PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hero Primo (ranked 693 p4p, 674 weight class) and Roman Ship (ranked 45 p4p, 43 weight class). Primo comes to the cage accompanied by Returns a King. Roman Ship has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Primo
vs
Ship

225 cm
30
287
15 - 8 - 1

195 cm
32
283
21 - 27 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sakura Style
Shadow Realm Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Hero Primo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 27 - 1, fighting out of London, Roman Ship!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ship throws a hook to the side of Primo's head but Primo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Primo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Primo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ship's guard.

Primo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Primo trying to control the position from guard on top but Ship is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Primo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Primo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ship preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ship keeping moving, preventing Primo from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ship is pulling down on Primo's head. It's preventing any offense from Primo, at least for the moment.
Primo landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ship looking for a guillotine here but Primo defends easily.

Ship has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Primo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Primo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ship controls Primo momentarily but Primo frees himself.
Primo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ship working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Primo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Primo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Primo is posturing up here but Ship has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Primo tries to roll out but it's too tight and Primo has to tap! Slick submission there by Ship!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Roman Ship!
Roman Ship seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Hero Primo stepped up to the mic, saying 'I’ll Train Hard & Win Next Fight'.