PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anti Half Assed (ranked 1310 p4p, 1234 weight class) and Bed Intruder (ranked 170 p4p, 160 weight class). Intruder comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bed Intruder kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Half Assed
vs
Intruder

179 cm
31
170
20 - 17 - 1

178 cm
38
159
32 - 24 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anti Half Assed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bed Intruder!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Intruder tries to close the distance and clinch but Half Assed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Half Assed half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Intruder scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Half Assed is looking to improve his position.
Intruder takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Half Assed is trying to maintain the position but Intruder is very close to passing his half guard.
Half Assed has hold of Intruder's hands but Intruder slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Intruder lands with a punch from half guard.
Half Assed trying to control but Intruder postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Intruder working over Half Assed with some ground and pound. Half Assed looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Intruder is trying to control. Half Assed wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Half Assed is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Half Assed moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Intruder looking to sit in guard and control but Half Assed gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Half Assed sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Half Assed stands and throws Intruder's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Half Assed is staying tight to Intruder's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Intruder is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Half Assed wants to free his trapped foot but Intruder is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Half Assed is keen to just control but Intruder is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Intruder regains full guard. Nicely done.
Half Assed stopping the sweep attempt from Intruder.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Half Assed passes Intruder's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Half Assed moves into full mount! Intruder won't be happy about that!
Intruder can't escape the position.
Half Assed controlling from the full mount.

Half Assed looking for a guillotine from mount but Intruder is having none of it.
Intruder is in all sorts of trouble here.
Intruder is squirming around, avoiding Half Assed's attempts to control the action.
Intruder has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Intruder tries to escape the position.

Half Assed is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Intruder has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Intruder trying to control the hands but Half Assed breaks the grip.
Half Assed has the hooks in. Intruder is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Intruder trying to control the hands but Half Assed breaks the grip.

Half Assed is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Intruder has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Half Assed is hanging on to Intruder's back as he tries to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Half Assed patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Half Assed is hanging on to Intruder's back as he tries to escape.
Half Assed looking to hold on to the position here but Intruder rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Intruder wants to improve his position but instead Half Assed has moved into half guard.

Half Assed is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Intruder is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anti Half Assed!
A pretty intense looking Anti Half Assed took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.