PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Josh Pulver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Ott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ott has chosen Everybody as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Pulver
vs
Ott

170 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Pulver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Ott!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Roberts and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulver throws a jab but it's blocked by Ott.
Pulver keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pulver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ott fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Josh Pulver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pulver shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pulver showed some decent athleticism there.

Pulver decides to stand and escape the position.

Pulver drives through and clinches with Ott against the cage.

Ott has picked Pulver up - he's going for a ride! Ott dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Pulver moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pulver might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ott postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Pulver is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ott, into his guard.
Pulver landing with the ground and pound.
Pulver passes Ott's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Pulver perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Pulver's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Pulver stops Ott from getting back to his feet.

Pulver stands up out of the half guard.
Ott is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pulver closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Pulver works his way into full mount!
Pulver raining down shots from the mount!
Pulver 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.
Ott is trying desperately to improve position.
Pulver controlling his opponent.
Pulver working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulver lands a nice shot to the head.
Ott wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Ott really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pulver. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ott looks gassed!
Pulver controlling the position well here. Ott rolled but Pulver kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Ott tries to break free.

Ott is trying to roll into a better position but Pulver has get a rear naked choke and Ott is forced to tap out! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Josh Pulver!