PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Merp Terp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antoine De La Morte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De La Morte has chosen The Prodigy - Spitfire as his entrance music. Antoine De La Morte has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Terp
vs
De La Morte

185 cm
22
183 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

203 cm
27
185 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Self confident

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Merp Terp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antoine De La Morte!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Morte falls off balance throwing a combination

and Terp counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Terp makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
De La Morte keeping moving, preventing Terp from controlling successfully.
Terp working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Terp pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De La Morte is keeping the position for now.
De La Morte keeping moving, preventing Terp from controlling successfully.
De La Morte not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

De La Morte has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Terp can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
De La Morte has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Blitzkrieg Fighting Systems: Ground. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

Terp got a little sloppy there for a moment and De La Morte has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Terp has managed to get both his arms back between De La Morte's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terp stands up over De La Morte, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

De La Morte throws his legs up looking for a submission but Terp uses it to pass to side control.
Terp cracks De La Morte with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Terp cracks De La Morte with an elbow. That is naaassty.
De La Morte is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've been hearing that Terp has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Terp working the ground and pound.
Terp 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.
De La Morte tries to buck Terp off but Terp is having none of it.
Terp scoring with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Terp creates some space and throws a big elbow, but De La Morte sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Morte taking a bit of punishment here - Terp scoring with strikes.
Terp lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear De La Morte down.
De La Morte taking a bit of punishment here - Terp scoring with strikes.

De La Morte reaches up around Terp's neck trying to control. But Terp takes advantage instantly and he's locked on an arm triangle! Big trouble for De La Morte! Oh that looks nasty! A human being's head is not meant to turn that color! De La Morte is out! He's gone limp! The ref steps in to break the fighters up and Terp celebrates the victory with the fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Merp Terp!
Antoine De La Morte was interviewed post fight and said 'Ce soir, j'ai rencontré un meilleur combattant tout en tous. J'ai essayé de mon mieux mais ce n'était pas assez bon. Je m'excuse auprès de tous mes fans pour ma performance ce soir. And to my opponent; Congratulations man. It was a nice fight.'.