PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Paulson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happy Camper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Paulson
vs
Camper

175 cm
19
166 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Helsinki Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Paulson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Happy Camper!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Paulson misses.
Camper slips under a jab from Paulson.
The fighters circling - Paulson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Camper has a takedown stuffed.

Camper moves into the clinch.
Camper effectively controlling the action here.

Camper manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Camper thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Camper keeping moving, preventing Paulson from controlling successfully.

Camper throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulson is working Camper over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Camper looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Paulson passes into side control.
Paulson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Camper to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Camper managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Paulson.
Paulson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Camper is looking to regain half guard here but Paulson keeps moving and retains side control.
Paulson cracks Camper with a big right hand but Camper just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Paulson is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Camper is trying to escape and Paulson transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Camper is forced to tap! Nice work there by Paulson! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Paulson!