PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Hsu (ranked 4887 p4p, 0 weight class) and JJ Handle (ranked 4773 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hsu
vs
Handle

195 cm
19
214 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Reginald Hsu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, JJ Handle!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Handle fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hsu sprawls well initially but Handle persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Handle drops an elbow to the side of Hsu's head.
Hsu works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hsu controls Handle momentarily but Handle frees himself.
Handle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hsu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Handle wants to control from the top but Hsu keeps moving.
Handle must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hsu not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hsu is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hsu wants to pass to mount but Handle is defending the position.

Hsu maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Handle could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Hsu has cracked it and Handle is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Hsu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Reginald Hsu!