PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Whitaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Gola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Whitaker
vs
Gola

190 cm
25
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 Sydney, Sam Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stephen Gola!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker with a lazy takedown attempt

and Gola counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gola has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Whitaker is proving hard to escape from.
Whitaker manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gola trying desperately to get to his feet.
Whitaker unloads with some shots from mount but Gola bucks and avoids them well.
Whitaker 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.

Whitaker is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Gola to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Gola shrugs it off.

Whitaker with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

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

Gola is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Whitaker locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Gola is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sam Whitaker!