PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitar Mrkela (ranked 3500 p4p, 11559 weight class) and Trent Punchy (ranked 430 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Mrkela
vs
Punchy

184 cm
25
220
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
53
209
46 - 43 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mitar Mrkela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 46 - 43 - 1, fighting out of London, Trent Punchy!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mrkela avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mrkela half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mrkela tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Punchy swivels and escapes.

Mrkela drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mrkela sitting in guard here, content to control.
Mrkela trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mrkela throws an elbow that misses. Punchy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mrkela's guard. Nice move by Punchy!

Mrkela looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Punchy trying to control but Mrkela is working from the bottom.

Mrkela looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mrkela 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Punchy stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Mrkela throws up his legs and catches Punchy in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Punchy tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Mrkela! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mitar Mrkela!
Trent Punchy was interviewed post fight and said 'Me Mum... she had it pretty hard ay. Lots of cock for cash.'.