PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathaniel Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doc Holiday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Price comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderstruck. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Price
vs
Holiday

183 cm
18
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

188 cm
18
240 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Enjoys gardening

Nature's Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nathaniel Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Doc Holiday!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holiday tries to clinch up.
Holiday tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Holiday's corner calls for a 1-2. Holiday obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Nathaniel Price has been cut.
Price keeps the fight on the outside.

Price looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Price controls from within his opponent's guard.

Price thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Price avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Price slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Price is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Holiday really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Price. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Price chips away with some ground and pound.
Price pushes down on Holiday's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Holiday is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Price pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price is taking a breather. Holiday says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Price is working for a kimura but Holiday is defending it quite comfortably.
Holiday tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price trying to control the pace.
Price seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Holiday for as long as he can get away with.

Nathaniel Price has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Price looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Holiday!
Holiday is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holiday is bucking up trying to escape but Price cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Price has hold of Holiday's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Holiday manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Price working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Holiday looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Price! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Nathaniel Price!
Nathaniel Price gave a mention to Nature's Edge Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).