PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aarrearkku Markku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ace Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lightning. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ace Ryan enters the cage!

Markku
vs
Ryan

166 cm
24
145 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

171 cm
24
139 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Demonic Steel Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aarrearkku Markku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ace Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Markku feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
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.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Markku scoring with punches to the head and body.
Markku lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ryan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Markku. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Markku is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ryan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Markku landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Markku cracks Ryan with a solid left hand.
Markku chips away with some ground and pound.

Ryan is looking for a triangle here but Markku uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Markku is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ryan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Markku creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Markku lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ryan takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Markku 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.
Markku is working Ryan over with some ground and pound from side control.

Ryan is rocked!

Markku tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Markku has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ryan is still in real trouble! Can Markku finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ryan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan dodges the ground and pound from Markku.
Ryan seems to have recovered his senses.
Ryan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ryan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markku working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ryan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Ryan is rocked!
Markku lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ryan down.
Ryan is still in real trouble! Can Markku finish him?
Ryan takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Markku cracks Ryan with a big elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Check out the look on Markku's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Markku lands a big left to the face of Ryan, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Markku and another - Ryan is out! Markku stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Aarrearkku Markku!
An out of breath and clearly excited Aarrearkku Markku thanked Demonic Steel Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).