PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between All Inn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Statham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carl Statham acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Inn
vs
Statham

185 cm
28
202 lbs
9 - 6 - 1

190 cm
28
219 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

BioPharm Nutrition

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 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, All Inn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carl Statham!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Statham looks to score with a jab to the body but Inn is just out of range.
Inn moves out of range as Statham strikes.
Statham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inn was well out of range. Poor timing from Statham.
Inn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Statham sprawls well. Statham wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Inn gets slowly back to his feet.
Inn looks for a takedown but Statham sprawls well.
Inn fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for All Inn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Inn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Statham pinned against the cage. Statham gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Inn tries to clinch up
and Statham counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Statham swinging wildly here.
Inn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Statham as he jumps to the side.
Statham misses with the combination.
Statham misses with a body shot

and Inn decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Statham's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Inn decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Statham, up you get!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Statham with a hook.
Statham throws a right hand that misses
and Inn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Carl Statham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Statham misses with a two punch combination.
Statham throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Inn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Inn.
Statham fails to land with a series of punches.
Inn tries to clinch but Statham is having none of it.
Statham scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Inn looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Inn is working for a submission of some sort.

Inn is trying to work for a kimura but Statham is defending well.

Statham is defending against the submission attempts here by Inn.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). All Inn!