PBP Commentary

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

Hurt
vs
Pieter

178 cm
29
166 lbs
15 - 25 - 0

175 cm
20
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

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 15 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herb Hurt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pieter Pieter!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pieter dives in and scores a takedown into Hurt's guard.

Pieter drops back looking for a leg! Hurt is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hurt manages to kick Pieter off! Pieter jumps back into Hurt's guard.
Hurt controlling the position.
Pieter trying to control the position from guard on top but Hurt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hurt looking to control.
Pieter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hurt is keeping the position for now.
Hurt is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pieter content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hurt doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hurt lands a decent shot there.

Hurt is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Pieter has his hands clasped together but Hurt extends an breaks Pieter's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Hurt.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Herb Hurt!
After the fight, Herb Hurt was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.