PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Natan Wille (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mac Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wille comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wille
vs
Storm

185 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

185 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Dimestar Athletics & Laundry

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 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Natan Wille!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mac Storm!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Storm shoots in but Wille avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wille showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Storm.

Wille closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Storm quickly recovers to half guard.
Storm wants to get back to full guard.
Wille not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Wille is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Storm defends it well.
Wille with the ground and pound but Storm uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Wille connects with a couple of short punches.
Wille working some strikes from top position.
Storm is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wille working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wille throws a strike but Storm rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm postures up.
Storm wanted to stand there but Wille had control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Storm content to stall in guard here.

Wille pushes Storm off and scrambles back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Wille as Storm shoots in.
Wille is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Storm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wille closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Storm is not content to let Wille control the position.
Storm is trying to get back to half guard.
Storm looks to move to half guard but instead Wille has passed into mount! Damn!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Wille working for a submission but Storm is keeping him at bay.
Wille lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
BOOM! Wille connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Storm is desperately trying to improve his position but Wille has a good base and remains in mount.
Storm wants to control but Wille is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wille can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Storm is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wille 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.
Wille avoids the attempt from Storm to control.
Wille can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Storm is looking to escape.
Storm tries to lock up and control but Wille gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
BOOM! Wille connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Wille looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wille lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Storm hang on?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Storm can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wille landing strikes from the mount and Storm is in trouble!

Storm is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wille cracks Storm with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Storm is still in real trouble! Can Wille finish him?
Storm takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Wille's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Natan Wille!
Natan Wille very nearly forgot to thank Dimestar Athletics & Laundry amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.