PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emery Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Acton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph Acton is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Bryant
vs
Acton

213 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emery Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joseph Acton!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bryant.

Bryant tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bryant has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Acton is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Bryant working the ground and pound but Acton is defending the strikes.
Bryant lands a few punches from side control.
Bryant working the head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Acton is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Bryant really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Acton looks winded!

Bryant wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Acton, who protects the arm well.

Bryant looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant working the ground and pound.

Bryant thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Bryant swings around for an armbar but Acton sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Bryant's guard.
Acton stopping the sweep attempt from Bryant.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acton has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bryant is proving hard to escape from.
Bryant controlling Acton's posture.
Acton prevents Bryant from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acton is looking to stand up but Bryant won't let him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Acton scores with the left hand. Bryant knows he should have avoided that one.
Acton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Acton with a jab.

Bryant shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bryant was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bryant has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Bryant has an Americana. Acton didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Bryant is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Bryant hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Emery Bryant!