PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Blumpkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bam Timmermans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blumpkin
vs
Timmermans

180 cm
19
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Billy Blumpkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bam Timmermans!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blumpkin shoots for a takedown but Timmermans saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Blumpkin fails with a takedown attempt.

Blumpkin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Blumpkin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Blumpkin thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Timmermans is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Blumpkin trying to control the action but Timmermans is working from the bottom.
Timmermans parries the strikes from Blumpkin easily there. Blumpkin is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Timmermans to escape.

Blumpkin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Blumpkin trying to control the action but Timmermans is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timmermans is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Blumpkin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Timmermans keeps working.
Blumpkin in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Timmermans tries to escape but Blumpkin is in control.

Blumpkin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Blumpkin is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Timmermans is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Blumpkin is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Timmermans has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Timmermans is trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Blumpkin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Blumpkin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Blumpkin tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Timmermans wants to get back to his feet but Blumpkin drags him back down.
Timmermans parries the strikes from Blumpkin easily there. Blumpkin is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Timmermans to escape.
Timmermans really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blumpkin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Blumpkin is trying to get an arm triangle but Timmermans is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blumpkin controls the position.
An elbow from Blumpkin crashes against the mat.
Blumpkin passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Timmermans!
Blumpkin throws some wild stikes that Timmermans manages to avoid easily.
Blumpkin thowing shots but they're missing.
Blumpkin looking to ground and pound but Timmermans is blocking nicely.

Blumpkin is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Timmermans is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Billy Blumpkin!