PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Olen Raymond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Carmicheal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Raymond
vs
Carmicheal

197 cm
18
140 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

177 cm
25
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Olen Raymond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leo Carmicheal!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carmicheal connects with a high kick.
A punch combination from Raymond misses.

Raymond darts in and clinches Carmicheal up against the cage.

Raymond drags the fight down to the ground.
Raymond keeping moving, preventing Carmicheal from controlling successfully.
Carmicheal wants to stand and escape but instead Raymond has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Raymond avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Raymond has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carmicheal has momentary wrist control but Raymond slips an elbow through the middle.

Carmicheal looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Raymond really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carmicheal preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Raymond throwing strikes from guard but Carmicheal blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Carmicheal has his foot on Raymond's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Raymond works his way back into a safe position though.

Carmicheal looking for a guillotine here but Raymond defends easily.
Raymond throws a big right hand that misses.
Raymond with a nice head shot there.
Carmicheal trying to control the position here.
Raymond throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Carmicheal works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Raymond landing some decent shots from guard.

Carmicheal looking for a triangle here. Raymond is fighting it but it looks tight! Carmicheal pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Raymond is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Leo Carmicheal!