PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Preston Schmidli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graham's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC_Z-EPSVaI&playnext=1&videos=gXE_R26bAm8. Schmidli has chosen Swimming with Dolphins - Fast Car as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jordan Graham is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Graham
vs
Schmidli

183 cm
18
151 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
19
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Preston Schmidli!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmidli avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Graham throws a series of punches but Schmidli avoids them all with ease.

Graham clinches up with Schmidli and pushes him back against the cage.
Graham really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Schmidli is pressed up against the cage. Graham has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Schmidli down to the mat. Schmidli avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Graham looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A bone on bone clash there as Schmidli blocks the leg kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Graham.
Schmidli has his takedown stuffed

and Graham counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Graham.

Schmidli is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Graham defends well.

Schmidli throws his legs up looking for a submission but Graham uses it to pass to side control.
Graham remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Schmidli is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidli is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Schmidli taking a bit of punishment here - Graham scoring with strikes.
Schmidli tries to bench press Graham off him but Graham keeps the position.
Schmidli is not content to let Graham control the position.
Schmidli is trying to get back to half guard.
Graham is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Graham trying to control the action but Schmidli is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Graham darts in and clinches Schmidli up against the cage.
Graham is looking to break free of the clinch but Schmidli has double underhooks.

Schmidli manages to pull guard.

Schmidli has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Graham can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Graham has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Schmidli to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Graham is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Schmidli pulls down on the head and he's put Graham to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Preston Schmidli!