PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wilky Pierre (ranked 20424 p4p, 23464 weight class) and Sutarjo Sukarman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Pierre
vs
Sukarman

182 cm
33
186
8 - 9 - 0

185 cm
23
176
5 - 19 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wilky Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sutarjo Sukarman!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pierre rushes Sukarman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pierre lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Sukarman fails to land.
Pierre will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sukarman up against the cage.
Pierre tries for a takedown but Sukarman manages to get underhooks.
Sukarman working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pierre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sukarman.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pierre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sukarman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Pierre ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Pierre no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pierre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sukarman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pierre preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pierre is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Pierre works his way into full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sukarman defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pierre.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pierre quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Pierre but it's paid off an Sukarman is forced to tap! Nice work by Pierre.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wilky Pierre!
A victorious Wilky Pierre thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Sutarjo Sukarman was interviewed post fight and said 'Next i'll win'.