PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Misirlou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sid Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Misirlou might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Drake- Over. Singh has chosen Amazing- Kanye West as his entrance music. Sid Singh struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Misirlou
vs
Singh

172 cm
21
155 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

178 cm
20
154 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Misirlou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Sid Singh!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Misirlou shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Singh's guard.

Singh working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Misirlou doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Misirlou manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Misirlou stands up over Singh, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Misirlou is looking to stand up but Singh won't let him.
Misirlou lands a couple of digs.
Misirlou postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Misirlou won't allow Singh to sweep him here.
Misirlou wants to stand but Singh has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Singh is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Singh isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Misirlou stacks Singh on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Misirlou!
Misirlou 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.
Misirlou content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Misirlou tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Misirlou is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Singh has escaped the position, nice work there.
Singh is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
A lull in the action here as Misirlou stalls from top position.
Singh is looking for a sweep.
Singh really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Misirlou. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Misirlou trying to control the position but Singh is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Singh tries to improve position but can't.

Misirlou in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Singh is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mark Misirlou!