PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Clapton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and big my (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). big my is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Clapton
vs
my

182 cm
23
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Clapton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, big my!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clapton fails with a takedown attempt.
my swats away the attempt to clinch by Clapton.
Clapton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Clapton shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with my but my pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Clapton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Clapton closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. my did well to prevent Clapton getting side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
my misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
my strikes from the bottom but Clapton uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Clapton working the body and head with strikes.
my tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Clapton tries to advance to mount but my denies him.
my tries to improve position but can't.

Clapton tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Clapton has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Clapton seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
my is not content to let Clapton control the position.

Clapton is working to tighten is grip on my's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. my has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Clapton is really squeezing tight and eventually my passes out! Clapton breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Eric Clapton!