PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rich Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ranger De La Vergne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De La Vergne has chosen Immigrant Song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rich Andrews has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Andrews
vs
De La Vergne

168 cm
18
161 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

180 cm
23
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Can Moonwalk

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 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Rich Andrews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ranger De La Vergne!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Vergne lands a high kick!
De La Vergne has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Andrews is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from De La Vergne.
De La Vergne shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Andrews counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Andrews.
De La Vergne looks winded!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Andrews scoring with punches to the head and body.
Andrews throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De La Vergne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Andrews postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Andrews postures up and lands a big shot to De La Vergne's brow.
Andrews 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.
Andrews working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andrews working some strikes from top position.
Andrews postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

De La Vergne is rocked!

Andrews drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Andrews seems to have locked his on tight now - De La Vergne screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Andrews, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Rich Andrews!
Ranger De La Vergne was interviewed post fight and said 'C'était un grand match, mais malheureusement j'ai perdu'.