PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abbath Occulta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Occulta has chosen Immortal - At the Heart of Winter as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Bailey
vs
Occulta

178 cm
20
160 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
150 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abbath Occulta!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Occulta manages to avoid it.
Bailey tries to bum rush Occulta with a series of wild strikes but Occulta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bailey lands with a nice body punch.
Bailey stuffs the takedown.

Occulta instigates a clinch.
Occulta can't find room to land a body shot as Bailey controls the action.

Bailey manages to break the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Occulta 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Occulta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bailey.

Occulta gets a takedown into half guard.
Occulta works his foot free and advances to mount.

Occulta has control of Bailey's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bailey regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey wants to hold on but Occulta pushes him away.
Occulta thowing shots but they're missing.
Bailey really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bailey really wants to buck Occulta off and get back to his feet.
Occulta cracks Bailey with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bailey working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Occulta swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Abbath Occulta!