PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Oak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wiremu Huia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huia has chosen Poi E - Patea Maori Club as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Jay Oak has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jay Oak seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Oak
vs
Huia

182 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
175 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Powerful takedowns
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Oak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wiremu Huia!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Huia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Huia throws a wild body kick that Oak sees coming a mile off.
Huia has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Oak is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Huia lands with an overhand left.
Huia misses with an uppercut. Oak saw that one coming.
Huia ducks under a wild hook from Oak.
Oak seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Huia gets a double leg takedown into Oak's guard.
Huia advances position into side control!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Oak's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Huia looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Oak tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Huia wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huia moves into full mount!

Huia is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Oak has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Oak!
Oak controls from within his opponent's guard.

Huia is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Oak rolls with it to try and escape but Huia cranks on the arm and Oak is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wiremu Huia!
A very excited looking Wiremu Huia made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.