PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ace Of Spades (ranked 4190 p4p, 5476 weight class) and Laith Kerr (ranked 450 p4p, 522 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Of Spades
vs
Kerr

178 cm
26
155
2 - 2 - 0

172 cm
24
155
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ace Of Spades!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Laith Kerr!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kerr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Kerr. Those never looked like landing.
Kerr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kerr connects with a nice looking jab.
Kerr takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kerr works the jab nicely.
Kerr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kerr slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kerr scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Laith Kerr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kerr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Of Spades has time to react.
Kerr scores with a sloppy right hand. Of Spades should have avoided that one.
Kerr falls off balance throwing a combination

and Of Spades counters by moving into the clinch.
Kerr is trying to break the clinch but Of Spades is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Of Spades missing with knees to the body.
Of Spades effectively controlling the action here.
Kerr working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kerr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Of Spades manages to pull guard.
Kerr wants to get up but he can't break Of Spades's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Kerr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Of Spades. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kerr wants to control from the top but Of Spades keeps moving.
Kerr controlling from the top position.
Of Spades will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kerr wants to pass the guard but Of Spades is keeping the position.
Kerr stopping the sweep attempt from Of Spades.
Of Spades is adopting a defensive guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Of Spades lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Of Spades forces his way into half guard.
Well, if Of Spades is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Kerr is looking to improve his position.

Of Spades is trying for a kimura here. Kerr looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Of Spades wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ace Of Spades!