PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Puempel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Eriksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Puempel
vs
Eriksson

186 cm
29
192 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

188 cm
30
200 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Puempel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, William Eriksson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Eriksson forces Puempel back against the cage and clinches.
Eriksson stalling in the clinch but Puempel improves position.
Nice body punch from Eriksson - that landed with a thud.
Puempel avoiding damage as Eriksson throws knees to the body.
Eriksson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Eriksson pushes off an throws an elbow but Puempel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Eriksson lands a hook that snaps the head of Puempel backwards.
Eriksson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Eriksson pushes off an throws an elbow but Puempel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Puempel has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Eriksson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Eriksson tries to work over Puempel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puempel blocking some punches.
Eriksson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Eriksson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Eriksson told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Eriksson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Eriksson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Puempel backwards.
We've been hearing reports that Puempel has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Puempel turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Puempel manages to end up in side control.

Puempel wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Eriksson, who protects the arm well.
Puempel throws a strike aimed at the side of Eriksson's head but Eriksson avoids it well.

Puempel wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Eriksson, who protects the arm well.
Eriksson is looking for a sweep.
Eriksson can't do much from the bottom here.
Eriksson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puempel looking to finish Eriksson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Eriksson!
Puempel controlling the position easily from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puempel trying to control but Eriksson is having none of it.
Eriksson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Puempel with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puempel trying to control but Eriksson is having none of it.

Puempel is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Puempel!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Matt Puempel!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Matt Puempel made sure he mentioned Fury Nutrition Inc., along with how happy he was to win his fight.