PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cary Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iron Mike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Patterson
vs
Mike

152 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cary Patterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Iron Mike!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Patterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mike feints the counter takedown.

Patterson has taken the fight to the clinch.

Mike has picked Patterson up - he's going for a ride! Mike dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Patterson makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Patterson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Mike shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patterson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Patterson wants to stand and escape but Mike is having none of it.
Mike stands up over Patterson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Patterson keeping moving, preventing Mike from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson wants to stand up but Mike is controlling him.
Mike trying to control but Patterson is working from the bottom.

Mike throws a sloppy strike and Patterson has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Mike is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Patterson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cary Patterson!