PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Colton Ace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cor Nepgen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ace might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jedi Mind Tricks - I against I feat. Planetary . Colton Ace has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ace
vs
Nepgen

180 cm
27
177 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
176 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Colton Ace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cor Nepgen!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nepgen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ace tries to improve position but can't.
Nepgen is chipping away with strikes.
Nepgen working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nepgen is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Ace tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ace avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nepgen.
Nepgen advances nicely into full mount.
Ace regains half guard.

Ace actively working from the bottom here.

Ace looking for submissions off his back.

Ace looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ace is not content to let Nepgen control the position.

Ace is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Nepgen pulls his head out easily.
It looks like Nepgen is going to stand back up.

Ace actively working from the bottom here.
Nepgen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nepgen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Ace is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Nepgen pulls his head out easily.

Ace looking for submissions off his back.

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.

Ace looking for submissions off his back.

Ace looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nepgen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ace. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nepgen is trying to control the action in half guard but Ace is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Ace has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Nepgen escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Nepgen!
Nepgen trying to control the action but Ace is working from the bottom.
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ace is looking to reverse the position.
Nepgen wants to control but Ace is keeping him busy.
Ace is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Nepgen off and has taken his back!
Nepgen looks gassed!

Ace is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Nepgen is defending well though. Ace let's go of the attempt for now.

Ace is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Nepgen has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Nepgen is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nepgen showing good submission defense here.

Nepgen defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Ace's arms.
Nepgen trying to control but not successfully.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Ace is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Nepgen has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Ace has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Nepgen taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Ace doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Colton Ace!