PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Hager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patrick Hager struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.3lbs 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. Chris Patterson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Patterson
vs
Hager

192 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

183 cm
19
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Patterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrick Hager!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hager shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hager showed some decent athleticism there.
Hager has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Patterson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Patterson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Patterson tries to get out of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Patrick Hager!