PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Little (ranked 4610 p4p, 4444 weight class) and Mikey Obrien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Obrien's choice of entrance music: Know Me From. The key to victory for Ricky Little has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Little
vs
Obrien

175 cm
19
166
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
178
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikey Obrien!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Little looking to score a takedown here. Obrien is defending well but Little drives through and ends up in Obrien's guard.
Little pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Obrien is keeping the position for now.
Little wants to control from the top but Obrien keeps moving.
Little has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Little throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Obrien works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Obrien utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Obrien kicks Little off and gets to his feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Obrien.

Obrien decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Little scores with a takedown into Obrien's guard.

Obrien has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Little is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little wants to take the fight to the mat but Obrien manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Little trying to control the position but instead, Obrien has worked for underhooks and has pushed Little into the cage.

Obrien pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Little gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Little jumps guard but Obrien stands there with Little around his waist. Little gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Little is looking to control Obrien's arms but Obrien gets an underhook and turns him. Now Little has his back to the cage.
Obrien jumps guard but Little stands there with Obrien around his waist. Obrien gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Little is trying to push Obrien away but Obrien has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Obrien has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Little uses from the top position.
Little won't allow Obrien to sweep him here.
Little tries to free his leg and advance position but Obrien is retaining full guard.
Little is breathing heavily.

Little has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Obrien to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Little is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Obrien pulls down on the head and he's put Little to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mikey Obrien!
Mikey Obrien bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.