PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Russell Paulman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Eggman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulman's entrance music is War is my Love . A fine choice. Russell Paulman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Paulman
vs
Eggman

183 cm
30
180 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

195 cm
29
185 lbs
6 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Russell Paulman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Eggman!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paulman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Eggman, pushing him back against the cage.
Eggman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Paulman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Paulman has clasped his hands together around Eggman's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Eggman is looking for a sweep.
Eggman is trying to escape the position but Paulman is controlling the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Paulman's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Paulman scores with a couple of short elbows.
Paulman working the ground and pound.
Eggman being controlled for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eggman avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Paulman.
Eggman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Paulman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Paulman is putting a hurting on Eggman here, landing some big shots from side control.
Paulman just content to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paulman lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulman controlling the position from side mount.
Paulman's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Eggman is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Paulman has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Paulman controls the position.
Paulman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Eggman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Paulman continues to stall.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Paulman.
Paulman lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Eggman down.

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.
Paulman staying calm.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Eggman gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Paulman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Eggman?
Paulman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Eggman tries to lock up and control but Paulman gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Paulman takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Paulman landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulman controlling from mount.
Paulman dominating with strikes here.
Paulman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Eggman hang on?
Paulman lands a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paulman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Paulman working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Eggman is rocked!
Paulman landing strikes from the mount.
Eggman is still in real trouble! Can Paulman finish him?
Paulman with shots to the head and body - Eggman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Eggman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Paulman controlling from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paulman lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Paulman postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Eggman badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Paulman around the waist but Paulman pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Paulman is the winner by TKO! Paulman jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russell Paulman!
A victorious Russell Paulman thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.