PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lucky Day (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Lucky Day has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Day
vs
Fury

177 cm
25
144 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
142 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lucky Day!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Fury!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury shoots in looking for a takedown. Day tries to sprawl out of it but Fury keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Day manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jab from Day.
Day looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Day defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fury.
Day waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fury.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fury.
Lucky Day has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Fury.

Fury gets a double leg takedown into Day's guard.
Day looking for a sweep. Not yet Day, not yet.

Day working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fury doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fury manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fury keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Day's head.
Fury with a nice head shot there.
Fury scoring with some ground and pound.
Fury with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury trying to control but Day is working from the bottom.
Fury controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Day pushes a forearm under Fury's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Fury is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lucky Day!