PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Burke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan LaVelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Burke
vs
LaVelle

178 cm
20
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
21
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Burke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nathan LaVelle!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

LaVelle feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Burke looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
LaVelle trying to control the position from guard on top but Burke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

LaVelle drops back looking for a leg! Burke is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Burke manages to kick LaVelle off! LaVelle jumps back into Burke's guard.
Burke keeping moving, preventing LaVelle from controlling successfully.

Burke is looking for a triangle but LaVelle pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
LaVelle passes Burke's left leg - he's now in half guard.

LaVelle is trying for a kimura here. Burke looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! LaVelle wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nathan LaVelle!