PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terence Erenberg (ranked 2412 p4p, 1892 weight class) and Tom Eli (ranked 304 p4p, 250 weight class). Tom Eli has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Terence Erenberg's chin.

Erenberg
vs
Eli

193 cm
30
182
10 - 2 - 0

176 cm
27
178
10 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terence Erenberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Eli!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erenberg shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Erenberg fails with the takedown
and Eli counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Erenberg has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Eli throws a front kick that sends Erenberg stumbling back into the cage.
Erenberg misses with a wild body shot.
Eli misses the jab.
Eli defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Erenberg.
Erenberg gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Eli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terence Erenberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Erenberg manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Eli on his heels. He'll look to pass Eli's guard now, I'm sure.
Eli trying to keep a closed guard but Erenberg is proving a slippery customer.
Erenberg trying to control but Eli is working from the bottom.
Erenberg is fighting to break Eli's control of his arms but Eli is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Erenberg throwing strikes but missing.
Erenberg forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erenberg wants to pass to mount but Eli is defending the position.

Eli is trying to control Erenberg's posture. Erenberg takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Eli! Erenberg is rotating here... this could be the end... Eli is out! Erenberg has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Terence Erenberg!
A very excited looking Terence Erenberg made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.