PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juaquin Bartolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle McDougall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bartolo
vs
McDougall

187 cm
21
184 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Juaquin Bartolo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kyle McDougall!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from McDougall. No joy for Bartolo on that attempt.
McDougall scores with a body shot.
McDougall fails with an attempt to clinch.
McDougall works over Bartolo's head and body with a nice combination.
McDougall throws a head kick but Bartolo moves out of range.
Bartolo is trying hard to land a takedown here. McDougall sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Juaquin Bartolo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bartolo shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juaquin Bartolo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McDougall throws a head kick that misses.
Bartolo shoots in for a double leg but McDougall sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McDougall.

Bartolo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bartolo is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDougall is wriggling around trying to escape.
McDougall is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
McDougall wants to control but Bartolo is having none of it.
McDougall sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDougall moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bartolo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

McDougall is looking for a triangle but Bartolo pushes his legs off easily.
Bartolo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

McDougall isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bartolo stacks McDougall 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 Bartolo!
Bartolo gets to mount! McDougall was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Bartolo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
McDougall is trying desperately to improve position.
Bartolo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McDougall can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDougall is squirming around, avoiding Bartolo's attempts to control the action.
Bartolo looking to ground and pound but McDougall is blocking nicely.
McDougall manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Bartolo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McDougall defending well though.
McDougall tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Bartolo throwing shots but McDougall is blocking nicely.
The fighters are battling for position here. McDougall manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
McDougall is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
McDougall controlling the action here.
Bartolo controlling the position well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartolo is refusing to be controlled, as McDougall sits in half guard.
Bartolo throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

McDougall has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Bartolo defend it? McDougall steps over the head and cranks it - Bartolo is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for McDougall!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kyle McDougall!