PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Waldemar Nowak (ranked 6484 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Ninja (ranked 5825 p4p, 0 weight class). Karl Ninja has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nowak
vs
Ninja

225 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Waldemar Nowak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Karl Ninja!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nowak shoots in looking for a takedown but Ninja manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nowak's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Waldemar Nowak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nowak tries to clinch up but Ninja circles away and keeps his distance.
Nowak throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Ninja to counter with a crisp jab.
Nowak keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Nowak decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ninja is trying to stand up here but Nowak is controlling him well.
Nowak wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ninja keeps working.
Ninja is trying to stand up here but Nowak is controlling him well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nowak drops an elbow to the side of Ninja's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ninja wants to get back to his feet.
Nowak working over Ninja with some ground and pound. Ninja looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ninja looks like he's trying to stand up.
Nowak works his way into full mount!
Ninja squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Nowak will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nowak controlling his opponent.
Ninja is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Nowak working for a guillotine from mount but Ninja is in no mood to give up.
You get the feeling that Ninja really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Nowak controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowak fails to advance to Ninja's back.
Nowak working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Nowak looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nowak 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.

Nowak is working for a guillotine from mount but Ninja frees his head quite easily.
Nowak trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nowak unloading with bombs!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nowak wants to control the pace but Ninja is squirming around nicely.
You get the feeling that Ninja really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowak with shots to the head and body - Ninja looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ninja is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Nowak swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Waldemar Nowak!