PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Mayfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Mayfield
vs
Roberts

179 cm
16
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curtis Mayfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charlie Roberts!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Roberts catches Mayfield right on the button with a cross.
Roberts scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Roberts changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mayfield looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Roberts scores with punches from side control.
Mayfield manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Roberts not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Mayfield looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Roberts is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Roberts stalling away here and it's allowed Mayfield to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Roberts working his ground and pound in the gym.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roberts looking to pass the guard.

Mayfield working for a triangle but Roberts defends it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Mayfield had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Roberts defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mayfield works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mayfield utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Mayfield is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Roberts has his hands clasped together but Mayfield extends and breaks Roberts's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Mayfield.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Curtis Mayfield!