PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Kassel (ranked 4318 p4p, 2095 weight class) and Euan Ainsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kassel
vs
Ainsley

180 cm
18
184
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
195
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Kassel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Euan Ainsley!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ainsley tries to clinch but Kassel is having none of it.
Kassel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ainsley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Ainsley gets a clinch.
Kassel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ainsley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ainsley scores with a shoulder strike.
Ainsley avoids a wild elbow strike from Kassel.
Kassel throws an elbow but it misses.
Kassel takes a shot to the head.
Ainsley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kassel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ainsley can't find room to land a body shot as Kassel controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kassel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ainsley's brow.
Kassel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kassel blocks an uppercut.
Ainsley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kassel throws an elbow that misses.
Ainsley blocks an elbow strike.
Kassel throws an elbow that misses.
Kassel has a couple of punches blocked by Ainsley.
Ainsley has a couple of punches blocked by Kassel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kassel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ainsley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kassel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kassel lands a nice elbow.
Kassel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ainsley avoids a wild elbow strike from Kassel.
Ainsley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kassel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ainsley lands a left hand.
Ainsley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kassel misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Ainsley.
Ainsley stalls.
Ainsley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kassel pushes off an throws an elbow but Ainsley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kassel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kassel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kassel throws an elbow but it misses.
Ainsley lands a left hand.
Kassel misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ainsley lands with a left to the head.
Kassel is breathing heavily.
Kassel takes a shot to the head.

Kassel is rocked!
Kassel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right from Ainsley.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kassel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ainsley's brow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ainsley.
Oh Kassel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Ainsley drops Kassel onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Kassel is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Ainsley pushes Kassel against the cage and as Kassel bounces back, Ainsley cracks him with a massive overhand right that sends him crashing to the mat! Ainsley follows up with more strikes but Kassel was out from that first, devastating punch! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Euan Ainsley!