PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vega Hartgrave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shackler's Revenge. On his way into the cage it seems that William Rose has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily William Rose seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Rose
vs
Hartgrave

190 cm
20
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

KRRO Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, William Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vega Hartgrave!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose dodges the punch combination from Hartgrave.
William Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose misses with a combination

and Hartgrave counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rose's guard now.
Hartgrave throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hartgrave controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hartgrave passes Rose's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hartgrave passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartgrave lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hartgrave scoring with strikes but Rose is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Hartgrave.
Rose wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hartgrave content just to control the position here.
Hartgrave has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hartgrave scoring with strikes but Rose is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartgrave lands a nice shot to the head.
Hartgrave landing strikes from the mount and Rose is in trouble!
Hartgrave lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hartgrave takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hartgrave cracks Rose with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hartgrave connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hartgrave lands with some strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hartgrave pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hartgrave scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rose?
Hartgrave working Rose over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartgrave controlling from the full mount.

Hartgrave is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Hartgrave extends the arm and Rose is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vega Hartgrave!