PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nolan Kloss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter La Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter La Fleur has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Nolan Kloss's chin.

Kloss
vs
La Fleur

195 cm
22
205 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

200 cm
22
219 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nolan Kloss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter La Fleur!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kloss tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from La Fleur misses.
Donk. Kloss catches La Fleur right on the button with a cross.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kloss!
La Fleur lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kloss circles away quickly and effectively.
La Fleur swinging wildly here.
La Fleur misses with a few strikes there.
La Fleur misses with a double jab

and Kloss counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kloss thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed La Fleur's head.
Kloss 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.
La Fleur keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kloss not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
La Fleur is looking to control Kloss's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can La Fleur avoid being mounted?
Kloss thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kloss not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Fleur has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kloss is working away from the top position though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kloss lands a nice short elbow.

Kloss maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! La Fleur could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Kloss has cracked it and La Fleur is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Kloss!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nolan Kloss!