PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spazzy Maggie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Alchin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Maggie
vs
Alchin

200 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spazzy Maggie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rick Alchin!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alchin tries to clinch up.
Maggie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Alchin but Alchin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Maggie looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Maggie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alchin as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spazzy Maggie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maggie tries for a takedown but Alchin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alchin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Alchin lands in his opponent's guard.
Alchin sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alchin landing with the ground and pound.
Alchin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alchin sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Alchin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Maggie can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Alchin controls the pace.
Maggie is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alchin advances position into side control!
Maggie really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Alchin has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Alchin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alchin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alchin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Maggie?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alchin working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Maggie is rocked!
Alchin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Maggie wants to control but Alchin is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alchin working the ground and pound effectively.
Oh Maggie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like Spazzy Maggie has been cut.
Alchin raining down shots from the mount!
Alchin with a couple of short strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alchin landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Alchin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Alchin lands a nice shot to the head.
Maggie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alchin on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alchin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Alchin landing strikes from the mount and Maggie is in trouble!
Alchin lands a heavy elbow.

Alchin working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Maggie looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Alchin! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Rick Alchin!