PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emet Golem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stannis Baratheon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Golem
vs
Baratheon

195 cm
29
217 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

193 cm
25
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sin City Allstars

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Emet Golem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stannis Baratheon!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golem wants to clinch but Baratheon slips to the side
and Baratheon counters with a nice uppercut.
Baratheon uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Golem gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Golem blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Baratheon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Baratheon.
Golem avoids a wild elbow strike from Baratheon.
Baratheon tries a body shot but Golem blocks it.
Baratheon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Golem.
Baratheon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Golem has a couple of punches blocked by Baratheon.
A right handed body shot lands from Golem.
Golem misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Golem lands a left hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Golem.

Baratheon pulls guard effortlessly.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Golem's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Golem lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Baratheon looking for a guillotine here but Golem defends easily.
Golem is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golem scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Golem has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Golem is in close to Baratheon's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Golem connects with a couple of short punches.
Golem is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Baratheon thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Baratheon has his foot on Golem's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Golem works his way back into a safe position though.
Golem postures up and lands a big shot to Baratheon's brow.
Golem works over Baratheon with some ground and pound from guard.
Golem landing some decent shots from guard.
Golem is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Baratheon is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Golem has his hands clasped together but Baratheon extends and breaks Golem's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Baratheon.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Stannis Baratheon!
A very excited looking Stannis Baratheon rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.