick.
Do Urden is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tripp had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Do Urden misses with a right hand
and Tripp counters with a straight right hand.
Tripp takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tripp wants to slow Do Urden down by chopping away at his legs.
Do Urden takes a swing at Tripp's ribcage but misses.
Do Urden bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tripp's head.
Do Urden pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Do Urden lands an overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tripp ducks right into an uppercut from Do Urden.
Tripp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Drizzt Do Urden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on CJ Tripp's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Do Urden misses with a straight left.
Do Urden lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jab by Do Urden.
Do Urden moves out of range of the body kick from Tripp.
Do Urden misses the jab.
Tripp fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Do Urden on the side of the head.
Do Urden misses with a hook
and Tripp counters with a right hand to the body.
Tripp takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A punch combination from Do Urden misses.
It looked like Tripp wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Do Urden lands a nice hook to Tripp's body. Tripp takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A swing and a miss from Do Urden.
An attempted straight right counter from Tripp misses the target.
Tripp slips a straight right by Do Urden.
Do Urden scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tripp takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tripp misses with a lunging right hand
and Do Urden counters with a nice uppercut.
Do Urden throws a poor cross that misses
and Tripp counters with a good low kick that Do Urden was not able to check.
Tripp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Do Urden.
Do Urden has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Do Urden falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tripp counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tripp throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tripp takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Do Urden misses with the combination.
Do Urden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick by Tripp misses
and Do Urden counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tripp misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden misses the jab.
Do Urden lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do Urden misses with an uppercut
and Tripp counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Do Urden checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Do Urden moves out of range as Tripp throws a body kick.
Do Urden works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Do Urden's corner calls for a 1-2. Do Urden obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Do Urden scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tripp moves away from the strike by Do Urden.
Tripp feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Do Urden misses with a hook.
Do Urden lands a slapping body shot.
Do Urden misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Tripp misses.
Tripp throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Do Urden. Those never looked like landing.
Tripp tries to land a front kick but Do Urden steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Do Urden connects with a jab.
Tripp throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Do Urden scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A big left from Tripp misses.
Tripp throws a leg kick which misses Do Urden's front leg but catches the back leg as Do Urden tries to avoid it.
Tripp has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tripp looks for the body kick but Do Urden saw that one coming.
Do Urden misses with a few strikes there.
Do Urden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tripp.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Do Urden.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tripp swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Tripp might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Do Urden throws a right and a left that Tripp avoids nicely.
Tripp walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tripp looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Do Urden misses with a double jab
and Tripp counters with a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Do Urden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tripp goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tripp throws a head kick that misses
and Do Urden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Do Urden takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tripp doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A lazy left from Do Urden finds it's target.
Drizzt Do Urden seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Do Urden with a nice calf kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Drizzt Do Urden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on CJ Tripp's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Do Urden lands a nice looking body shot.
Do Urden throws a hook to the side of Tripp's head but Tripp sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tripp bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tripp takes one to the side of the head.
Tripp throws a right hand that misses
and Tripp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Do Urden throws a jab when Tripp was well out of range.
Do Urden throws a body punch but Tripp moves out of range.
Tripp connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Do Urden cracks a nice hook into Tripp's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tripp ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Do Urden looks to score with a jab to the body but Tripp is just out of range.
Tripp is looking for a counter combo.
Both fighters circling a little - Tripp finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Do Urden throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tripp keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Do Urden throws the left hand but Tripp avoids the punch easily.
Do Urden closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Tripp misses with a body punch
and Do Urden counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice body kick there by Tripp.
A looping hook to the body misses from Do Urden. Tripp does a little dance to reset his feet.
Do Urden throws a jab but it's blocked by Tripp.
Do Urden misses with a body punch
and Tripp counters with a nice body shot.
Tripp throws a body kick that misses.
Tripp throws a shot from downtown. Do Urden moves away and avoids it.
Tripp dips to his left and cracks Do Urden with an uppercut!
Do Urden walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tripp.
CJ Tripp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Do Urden avoids the body shot from Tripp.
Tripp misses with a wild body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tripp lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Do Urden has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Do Urden and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Do Urden looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Do Urden works Tripp's body with a nice hook.
Do Urden lands a glancing blow to the side of Tripp's head.
Tripp moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

CJ Tripp's cut is getting worse.
Tripp goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tripp's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Do Urden connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tripp scrambles back to his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tripp.
Do Urden lands with a straight right. Tripp didn't see that one coming.
Tripp looks for the body kick but Do Urden saw that one coming.
Do Urden's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tripp connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Do Urden scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Do Urden drops his hands momentarily and Tripp takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tripp gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Do Urden lands with an uppercut that bounces Tripp off the cage and back into range.

Tripp is rocked!
Do Urden connects with a solid leg kick.
Tripp misses with a low kick.
Tripp lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Do Urden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tripp circles away quickly and effectively.
Tripp went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Do Urden lands a nice shot that snaps Tripp's head back.
Do Urden throws a shot from downtown. Tripp moves away and avoids it.
Tripp was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Do Urden scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Oh Tripp is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tripp looks to throw the jab but Do Urden is out of range.
Tripp looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Do Urden swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tripp.
Do Urden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tripp.
Do Urden scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tripp doesn't seem bothered though.
Tripp seems to have got his legs back now.
Do Urden scores with a jab. Tripp acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Do Urden getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Do Urden is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tripp throws a body kick that misses.
Do Urden throws a lazy uppercut
and Tripp makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Drizzt Do Urden is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Do Urden throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drizzt Do Urden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Do Urden has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drizzt Do Urden!
After the big win, Drizzt Do Urden made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Voodoo Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.