PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michal Materla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Drexler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Materla comes to the cage accompanied by Sobota feat. chór Montu - Do góry łeb (prod. Matheo) . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Materla
vs
Drexler

185 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Materla is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drexler looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Drexler stuffs the takedown.

Drexler tries to sprawl but Materla drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Materla not doing much here.
Materla moves into full mount! Drexler won't be happy about that!
Materla raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Materla cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Materla controlling the position easily from mount.
Drexler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Materla. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Drexler defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Materla.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Materla controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Materla wants to control the pace but Drexler is squirming around nicely.

We're going to have a standup here because Michal Materla wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Materla looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Materla uses his free foot to push down on Drexler's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Drexler.
Materla controlling from mount.
Drexler has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Materla has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Drexler is in real trouble here. Materla gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Drexler is tapping out! Materla wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Michal Materla!