PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jean Claude (ranked 2876 p4p, 4000 weight class) and Eamon Saul (ranked 329 p4p, 432 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Claude
vs
Saul

180 cm
25
169
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
171
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Claude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Eamon Saul!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Claude scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Saul holds on to Claude's head and controls the position momentarily.
Saul is looking to regain half guard here but Claude keeps moving and retains side control.
Claude working the ground and pound from side control.
Saul tries to bench press Claude off him but Claude keeps the position.
A lull in the action here as Claude stalls from top position.
Saul takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Saul is rocked!

It looks like Eamon Saul has been cut.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Saul can do anything to dispel that myth.
Claude lands a strong strike to the head of Saul. That's dazed him! Claude looking to finish here. Saul is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Claude lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean Claude!