PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damir Klobucar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alf Histon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Klobucar
vs
Histon

175 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

161 cm
23
161 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Damir Klobucar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alf Histon!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klobucar fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Klobucar shoots in and drives through. Histon sprawls well.
Histon defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Klobucar.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damir Klobucar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Histon shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Histon stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Klobucar looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Histon pushes past his half guard into mount!

Histon is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Klobucar is surviving well by controlling Histon's body position as best he can.
Histon prevents Klobucar from getting the reversal.
Histon looking to control but Klobucar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Histon with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Histon manages to capitalize on a mistake by Klobucar to take his back!

Histon working for a choke but Klobucar is defending well.
Klobucar tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Klobucar defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Histon's arms.

Klobucar defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Histon's arms.
Klobucar wants to escape the position.
Klobucar is working hard here to advance position.

Histon is persistently looking for the submission but Klobucar is defending it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klobucar tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Histon with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Histon working for a submission but Klobucar is keeping him at bay.
Histon looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klobucar tries to reverse the position but Histon maintains control.
Histon trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Klobucar is desperately trying to improve his position but Histon has a good base and remains in mount.

Histon working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Histon has control of Klobucar's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Klobucar regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Histon prevents Klobucar from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Klobucar looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Klobucar showing good submission defense here.

Histon working for the choke.
Klobucar is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Histon looking for the choke from the back.
Klobucar tries to roll but Histon sticks to his back.

Histon is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Klobucar defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Klobucar can't escape the position.
Histon is trying to stick to Klobucar's back but Klobucar is turning into Histon. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Histon's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Klobucar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alf Histon dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Histon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Klobucar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Damir Klobucar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Klobucar with a lazy takedown attempt

and Histon counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Histon got a little sloppy there for a moment and Klobucar has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Histon has managed to get both his arms back between Klobucar's legs - danger averted.
Histon trying to control but Klobucar is working from the bottom.

Histon drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Histon jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Klobucar keeping full guard, as Histon tries to pass.

Klobucar has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Histon can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Histon is pushing down on Klobucar's leg trying to pass to half guard. Klobucar is fighting to maintain full guard but Histon has managed to sneak the leg through.

Histon is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Klobucar sees it coming and defends easily.

Histon is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Histon stalling.

Klobucar looking for subs from the bottom but Histon mounts him!
Klobucar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Histon controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Histon looking for a guillotine from mount but Klobucar is having none of it.
Histon content just to control the position here.

Histon looking to isolate an arm here. Klobucar doesn't see it coming and as Histon extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Histon!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alf Histon!