PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between chris vasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White has chosen

target=blank>Tombstone & Young Guns as his entrance music. David White has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

vasa
vs
White

186 cm
18
209 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

213 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, chris vasa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David White!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
White looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

vasa is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in White's half guard.
vasa prevents White from standing back up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if White can do anything to dispel that myth.
White looks gassed!

vasa is looking for a kimura but White is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for vasa to get the leverage.
vasa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
White is staying active underneath vasa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

vasa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and White defends it well.
White is staying active underneath vasa, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
White is trying to stand up here but vasa is controlling him well.
White is looking to get back to is feet but vasa passes into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is working to avoid the ground and pound but vasa connects with a decent elbow.
vasa working the ground and pound.
White is pushing vasa's head away, looking to escape. vasa manages to hold on to the position though.
vasa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

vasa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
vasa is working White over with some ground and pound from side control.

vasa is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, White has escaped the position, nice work there.
White is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
vasa works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
White pushes vasa away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, vasa gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
vasa is looking to take a break and control but White is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
White is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

vasa is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. White is trying to escape and vasa transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and White is forced to tap! Nice work there by vasa! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). chris vasa!