PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leo Barry (ranked 24750 p4p, 0 weight class) and Easy Zee (ranked 4818 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Barry
vs
Zee

163 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

180 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Shade Tree Nutrition

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leo Barry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Easy Zee!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zee gets a takedown into half guard.
Barry is trying to control but can't.
Zee is pressing down on Barry's thigh, looking to free his foot. Barry is holding on for now.
Barry wants to get back to full guard.
Barry is refusing to be controlled, as Zee sits in half guard.
Barry tries to roll over but Zee keeps him under control.
Zee is pressing down on Barry's thigh, looking to free his foot. Barry is holding on for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zee throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Barry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zee.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zee trying to mount his opponent but Barry defends it.
Zee seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Barry does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barry could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Zee not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Zee prevents Barry from improving his position.
Zee sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Barry defending well though.
Barry might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Barry is holding on to half guard well.
Barry makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Barry.
Zee forces his way into half guard.
Barry is refusing to be controlled, as Zee sits in half guard.
Barry trying to control here.
Zee is keen to just control but Barry is a slippery customer.
Zee tries to pass the half guard into mount. Barry knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zee passes the guard and advances to mount!
Barry is wriggling around trying to escape.
Zee has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barry blocking the ground and pound.
Barry is looking to improve his position but Zee isn't that keen on the idea.

Barry is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Zee locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Barry is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Easy Zee!
Easy Zee really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Shade Tree Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.