PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance Soul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Free Win (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Soul
vs
Win

190 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
26
180 lbs
1 - 77 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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, Lance Soul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 77 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Free Win !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Win tries to clinch

and Soul counters with a takedown into side control.

Soul is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Win knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Win wants to control but Soul postures up.

Soul is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Win is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Soul is putting a hurting on Win here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soul has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Soul controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Win is trying to escape the mount.
Soul with the ground and pound from mount.
Win should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Soul tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Soul really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Win tries to control the position but Soul now has his back.
Soul is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Win up.

Soul is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Win has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
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!
Soul controlling from the back.

Soul patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

Soul working for the choke.
Soul keeps control of the position easily here as Win tries to buck him off.
Win really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Soul. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soul is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Soul controls the action.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Win has eaten all the pies!
Win takes a big shot to the side of the head.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Win tries to escape but Soul has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

Soul working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soul scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Win trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Soul controlling from the back.

Soul is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Win taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Soul.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lance Soul!