PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Oakley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitchell is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Transmit to Disconnect- Black Crown Initiate. Jason Mitchell struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Oakley
vs
Mitchell

180 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

189 cm
23
177 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Victory! Sports Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Raymond Oakley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oakley moves out of range of the body kick.

Oakley decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Oakley slows the pace down in half guard.

Oakley is working for a kimura but Mitchell is defending it quite comfortably.
Oakley looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oakley moves nicely into side control.
Oakley tries to advance to mount but Mitchell denies him.
Oakley just content to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oakley is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Mitchell is trying to escape and Oakley transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Mitchell is forced to tap! Nice work there by Oakley! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Raymond Oakley!
After the fight, Raymond Oakley was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Jason Mitchell spoke after the fight, saying 'Thanks for the opportunity and your support. I'll do everything i can to be better next time out.'.