PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hooney Balooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pepe Rojas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Balooney
vs
Rojas

165 cm
20
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
22
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Hooney Balooney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pepe Rojas!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rojas misses with a body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Rojas as Balooney shoots in.
Rojas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rojas misses with a takedown attempt

and Balooney counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rojas wants to get back to full guard.
Balooney not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Balooney is pressing down on Rojas's thigh, looking to free his foot. Rojas is holding on for now.
Balooney winds up and cracks Rojas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rojas manages to get to full guard.
Rojas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Balooney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Balooney scoring with some ground and pound.
Balooney looking to pass the guard.
Rojas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rojas wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas looking to control but Balooney is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Balooney tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Balooney is working hard here to advance position.

Rojas jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Balooney manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Rojas just content to control the position.
Rojas lands an elbow.
Balooney misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Balooney tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Rojas thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rojas looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balooney sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Balooney is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rojas pulls his head out easily.
Rojas passes to side control.
Balooney is trying to buck Rojas off.
Balooney is looking for a sweep.
Balooney knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rojas on the ground.
Balooney is not content to let Rojas control the position.
Balooney tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Rojas is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Balooney is trying to escape and Rojas transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Balooney is forced to tap! Nice work there by Rojas! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pepe Rojas!