PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Imum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Imum comes to the cage accompanied by Candy Paint - Ken Tuck. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Imum
vs
Little

185 cm
20
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
184 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Enjoys gardening

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Max Imum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chuck Little!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Little avoids a kick to the body.
Little swings for the body but Imum moves out of range.
Little misses with a straight right.
Little throws a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Little throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Little comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Little lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Imum circles away quickly and effectively.
Little throws a jab but it's blocked by Imum.

Imum has taken the fight to the clinch.
Imum stalling in the clinch.
Imum lands a right hand.
Imum slows down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Imum just misses with a elbow thrown towards Little's brow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Little takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Imum.
Imum scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Imum.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Imum.
Little takes an elbow to the temple.
Imum wants a takedown but no success here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Imum takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Imum is trying to drag Little to the mat but Little just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Imum has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Little is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Imum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Imum pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Max Imum.
Little misses with a looping right.
Little dives in and grabs Imum's left leg, looking for a takedown. Imum pushes down on Little's head and hops out.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Little is defended easily by Imum.
Imum showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Little.
Imum dodges the punch combination from Little.
Little tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Imum counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Little down! Imum is looking to finish but Little is intelligently defending himself.

Little is rocked!
Imum stands up over Little, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Little is still in real trouble! Can Imum finish him?
Little can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Imum controls the pace.
Imum with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Little really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Imum. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Imum showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Imum's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Imum passes into half guard.
Nice strikes from Imum there.
Imum 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.
Imum lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Imum controlling the pace.
Little pushes Imum off but Imum dives into side control.
Little takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Little takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Imum grinds an elbow into Little's temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Max Imum!