PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edison West (ranked 6079 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Perry (ranked 3838 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

West
vs
Perry

181 cm
21
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edison West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Perry!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Perry pushes West up against the cage in a clinch.

Perry has picked West up - he's going for a ride! Perry dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Perry is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Perry blocks the strikes from West.

West actively working from the bottom here.
West is pressing down on Perry's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Perry wants to control from the top but West keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perry wants to pass the guard but West is keeping the position.

West looking for a guillotine here but Perry defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

West has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Perry can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Perry looking to sit in guard and control but West gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

West pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Perry is keeping the position for now.

Perry had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. West defends it easily.
Perry is looking to stand back up but West counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Perry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, West seems content to control.
Perry is looking to get back to full guard here but West has managed to pass to side control instead.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West taking a breather here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
West seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Perry for as long as he can get away with.
Perry on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
West is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Perry's shoulder. That is not cool.
West has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Perry manages to work his way to half guard, despite West's best efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
West stalling.
Perry is trying to maintain the position but West is very close to passing his half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
West stalling.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edison West dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Perry gets caught flat footed, as West shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as West accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
West keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Perry's head.
Perry can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as West controls the pace.
Perry trying to control the position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Perry is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

West drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says West as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Perry screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with West! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Edison West!