PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cid Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Looney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Strife
vs
Looney

170 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cid Strife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chad Looney!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strife tries to close the distance and clinch but Looney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strife wants to clinch.
Strife tries to clinch up but Looney circles away and keeps his distance.
Looney shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Strife defends it nicely.
Strife misses with a low kick as Looney jumps back.
Strife tries to clinch up.
Strife throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Strife gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Strife crunches a lovely knee into Looney's ribcage.
Strife lands a nice elbow.
Looney takes an elbow to the temple.
Strife comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Chad Looney has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Looney manages to pull guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Strife throwing strikes but missing.
Strife wants to control from the top but Looney keeps moving.

Looney is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Strife frees his head nicely. Oh but Looney has switched to an armbar! Strife is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Chad Looney!