PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Porter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trystan Le Salle (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.

Porter
vs
Le Salle

185 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 Los Angeles, Matthew Porter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trystan Le Salle!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Porter has taken the fight to the clinch.

Porter gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Porter trying to control the pace.
Porter frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Porter content just to control the position here.
Le Salle is desperately trying to improve his position but Porter has a good base and remains in mount.
Porter sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Porter avoids the attempt from Le Salle to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porter pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Le Salle is working to get back to half guard.
Porter controlling his opponent.
A nice elbow there by Porter.

It looks like Trystan Le Salle has been cut.
Porter controlling the position easily from mount.
Le Salle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Porter. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porter has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Matthew Porter wasn't doing enough on the ground.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le Salle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Porter shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Porter was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Porter passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Le Salle!
Porter controlling his opponent.
Porter lands a heavy elbow.

That has opened up Trystan Le Salle's cut even more.
Porter controlling from the full mount.

Porter is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Porter extends the arm and Le Salle is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matthew Porter!
During a confident post fight interview, Matthew Porter thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.