PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Colin McDermott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luka Friedhelm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McDermott
vs
Friedhelm

169 cm
22
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Colin McDermott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luka Friedhelm!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by McDermott.

McDermott is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Friedhelm has escaped the position, nice work there.
Friedhelm is trying to control McDermott's posture but McDermott avoids it.
Friedhelm tries to buck McDermott off but McDermott is having none of it.

McDermott working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

McDermott is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Friedhelm has escaped the position, nice work there.

McDermott wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Friedhelm, who protects the arm well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Friedhelm is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Friedhelm manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDermott stalling away here and it's allowed Friedhelm to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luka Friedhelm!