PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Don Kier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Story (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Story has chosen Yo my BITCH now!!! as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kier
vs
Story

169 cm
26
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

168 cm
26
135 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Experienced

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Don Kier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Story!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kier tries to score with a low kick but Story moves his leg out of the way.

Kier drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Kier throws a strike but Story rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Story throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Story in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kier on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kier tries to get out of the position.
Story pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kier is keeping the position for now.

Kier kicks Story off and gets to his feet.

Kier scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Story manages to get to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Story tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Story lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kier!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Story has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kier's face.

Story working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Story prevents Kier from getting the reversal.
Kier is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Story putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Story has hold of Kier's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Kier manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Story trying to control but Kier is having none of it.
Story putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Story lands a big elbow.
You get the feeling that Kier really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Story pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Story unloading with bombs!
Story unloading with bombs!

Kier is rocked!

Story is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Kier is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tim Story!