PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spider Monkey (ranked 118 p4p, 133 weight class) and Jakob Rolf (ranked 15 p4p, 17 weight class). Rolf has chosen AVGN Theme Song as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Monkey
vs
Rolf

187 cm
31
170
19 - 11 - 1

180 cm
31
169
21 - 12 - 0

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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 19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spider Monkey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jakob Rolf!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monkey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rolf avoids the head kick by Monkey.
Monkey walks into a stiff left hand from Rolf.
Rolf chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Monkey can pounce on him.
Rolf lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Monkey lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Jakob Rolf has been cut.
Monkey throws a leg kick
and Rolf connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Monkey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rolf's sensitive parts.
Monkey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rolf.
A jab from Rolf misses.
Monkey keeps the fight on the outside.
Monkey seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Rolf has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Monkey misses with a kick to the body
letting Rolf counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rolf throws a shot to the body.

Rolf decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Rolf seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Monkey is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jakob Rolf!
Jakob Rolf decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.