PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erwin Rommel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jelly Tanglib (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.

Rommel
vs
Tanglib

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
24
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 New York, Erwin Rommel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jelly Tanglib!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rommel clinches with his opponent.
Rommel missing with knees to the body.
Rommel misses with a knee to the head.
Rommel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rommel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tanglib.
Rommel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tanglib.
Rommel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tanglib avoids it.
Tanglib managing to block the knees to the body from Rommel.
Rommel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tanglib can't break the clinch.
Rommel prevents Tanglib from breaking the clinch.
Rommel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tanglib has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rommel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tanglib avoids it.
Rommel looking to stall.
Rommel seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Tanglib is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanglib tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rommel just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rommel tries to stall but Tanglib uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tanglib on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tanglib tries to pull guard but Rommel forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Rommel tries to land knees in the clinch but Tanglib avoids the damage to the body.
Rommel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tanglib.
Rommel missing with knees to the body.
Rommel misses with a knee to the head.
Rommel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rommel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tanglib working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rommel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rommel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tanglib is keeping busy.

Tanglib is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Rommel can't fight it off and eventually Tanglib manages to take the fight to the floor. Rommel looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Tanglib lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tanglib scoring with some ground and pound.
Tanglib postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rommel will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tanglib passes Rommel's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Tanglib looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rommel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Rommel is rocked!
Tanglib lands a big elbow - Rommel is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Tanglib!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jelly Tanglib!