PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Axel Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Pulaski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derek Pulaski acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Stone
vs
Pulaski

180 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
186 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Axel Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Pulaski!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pulaski, pushing him back against the cage.
Pulaski has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Stone after a bit of a struggle.
Pulaski is looking to break free of the clinch but Stone has double underhooks.

Stone lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Stone uses his free foot to push down on Pulaski's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Pulaski.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stone controlling his opponent.
Stone lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Stone content just to control the position here.
Stone working Pulaski over with strikes here.
Stone scoring with strikes but Pulaski is staying in there.

It looks like Derek Pulaski has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pulaski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Stone controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stone has isolated one of Pulaski's arms. Pulaski looking to fight him off but Stone twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Axel Stone!
Our winner, Axel Stone, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.