PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Island Boy (ranked 4585 p4p, 4702 weight class) and Wyatt Earp (ranked 0 p4p, 545 weight class). Boy comes to the cage accompanied by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIWSEa5U9_U. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Boy
vs
Earp

182 cm
25
215
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
215
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Island Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wyatt Earp!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Earp misses with a body shot.
Boy misses with a hook.
Earp cracks Boy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Boy misses with a hook. Earp ducked under it nicely.
Earp avoids the body shot from Boy.
Boy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Earp.
Earp scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Boy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Boy dives in and scores a takedown into Earp's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Earp being controlled here, momentarily.
Earp working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Boy.
Boy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Boy is working Earp over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Boy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Boy wants to control from the top but Earp keeps moving.
Boy showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Boy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Boy stands up over Earp, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Boy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Boy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Boy pushes down on Earp's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Boy is pressing down on Earp's thigh, looking to free his foot. Earp is holding on for now.
Boy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Boy is keen to just control but Earp is a slippery customer.
Boy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Boy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Boy has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Earp defend it? Boy steps over the head and cranks it - Earp is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Boy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Island Boy!
After winning the bout, Island Boy thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.