PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zack Porter (ranked 25591 p4p, 0 weight class) and Type Here (ranked 6475 p4p, 0 weight class). Type Here will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Porter
vs
Here

171 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

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 Sydney, Zack Porter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Type Here!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Here clinches up with Porter and pushes him back against the cage.
Porter fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Porter jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Here walks away with a smile on his face. Porter gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Type Here seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Porter gets tackled into the cage by Here. Here maintains the clinch.
Porter tries to pull guard but Here won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zack Porter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Porter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Here pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Here closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Here throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Here is taking a breather. Porter says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Here throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Here looks to land a strike but Porter avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Here sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Here stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Porter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Porter really is a fat lump.
Here postures up in Porter's guard and throws a big left but Porter blocks it.
Here slips nicely into half guard.

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.
Here tries to stand and escape but Porter is controlling the position.

Here is trying to work for a kimura but Porter is defending well.
Here is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Porter!
Here controlling from mount.
Porter is bucking up trying to escape but Here cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Porter tries to hold on but Here postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porter is working to get back to half guard.
Here controlling the position easily from mount.
Here has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Here with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Here cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Here lands a big shot there that rocks Porter but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Here cracks Porter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Porter is rocked!

It looks like Zack Porter has been cut.
Here controlling from the full mount.
Here lands a big elbow - Porter is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Porter is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Type Here!