PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Mot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan TheMan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mot comes to the cage accompanied by Be Aggresive by Faith No More. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mot
vs
TheMan

180 cm
19
161 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

181 cm
19
163 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Mot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stan TheMan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mot tries to move into range but TheMan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A swing and a miss from Mot.
Mot tries to clinch there but TheMan circles away.
Mot displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Stan TheMan has been cut.
Mot throws a hook to the side of TheMan's head but TheMan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mot lands with an overhand left.
TheMan throws a jab but it's blocked by Mot.
TheMan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A combination from Mot does no damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from TheMan is defended easily by Mot.
No luck for TheMan with that takedown attempt.
Mot is looking to clinch but TheMan is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Mot misses.
TheMan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mot tries to close the distance and clinch but TheMan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Mot.
The fighters circling - TheMan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but TheMan manages to avoid it.
Mot misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mot looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
TheMan slips a straight right by Mot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mot misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from TheMan.
Tom Mot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mot misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Mot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
TheMan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mot throws out the jab.
Mot slaps away a takedown attempt from TheMan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tom Mot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stan TheMan.
Mot lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but TheMan circles away quickly and effectively.
Mot fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mot misses with a straight left.
Mot looks to throw the jab but TheMan is out of range.
Mot fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big left from TheMan misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mot moves out of range as TheMan strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mot looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
TheMan ducks under a wild hook from Mot.
Mot will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
TheMan swats away the attempt to clinch by Mot.
A punch combination from TheMan misses.
TheMan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mot misses with a double jab

and TheMan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mot's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mot is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. TheMan is aware though and is defending well.
TheMan cracks Mot with a solid left hand.
TheMan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as TheMan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mot trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
TheMan scoring with some ground and pound.
TheMan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mot's head.
TheMan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mot's head.
TheMan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
TheMan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mot swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Mot looking for a triangle here. TheMan is fighting it but it looks tight! Mot pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, TheMan is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tom Mot!