PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fredrik Alias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Storm (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.

Alias
vs
Storm

184 cm
24
258 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
24
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fredrik Alias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mason Storm!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Storm misses with a double jab

and Alias counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Storm's guard now.
Storm wants to stand but Alias is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Storm controls Alias momentarily but Alias frees himself.
Storm really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Alias. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Alias has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Storm is proving hard to escape from.
Alias is stalling in the full guard.
Alias trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Alias drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Alias jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alias stands up and waves to Storm to follow him.
Storm tries to score with a low kick but Alias moves his leg out of the way.
Alias displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Storm.
Storm is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alias shoots in for a takedown but Storm shows good takedown defense.

Alias gets the takedown into side control.
A lull in the action here as Alias stalls from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alias tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Storm is trying to control Alias's posture but Alias avoids it.
Alias has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Alias looking to control and managing it successfully.
Storm is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alias looking to control and managing it successfully.
Alias looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Alias controlling from mount.
Alias seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Storm for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alias looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Storm taking shots to the head.
Alias moves to back control.

Alias is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Storm defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alias controlling the position well here. Storm rolled but Alias kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Alias could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fredrik Alias dominated that round.
That's time! Alias's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Storm shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Storm throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Alias to regain full guard.
Alias keeping moving, preventing Storm from controlling successfully.

Alias is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Storm rolls with it to try and escape but Alias cranks on the arm and Storm is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fredrik Alias!