PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Test Two (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fist Mcgruff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Two
vs
Mcgruff

180 cm
26
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
195 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Test Two!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fist Mcgruff!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Two clinches.
Mcgruff can't find room to land a body shot as Two controls the action.
Mcgruff looking to stall.
Two definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Two gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Two is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Two looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Two uses his free foot to push down on Mcgruff's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Mcgruff.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Two has control of Mcgruff's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Mcgruff regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Two tries to push Mcgruff's head away but Mcgruff is holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Two prevents Mcgruff from getting the reversal.
Mcgruff looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Two controlling his opponent.
Two wants to control the pace but Mcgruff is squirming around nicely.

Two jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Mcgruff manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Mcgruff is pushing Two's head away, looking to escape. Two manages to hold on to the position though.
Mcgruff struggling a bit here.

Two tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Two has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Two wants to control but Mcgruff is keeping him busy.

Two is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mcgruff is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
You can see the frustration on Mcgruff's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Two looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Two has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Two looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Two working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Mcgruff looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Two! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Test Two!
Test Two decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.