PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tomi Bryan (ranked 686 p4p, 97 weight class) and Robert Higgs (ranked 1256 p4p, 167 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bryan
vs
Higgs

170 cm
26
192 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

193 cm
26
202 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tomi Bryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robert Higgs!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Higgs shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bryan but Bryan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bryan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Higgs.
Bryan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Higgs tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bryan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Higgs gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bryan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bryan throwing strikes but missing.
Bryan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Higgs is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bryan is aware though and is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bryan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Higgs is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Higgs has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Bryan should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Higgs has tightened it up now! Bryan should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Robert Higgs!
Robert Higgs bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.