PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Revs (ranked 4676 p4p, 24655 weight class) and Kris John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Revs
vs
John

195 cm
21
210
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
212
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josh Revs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kris John!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John shoots in for a double leg but Revs sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Revs seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Revs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but John moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Revs lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Revs avoids the head kick by John.
Revs shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

John has Revs up against the cage in a clinch.
Revs tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A short left from John.

John breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

John gets in close and instigates a clinch.
John should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
John has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Revs is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
John tries a knee to the head but Revs blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from John.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Revs pulls John into guard.
Revs preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Revs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Revs is on top in guard.

Revs throws a strike but John rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Revs wants to stand but John is controlling the position.
John is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
John is fighting to break Revs's control of his arms but Revs is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Revs is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! John has his hands clasped together but Revs extends and breaks John's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Revs.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Josh Revs!