PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tap Out (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Angel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Out
vs
Angel

158 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
135 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tap Out!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miguel Angel!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Out decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Out landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Out not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Angel trying to hold on to Out's head to control him but Out postures up.
Angel is pressing down on Out's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Out slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Out working the ground and pound.
Angel is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Out has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Out scores with punches from side control.

Out is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Angel knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Angel's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Out tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Out 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.
Out tries to move into full mount but can't pass Angel's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Angel is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Out's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Out working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Angel's thigh. Angel counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Out tries to free his leg and advance position but Angel is retaining full guard.
Out landing some decent shots from guard.
Out pushing down on Angel's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Out trying to mount his opponent but Angel defends it.

Out seems to be looking for submissions.

Angel looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Out is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Angel doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Out.

Out is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Angel sees it coming and defends easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Out is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Out wants to pass the guard but Angel is defending well.

Angel is defending against the submission attempts here by Out.

Out is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Angel sees it coming and defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Out is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Angel trying to hold on to Out's head to control him but Out postures up.
Out has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Out lands a big elbow.

Out looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Angel tries to hold on but Out pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Out wants to finish this one by submission but Angel is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Out.

Angel has left one of his arms exposed and Out doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Angel screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tap Out!