PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy South (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bolek Pabisz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bolek Pabisz acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

South
vs
Pabisz

195 cm
25
235 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tommy South!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bolek Pabisz!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Russell Pearce and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pabisz throws a series of punches but South avoids them all with ease.
South with a body punch. A glancing blow.
South scoring well with a low kick there.
Pabisz tries to work over South's front leg with a kick but South checks it.
Pabisz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pabisz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

South shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Still in half guard, South seems content to control.
South scoring with strikes to the body and head.
South slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
South wants to stand up but Pabisz has a hold of him and won't allow it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pabisz can do anything to dispel that myth.
South stalling.
South works his way into side control.
Pabisz looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pabisz is letting South control him for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

South is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Pabisz looks calm but he's in trouble here. South gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Pabisz is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! South lets go of the hold and Pabisz can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tommy South!