PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Austin Shelley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Lollapalooza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shelley
vs
Lollapalooza

175 cm
20
154 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
21
166 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Inner Beast Nutrition And Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Austin Shelley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Xavier Lollapalooza!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shelley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Lollapalooza is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lollapalooza lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Lollapalooza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Shelley is looking for a triangle but Lollapalooza pushes his legs off easily.
Lollapalooza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lollapalooza trying to control but Shelley is working from the bottom.
Lollapalooza stands up over Shelley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Lollapalooza got a little sloppy there for a moment and Shelley has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lollapalooza has managed to get both his arms back between Shelley's legs - danger averted.
Shelley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shelley tries to get out of the position.
Lollapalooza throws a big right hand that misses.
Shelley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lollapalooza on the ground.

Lollapalooza drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Lollapalooza seems to have locked his on tight now - Shelley screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Lollapalooza, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Xavier Lollapalooza!
A relieved looking Xavier Lollapalooza thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.