PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Watson (ranked 1581 p4p, 195 weight class) and Arminia Bielefeld (ranked 3487 p4p, 335 weight class). Bielefeld has chosen Crowder as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Arminia Bielefeld has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Watson
vs
Bielefeld

205 cm
23
288 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

200 cm
24
240 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arminia Bielefeld !
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bielefeld shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bielefeld throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Watson to regain full guard.
Watson trying to strike off his back.
Watson is trying to keep Bielefeld in close.
Bielefeld slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Bielefeld is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Watson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Watson striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Bielefeld misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bielefeld lands a nice forearm strike.

It looks like Dave Watson has been cut.
Bielefeld fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Watson is looking to reverse the position.
Watson wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bielefeld lands some shots froms side control.

Dave Watson's cut is getting worse.
Watson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bielefeld .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bielefeld sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Watson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Watson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bielefeld .
Bielefeld throws an elbow but Watson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Bielefeld cracks Watson with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Dave Watson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dave Watson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Arminia Bielefeld !
After the fight, Arminia Bielefeld was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.