PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Homer Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Francisco
vs
Wilson

172 cm
18
132 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
136 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Homer Francisco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jerome Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Francisco shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Francisco was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Wilson tries to control the position but Francisco now has his back.

Francisco has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

Francisco looking for the choke from the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.

Francisco get's back to his feet.
Wilson shoots in but no luck this time.

Francisco moves into the clinch successfully.

Wilson breaks from the clinch.
Wilson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Francisco sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wilson.
Wilson misses with a shot to the body

and Francisco counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wilson is looking to stand up but Francisco isn't so interested in that idea.
Francisco will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wilson keeping moving, preventing Francisco from controlling successfully.

Wilson looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Francisco is defending well. Wilson quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Francisco has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Wilson celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jerome Wilson!