PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brett Isildor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bv Rasp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Isildor's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Hobbit Music. Bv Rasp struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Isildor
vs
Rasp

190 cm
36
186 lbs
29 - 20 - 4

200 cm
32
202 lbs
25 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 29 - 20 - 4, fighting out of New York, Brett Isildor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bv Rasp!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Isildor lands a front kick.
Isildor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rasp. That did some damage!
Isildor misses with a wild combination.
Isildor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rasp moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Isildor throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Isildor scores with a head kick.
Isildor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Isildor misses with a head kick.
Isildor tries a head kick but it misses.
Isildor throws a head kick that misses.
Isildor throws a sloppy head kick and Rasp moves out of range easily.
Isildor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Isildor misses with the combination.
Rasp looks to score with a jab to the body but Isildor is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters circling a little - Isildor finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Isildor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rasp.
Isildor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Rasp closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Rasp wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Isildor, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rasp tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rasp has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Rasp lands some shots froms side control.
Isildor is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rasp asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Isildor tries to buck Rasp off but Rasp is having none of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rasp in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Rasp working the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Rasp tries for a kimura but Isildor is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasp is working Isildor over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rasp looks up at the clock and then as Isildor takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rasp smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Isildor tries to bench press Rasp off him but Rasp keeps the position.
Isildor pushes Rasp away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rasp gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Isildor is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rasp connects with a decent elbow.
Rasp has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Isildor!

Rasp is working for a guillotine from mount but Isildor frees his head quite easily.

Rasp wants to finish this one by submission but Isildor is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Rasp.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rasp unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasp working the ground and pound effectively.

Rasp wants to finish this one by submission but Isildor is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Rasp.
Isildor tries to reverse the position but Rasp maintains control.
Isildor is working hard here to advance position.
Rasp working the ground and pound effectively.
Rasp mounts Isildor! Really nice guard pass there!
Isildor squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Rasp goes for an armbar but Isildor turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Isildor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Rasp looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasp lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Isildor!
Isildor keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rasp cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Isildor is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

Rasp has isolated one of Isildor's arms. Isildor looking to fight him off but Rasp twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bv Rasp!