PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mick Lovin (ranked 6868 p4p, 676 weight class) and Jimmy Braveheart (ranked 5392 p4p, 596 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lovin
vs
Braveheart

185 cm
25
211 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

191 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mick Lovin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jimmy Braveheart!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lovin lands a two punch combo.
Lovin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Braveheart manages to avoid it.
Lovin thuds a left hand into Braveheart's body.

Lovin darts in and clinches Braveheart up against the cage.
Braveheart jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lovin walks away with a smile on his face. Braveheart gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lovin loads up on a big right hand but Braveheart slips the punch.
Braveheart needs to keep his hands up - Lovin had a free shot at his head there.
Lovin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lovin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Braveheart keeps the fight on the outside.
Braveheart steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lovin.
Lovin feints and then cracks Braveheart's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Braveheart down.
Lovin scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Lovin.
Braveheart shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lovin but Lovin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Braveheart dodges the punch combination from Lovin.
Lovin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lovin missing with a left hand there. Braveheart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lovin lands with a nice combination. Braveheart backs away looking to recover.
Braveheart misses with a takedown
and Lovin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mick Lovin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Braveheart.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braveheart dodges the punch combination from Lovin.
Braveheart wants to counter the offense by Lovin and move into the clinch position.
Braveheart circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lovin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Braveheart at a distance.

Braveheart moves into range and clinches up with Lovin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lovin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lovin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Braveheart backwards.
Lovin misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Braveheart is trying to pull guard but Lovin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Braveheart decides to pull guard.

Braveheart looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Lovin is defending well. Braveheart quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Lovin has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Braveheart celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jimmy Braveheart!
Jimmy Braveheart was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.