PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ray Oliver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliver's entrance music is Enter Sandman-Metallica. A fine choice. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Oliver
vs
Patterson

183 cm
24
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
19
151 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Oliver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Karl Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oliver fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Patterson to the ground. Oliver is now in Patterson's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Patterson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Oliver landing with the ground and pound.
Oliver stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Patterson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oliver forces his way into half guard.
Oliver keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Oliver looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Patterson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oliver works his foot free and advances to mount.
Oliver controlling from mount.
Oliver fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oliver 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliver controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oliver controlling from mount.
The referee warns Patterson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Oliver is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Oliver extends the arm and Patterson is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ray Oliver!
Ray Oliver made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I want to thank my fans and the people of Brazil who support me and also my team in Montreal , thank you'.