PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernest Herman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White has chosen Fast Five - How We Roll (Fast Five Remix) - Don Omar ft. Busta Rhymes as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Paul White will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Herman
vs
White

170 cm
26
211 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

186 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ernest Herman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul White!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for White.

Herman closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. White did well to prevent Herman getting side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Herman frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Herman looking to finish White with some ground and pound. This is bad for White!
Herman 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Herman lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Herman jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but White manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Herman has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for White!
White can't escape the position.

Herman is going oldschool here, as he tries to force White to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so White shrugs it off.

Herman jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but White manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Herman swings around for an armbar but White sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Herman's guard.

White is posturing up here but Herman has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! White tries to roll out but it's too tight and White has to tap! Slick submission there by Herman!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ernest Herman!
Ernest Herman spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.